DrGunjah

@DrGunjah@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome, such as uBlock Origin – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cox Media Group claims to be listening to private conversations to sell advertisements⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  well, you call it dystopia, they call it brainstorming :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification ...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If they are 100% transparent in regard to where the money goes, I’m in. The problem with something like youtube premium is not that it’s unaffordable to the majority of users. It’s that at this point you have to assume that they don’t need the subscription fee to cover their costs, but to shove that money up some CEOs or Shareholders asses. Yeah that’s not gonna happen unless they force me to and even then I’d think twice about if I really need that service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix confirms it is increasing subscription prices, again, after adding 8.8 million customers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I unsubscribed when they killed account sharing and planned to subscribe just for one or two months per year to binge every show I like… but I may not subscribe again for a long time now, considering that these guys take their villain role very seriously, I mean it’s really hard to not dislike them right now. They’re like the Cersei Lannister of streaming services

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here comes another Netflix price hike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Either they blatantly lie about the outcome of the password crackdown or they see no issues at all to showcase how mind-bogglingly greedy they are. I think I’ve read this week they claim that subscriptions increased by 6 million worldwide. You’d think that is enough increase in revenue for a while, but no, let’s increase prices now. Weird timing imo, unless they’re testing how far they can go

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any idea what Google are doing? Is this because I dont use Chrome (use Firefox)? I've no adblockers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No it’s not. If an ad break comes up on tv and to avoid them you go for a pee or get some snacks, no sane person would call that piracy. It’s pretty much the same with youtube, I could just leave the room while an ad plays. Adblock just automates the task of not watching the ad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Violent video games linked to verbal aggression and hostility but not physical aggression⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much every sports game does not involve violence and people still rage like there’s no tomorrow. I’m pretty sure people will throw slurs at you over a game of yahtzee or something, as long as it’s online and there’s a ladder/ranks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series & Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Can’t get worse at this point, eh?” Amazon: hold my beer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  May be worth the 3 bucks if the freevee stuff is ad free too then. Otherwise they can go f themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  EU trying to kill E2E encryption for citizens while explicitly excluding companies and politicians is not exactly better. To protect the kids, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In light of articles all over Lemmy about Google pushing ManifestV3 onto Chrome and the majority of web users, isn't that an antitrust violation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was a Firefox user until they started releasing major versions every few days which broke addons. Not sure how it is today but it was a hassle for a few weeks at least. I switched to chrome because it was the next best option back then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix password crackdown has actually caused a growth in Subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You skipped the part where Netflix actually encouraged account sharing for a long time. Now they frame the account sharers as thieves. Also the other part where quality of content goes down while subscription prices go up while still not providing plans with hq streams for single people. Which all was tolerable for a few bucks a month. Without sharing netflix is simply not worth the money