BigTrout75
@BigTrout75@lemmy.world
- Comment on Amazon is testing a Buy for Me button powered by agentic AI that will let users purchase products from third-party websites without leaving Amazon's app. 5 days ago:
Ha ha tech funds a way. Sell in Amazon and get a free website. cpsc.gov/…/CPSC-Finds-Amazon-Responsible-Under-Fe…
- Comment on HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional 2 weeks ago:
HP is like, “enjoy the security vulnerabilities”
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
🤔 guess we’ll all find out in like 10 years
- Comment on Spotify says it's fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads 4 weeks ago:
🐛
- Comment on How to effectively protest outside my House representative's office 5 weeks ago:
Protesting is a legal right but I’m not sure it really does much anymore. Money is king. People need to realize that using Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, etc is giving these people power.
- Comment on Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users 5 weeks ago:
Ha ha ha
- Comment on Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office only saves to OneDrive 1 month ago:
All you do docs belong to us
- Comment on Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users 1 month ago:
Hi, I’m Clippy and you need to watch this 5 minute ad about about how Facebook brings families together before you can save you document.
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 1 month ago:
Notepad is not free! Bah ha ha ha. Anyway, tons of options out there for those not to lazy to look.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 1 month ago:
Yep, the homeless pay more!
- Comment on PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US 1 month ago:
Used PS3 games!
- Comment on Phil Spencer Claims That Nintendo and Sony Logos Will Now Appear During Xbox Presentations For Multiplatform Titles 1 month ago:
Time for Sega to come back!
- Comment on Windows 11 Start menu phone integration now includes iPhone support 2 months ago:
Time to share your phone data with Microsoft.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 months ago:
I would like to blame modern society but since the term “Lone Wolf” exists, I’m guessing it’s older than that.
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 2 months ago:
Free games are good. Have been using Heroic launcher in Linux. Free or not, I’m still waiting for the time to be right.
- Comment on LineageOS now officially supports the Pixel 9 series 3 months ago:
How safe is Lineage?
- Comment on Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff. 5 months ago:
Just curious, does Apple allow all those 3rd party options? Not saying anything just wondering.
- Comment on After six years of hardware ray tracing, the best examples of it are modified old games, like Quake and Minecraft. 5 months ago:
I think the tech industry misses the good old days when the upgrade was noticable and exciting. Now it’s just this big media blitz and the upgrades are not that noticeable. Lol, nothin like watching a 30 minute video that they flip back and forth with. “Oh, I can see the difference”
- Comment on Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule | Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling 5 months ago:
To be fair, users should talk to a subscribe specialist before being able to cancel 🤪
- Comment on YSK that Amazon has different prices for different people 5 months ago:
Then what about 🐪🐪🐪?
- Comment on Steam will now warn customers at checkout that they're only buying a digital license to a game 5 months ago:
Same is true with physical. It’s just harder for them to take it away.
- Comment on Utah’s first floating solar farm is complete 5 months ago:
Sounds good. I’m curious on what challenges they’ll face.
- Comment on Hollywood should invest more R&D into fake barf technology 6 months ago:
Just makes me think of the barf scene in ‘Stand by me’
- Comment on Arch Linux and Valve Collaboration 6 months ago:
Ha ha 😂
- Comment on "Would U.S. tech workers join a union?" survey average: 67% likely 6 months ago:
Would a union be able to repeal this lame IT overtime pay expectation? This dumb rule was the $27.63 over ten years ago too. I once worked at a place and a co-worker was told by his staffing agency that they didn’t have to pay overtime.
- Comment on Arch Linux and Valve Collaboration 6 months ago:
Great news! Crazy to think that Valve is hijacking/liberating the Windows gaming library. You would think that Microsoft would be doing more to prevent this.