spaghettiwestern
@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
I have mine behind a Pihole too. It blocked all the ads at first but Roku seems to actively varying the ad servers and they’ve started showing up again. I haven’t had a chance to see if I can block them again.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
Roku is chocked full of ads too, and regularly sets the default for the “Select” button to open those ad sites or apps. Roku used to be great. It has now been completely enshittified.
- Comment on SanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputing 3 months ago:
I have a convertible laptop with a MicroSD slot. A 4TB card would be great for backups.
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 4 months ago:
This would be of limited use for many people. Carriers lock people in by selling lots of phones that are missing frequency bands and cannot be used on their competitor’s networks. For instance, many of TMO’s phones cannot be used on AT&T and Verizon’s networks. My Oneplus 9Pro is a great phone, but if I wanted to switch to Spectrum (on Verizon’s network) or AT&T I would be forced to buy a new phone.
Some phones like the Iphone and Pixels are compatible with every U.S. network, but plenty of others are not.
- Comment on TeamViewer responds to security 'irregularity' in IT network 4 months ago:
Teamviewer has a history of lying about serious security breaches. The company’s networks have been breached before and they literally spent years denying it and blaming it on their customers: securityweek.com/teamviewer-confirms-it-was-hacke…
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 6 months ago:
An article about how to bypass the account requirement from February of this year:
tomshardware.com/…/install-windows-11-without-mic…
It requires numerous steps to bypass the account requirement or the creation of special installation media.
Perhaps the screenshots you posted were accurate at some point or in some situations, but you need to do better research before accusing others of spreading misinformation and stop spreading it yourself.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 6 months ago:
Regular users are absolutely forced to use a Microsoft account, no matter how tired you are. People shouldn’t have to be techies to keep their information private.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 6 months ago:
Windows 11? Let’s see here…
Spyware/malware since that infamous Windows 7 update sending everything (including passwords) to Microsoft. Ads spread across the UI in W11. Simple features disabled. Bing Internet search results in the Start Menu that can’t be disabled unless you edit the registry. Search engine in the Start Menu cannot be changed. Numerous other previously simple settings changes that now require registry edits. Menu items gone, and others that still exist but inexplicable have been removed from the Start Menu search. Edge browser forced down your throat no matter what you set as the default browser. Upgrades that you can’t do at your convenience and forced restarts that happen even if you have open files that you’re editing. Long (sometimes really long) upgrade restart times. Forced Microsoft account use to install and use the OS. Internet access required to even install the OS. Absurdly inflexible hardware requirements that make no sense for most people. A taskbar that can’t be moved. Numerous programs and garbage spread through the OS that cannot be removed or disabled.
Besides that, what’s not to like?
- Comment on FCC Imposes Nearly $200 Million in Fines on US Wireless Carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) for Illegal Location Data Sharing 6 months ago:
Where do you think you are? The E.U.?
- Comment on Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements. 6 months ago:
Linux is actually becoming easier to deal with than Windows in many cases. Microsoft has removed so many settings fro the GUI that editing of the Registry has become required even for simple things. That’s much less user friendly IMO than backing up and editing a text .conf file.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Assumptions, assumptions… My company is a communications company and actually produces networking equipment. Almost no one uses Ethernet because we have the knowledge and experience to implement reliable wifi. Perhaps your company should hire us since they’ve done such a bad job with their own implementation.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Sorry to hear your company doesn’t care about productivity.
My company produces networking equipment and actually knows how to implement reliable wireless and wired networks. If your company’s wifi network is unstable it was not designed and implemented correctly.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Don’t most of (maybe all) dell and lenovo laptops come with ethernet ports by default ?
Nope. Ethernet ports are gone. >
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
And in the offices I worked in nobody had a docking station. They aren’t everywhere.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Lol! One Ethernet cable in a conference room? What if someone else is using it? Next you’ll proudly state that you carry an Ethernet switch everywhere you go. But, you be you.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Not my last job with a Fortune 100 company. Nearly all of us used wifi all the time. Our engineering and software development groups did use desktop computers with Gig E though.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
My last job was with a Fortune 100 technical company in a sales position. No one used a docking station and no one bothered with an Ethernet cable. Neither did any of the customers we dealt with. People with desktop computers were wired up but most everyone else used wifi all the time.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Moan and groan all you like, it doesn’t change the fact that wireless is almost always an option and wired is almost never an option.
Even desktop PCs come with wifi adapters. Finding a laptop with an Ethernet port is damn near impossible.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
Long time since you bought a laptop, or even looked at them? Even most of Dell and Thinkpad mobile workstations no longer include an Ethernet port.
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
You do know that laptops no longer even come with those “make do” Ethernet ports, right?
- Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” 8 months ago:
It’s absolutely making do. Having to plug an Ethernet cable in every time you take your laptop to someone else’s office, break room or conference room simply doesn’t work.
- Comment on Fully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported. 8 months ago:
Just returned 2 Eufy cameras because the company claims ownership of my video streams and won’t allow me access to those streams. Their website conveniently hides the fact that almost all of their cameras are locked to their base station or their cloud and makes it look like the streams are accessible. Ultimately that means Eufy can pull the plug at any time.
Many people got wise to the printer ink racket, they’ll eventually figure out these cloud services are to be avoided too.
- Comment on Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic 10 months ago:
LG’s app is an absolute privacy nightmare too. That app must be used if you want access to any smart appliance features and it requires precise location permissions 100% of the time. Even then, the app features mediocre and it doesn’t work very well and often doesn’t notify of a finished wash load until long after it’s completed. Why anyone would want to allow their washing machine manufacturer to continuously track their exact location in exchange for some crappy, poorly implemented features is beyond me.
- Comment on Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family 11 months ago:
Wow, you not only do think you’re a mind reader, you lecture like a 1st grade English teacher. Way too many decent people on Lemmy to waste time with you.
- Comment on Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family 11 months ago:
For remote access an account makes sense, but like many people I have no need of accessing my content without a VPN. There are other options out there that do not require logging into a company’s server to set up a local server.
- Comment on Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family 11 months ago:
Who said anything about authentication to access it? A server cannot be set up without creating an account with the company and allowing the server to send Plex data.
- Comment on Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family 11 months ago:
Same reaction here. My Plex install lasted until I realized that I had to log into their servers to watch my own content. WTF is an understatement.
- Comment on Heat-pump water heaters are a winner for the climate — and your wallet 11 months ago:
Heat pump water heaters are relatively new, but heat pumps for interior heating and cooling have been around for decades. I have a 14 year old system that works well.
- Comment on SanDisk Refutes Claim That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures | PetaPixel 1 year ago:
Let them refute all they want. I just bought a MicroSD and a SSD and wouldn’t even consider Sandisk.
- Comment on Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage until Mexican government stepped in - YouTube 1 year ago:
+1. I bought a high end Samsung tablet. In less than a year they disabled the IR app completely. Their customer support said too bad & fuck you.
Last Samsung I’ll ever buy.