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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think enforcing some universal API for this would be a decent compromise. This would allow browsers to handle the UI which means the user can set a global preference or set it per site. At the very least the UI would be uniform so you wouldn’t have to fight dark patterns trying to disable them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks accused of rigging payments in app for nearly $900 million gain over 5 years by consumer watchdog group⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds reasonable to me. Starbucks is everywhere. But when you do have options they’re far from the top choice.

  You could have a look around to see if you have any local coffee roasters and then find out who they supply to try and get something a lot fresher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks accused of rigging payments in app for nearly $900 million gain over 5 years by consumer watchdog group⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know too many people that think Starbucks is the only place that makes good coffee and refuse to go anywhere else. No, you like strong roasts, lots of sugar, and plenty of advertising, most of which you can get anywhere else if you just ask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In Rowling’s case it seems to be due to her being alive and directly benefiting from the financial success of her work. Pirating seems like a fair compromise. “I like what you make enough to consume it, but don’t like you enough to pay for it”

  Maybe good creators are just horrible people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t agree that this type of response is productive, there’s a lot more nuance to these arguments. It is however interesting which things we’re no longer allowed to like. Disney for example, despite their history of anti-Semitism don’t nearly get as much hate as they deserve and at a time where even suggesting something that Israel did to Gaza is bad becomes conflated with hating Jews

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the perspective. I’m not a member of the community (or much of a potter fan, other than enjoying the movies as a kid. Nostalgia) so it’s probably a lot easier for me to separate author from work.

  It just concerned me that people would be unintentionally flagging themselves as an adversary. The generalisation also seemed unfair and alienating in the same way many marginalised groups are. I do understand though that one side is something you enjoy and the other is something you are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it really? Can someone not just like the potter series and either disagree with or ignore the politics of the author?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Common Voice - Donate your voice to teach machines how people speak | Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the genetics that build the vocal tract could be different, which in simple terms could mean a change in pitch. There are also more cultural differences such as speech cadence, accent, and inflection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK watchdog slams the brakes on Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More like 1-2 thousand. Our politicians are surprisingly cheap to bribe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Arrives Next Month, Includes Phantom Liberty Expansion⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It does safeguard to some extent. The goty editions will typically have all patches that didn’t exist on the launch version. This is usually an issue for offline play/preservation where the platform that would provide you with updates no longer exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a concept that should be familiar to a business owner called value based pricing where you charge based upon a (usually service) product’s perceived value rather than the cost of producing it. Make a game worth giving time and money to then you’ll have success. Fill it with pointless content to pad out the hours and it is neither with the time nor the money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z and millennials are more into gig work than ever, BofA says — but it’s not coming close to making ends meet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  bofa deez nuts