ArbiterXero
@ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
- Comment on Mid game review: Superliminal (2019) PS5 4 weeks ago:
It was a really fun game!
- Comment on France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU. 1 month ago:
Fuck me, that’s good
I’m stealing that
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
That is EXACTLY the issue.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You’re not wrong, but I’d really like to pretend that you are.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yeah people like to downvote things that they don’t agree with even if it’s a decent point.
Oh well, at least I don’t base my self-worth on internet points. 😝
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Why put ads on a new venue that may reach users that don’t use Google maps?
Even if that ad is less effective, it’s still going to have some effectiveness
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I’m an avid user of OSM and OsmAnd, I’m with you there
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Well apparently they ask for directions to your destination and 5 random others so that it’s not trackable server side.
I haven’t investigated myself and that’s not entirely fool proof, but it’s leagues better than Google for privacy.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yep, I can agree with that. Not ideal
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Apple actually integrates several “anti tracking” technologies into their maps, so it IS an improvement in theory.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yes, that’s not great, so ideally there’s an asterisk showing this…
But if you look at the playing field as out exists today in advertising….
It’s not really useable to change political beliefs or super authoritarianism.
It’s not tracking you explicitly.
It’s not profiling you.
It’s relevant to what you’re already looking for
There aren’t many scams you can run with it (except the locksmith scam)
Soooooo, if I have to accept advertising, this feels on the tamer end.
But I agree, it should be upfront.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
So I don’t actually mind this.
And odds are good you won’t notice them.
They’ll just be carefully highlighted locations when you’re looking at a larger map, so the random buildings that get labeled in the more zoomed out views are chosen carefully.
It gets better, when you search for “restaurants near me” the order won’t be organic but “pay to win”
So “restaurant chain #5” will be at the top even if you hate their food.
Not really awful as far as advertising goes.
- Comment on At the heart of the Boeing strike, an emotional fight over a lost pension plan 5 months ago:
But if we give you a pension, who will buy back all the stock?
Who’s looking out for the billionaires?
Won’t someone PLEASE think of the billionaires?
- Comment on Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ 5 months ago:
90% angry nerds fighting each other over what answer is “right”
- Comment on Former OpenAI Researcher Says Company Broke Copyright Law 5 months ago:
It’s only a crime if YOU do it citizen.
Corporate law breaking is just a cost of business.
Now stay in line peon.
- Comment on Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store 5 months ago:
Sure, and that’s meaningful, but the problem is that many articles are getting major details and entire concepts wrong and publishing statements that are so inaccurate that it feels like bullshit.
Like the advertising counter is nowhere near how it’s been represented over and over in various unknown blogs.
Very much has the feel of a FUD campaign
- Comment on Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store 5 months ago:
So THIS is why all the Firefox hit pieces have been surfacing recently….
Suddenly the picture becomes clearer lol.
I’m not surprised, they have been threatening this for awhile, put the timing of the hit pieces, and then this…… answers a lot of questions