Metatronz
@Metatronz@lemmy.world
- Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars 11 months ago:
Not that we should have the contracts and control a country like that, but I’d like to think there could have been a win/win. Would have been nice to have a friendly and supported Iraq, on its way to healing some, at the end of the day.
- Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars 11 months ago:
Lord. The irony. Could have had a little US in Iraq after us essentially living there forever. Now it’s Chinatown
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 11 months ago:
As I understand it, the $7.5k isn’t any EV, but EVs that were assembled/built primarily in the US. Many weren’t compliant with that legislation. Not out of spite or anything, but because manufacturing wasn’t quite ready to comply. That led to a number of vehicles sitting ineligible for the 7.5k break. As well as consumer confusion over which ones could be discounted. Overall, a transitional growing pain for a crappy industry that relies on monthly sales.
- Comment on Uranus is so big!! 11 months ago:
Butt, lol
- Comment on Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself 1 year ago:
I like filen.io pretty good so far
- Comment on YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet 1 year ago:
What a manipulation tactic though. Phase in the change at different times for different users.
Maybe one day they’ll have the ability to just roll out the shit internet for plebs and the shitter, but shinny, version for the rich.
What if someone gets left behind in the great ad war? Lol. A lone user who has never seen an ad on the Internet ever.
- Comment on YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world 1 year ago:
Grayjay has been really nice! Enjoying it so far.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I jump around a lot. It keeps things fresh. Keep 3-4 games rotating for a bit then completely change.
- Comment on YouTube cracking on ad blockers. 1 year ago:
Not sure your age and I sincerely do not want to critique it either or come across as ageist, but I remember a world without YouTube and all this crap. We’re going to be ok if we don’t go to YouTube. Not trying to be flippant - really. I understand the monopolistic conundrum we find ourselves in.
This is where voting and advocating for real legal solutions comes in. Is that easy - no. However there has been progress in the EU and Warren/Cruz are sponsoring a digital rights bill too. If that fails, we keep pushing. It is possible and the encouraging part is that the more they (Google, fb, Amazon, etc.) reveal of their trap the easier it will be for us to pressure politicians.
Younger folks have allies in older non techy people too. Those folks feel bewildered by their phones, computers, etc. Politicians certainly listen to them and if they have their grandchildren agreeing with them that tech companies are crazy. I almost guarantee they’d agree. See Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz co-sponsorship as some evidence. Talk to folks y’all!
Also, your library has a lot of content if you are looking for documentaries.
Kind of sounds like you have tried nothing and you’re all out of ideas. Can’t say I blame you. Complacency and feelings of no way out is where they want you.
Spolier monopolies! No one changes until they are under pressure and feel trapped. They’re feeding the fire of their own undoing.
- Comment on YouTube cracking on ad blockers. 1 year ago:
Eh, don’t need YouTube that badly. I think we’ll collectively figure out video distribution without em just fine.
- Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. 1 year ago:
True. I’ve certainly scoped out blu ray players of a particular vintage for those reasons. Just crazy we have to reach back in time to attempt to get around a trap that the vast majority of consumers don’t see.
- Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. 1 year ago:
Just passively take it from you. Not saying physical is pointless at all, but physical discs and their players haven’t stood still technologically either. If anything, streaming and discs converged.
Simply considering the fragile nature of a disc and the parade of new formats puts a clock on your time with it.
- Comment on Netflix is planning to raise prices… again 1 year ago:
I could very well be mistaken and please correct me if I am. I remember reading that canning a show before season 3 or so was a way of getting around union costs that kick in for a ‘longer’ running show. A very anti labor strategy designed to cash in quickly then drop it so Netflix wouldn’t have to share the wealth.
- Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. 1 year ago:
Aren’t physical 4k Blu-rays still DRMd? When every part of the chain is digital your physical disc is still only as good as the will of Sony or whoever really owns it.
- Comment on Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade 1 year ago:
Two cents on the headphone jack issue folks bring up all the time. The convenience of 3.5 mm is great and valid. Totally agree.
However, I use and own a lot of wired higher end headphones and a dongle DAC is just better audio quality than the 3.5mm jack. Let me explain.
3.5mm jacks means the phone’s on board DAC is doing the work and outputting an analog stereo signal. You are stuck with whatever, typically sub-par, DAC is built into your phone. Yes, some phones have better DACs than others, but it is a challenge to sort out and is often not a priority for most manufacturers.
With type C dongle you can escape your phone’s limitations and use dongles with audio features like fully balanced audio. Personally, I’m a fan of 4.4 mm balanced connection, as most of my headphones will run balanced. This is something I could never do with 3.5mm alone.
DDHifi makes some great ‘audiophile’ - dumb title but you know what I mean - DACs.
I often don’t hear this side of the issue discussed.
- Comment on Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power 1 year ago:
Streaming has ultimately taught me how little I ‘need’ to watch since it trains you to really only seek out a couple things per service. I’ve also become very advertisment sensitive being blessed with tools to avoid that and companies honeymooning people for a while with fewer ads compared to what cable did.
Obviously, the dipshits are springing their ‘trap’ but I’m not bullish on the strategy of forcing consumers to suddenly tolerate a return of ads everywhere and always on entertainment. I just see folks running away again/further disconnecting from traditional media.
- Comment on Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power 1 year ago:
I can only imagine the delicious conversations about what objectionable art other people are enjoying that ‘their’ tax dollars paid for. Sure, let’s do it.
And when the GOP holds enough power again we could finally have real US branded State TV! The Trump New Network will live, lol
- Comment on Give me your clothes and your phaser 1 year ago:
No. Have you?
- Comment on Striking actor Stephen Fry says his voice was stolen from the Harry Potter audiobooks and replicated by AI 1 year ago:
Did Tupac’s estate agree? Or receive compensation?
- Comment on Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? 1 year ago:
I don’t know much, but Stremio does a fairly good job listing streaming services for anything searched
- Comment on Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? 1 year ago:
Think of all the extra searches!
- Comment on Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome 1 year ago:
Or, idk, regulators could like, do their jobs.