FrostyPolicy
@FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi
- Comment on How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech 3 days ago:
Have a look at european-alternatives.eu, www.privacytools.io and www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
- Comment on Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months 4 weeks ago:
On a related note. Why would creators add sponsored segments/other sponsoring/patreon etc if YT pays them enough?
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YT doesn’t pay them enough. Unless your some kind of super star.
- Comment on Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months 4 weeks ago:
Even youtube doesn’t pay the creators that much. Lois Rossman in a recent video showed some of his video in YT that had > 200k views generated ~100 $ of income.
- Comment on Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months 4 weeks ago:
Nebula pays creator, and you pay to Nebula.
- Comment on Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3? 4 weeks ago:
Even university students studying computer science don’t have this basic knowledge anymore.
- Comment on what was the last game you played in 2024? 2 months ago:
Grim Dawn with Reign Of Terror mod.
- Comment on PayPal implements default data sharing with third parties: users must manually opt out 5 months ago:
In the EU this kind of automatic opting-in to marketing/data sharing is against the GDPR as it requires explicit consent from user/customer. I’m in the EU and have those settings but they were both toggled off, as expected.
- Comment on Day 24 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 6 months ago:
Best Fallout game ever.
- Comment on Cars Are Now Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? 7 months ago:
In a country with good consumer rights, this would be a valid reason to return it and get a replacement or refund: It’s no longer offering functionality that was advertised and that you paid for as part of the purchase price.
In the EU this would probably be a no-brainer.
- Comment on WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears | Computer Weekly 7 months ago:
Wonder how they’d manage that as they both are E2EE.
- Comment on Good game soundtracks? 7 months ago:
Diablo 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Mass Effect 1
- Comment on Damnatory Arbitration 10 months ago:
Currently EEA consists of the EU states + some other European countries.
- Comment on Damnatory Arbitration 10 months ago:
It’s good to live in the EU where such terms don’t apply.
- Comment on New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros 1 year ago:
OpenSuse Tumbleweed uses 2.38 so not affected by this.
- Comment on What's your favorite game you played this year? (Doesn't have to be released this year ) 1 year ago:
You should also play the Knife of Dunwald and Brigmore Witches DLCs.
- Comment on What's your favorite game you played this year? (Doesn't have to be released this year ) 1 year ago:
Metro Exodus (PC Enhanced Edition).