schwim
@schwim@reddthat.com
- Comment on The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending 11 months ago:
Boomer AI wrote the title.
- Comment on Looking for an actual left leaning Lemmy instance 11 months ago:
Someone point this man to a soap opera instance, stat!
- Comment on Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform 11 months ago:
Had to look up what substack was. Not sure if that speaks more of it’s irrelevance, my ignorance or if it’s a 50/50 split.
- Comment on Does technology actually add value to the world? 11 months ago:
I think the answer to that question would completely depend on what you value.
- Comment on Firefish has been abandoned. 11 months ago:
The power of opensource.
- Comment on We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever? 11 months ago:
I don’t think for myself, it’s primarily the fault of bots, misinformation and ads. It’s… Us. We’re not as interesting as we like to think we are and I have just gotten exhausted slogging through the “look what I can do” posts.
It’s much more rewarding for me to follow videos or threads of people actually creating something that interests me than it is to scroll through feeds consisting of online acquaintances posting memes, pics of purchases, food and locales.
My preferred medium is YouTube subs via freetube of channels whose content appeals to me(carpentry, car builds, mtb, etc). I don’t use any social aspects of the platform, I just like to watch the content.
- Comment on YouTube can't stop showing me AI deepfake ads 1 year ago:
If I had to watch an ad, deep fake or not, I’d just stop watching YT vids altogether.
- Comment on Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective | Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame d... 1 year ago:
This has been Tesla’s modus operandi since day one of Musk’s involvement and the bootlicking fanboys have helped blame the victims of the failures to keep legitimate claims from gaining ground in recalls.
- Comment on Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training 1 year ago:
You can still opt out by opting not to use Dropbox.
- Comment on Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software 1 year ago:
Say it isn’t so.
Anyways.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I ran a niche VW community and for a quarter of a year, I singlehandedly posted multiple posts daily. No downvotes, subscribers gained, 50+ up votes on some but practically 0 community engagement or content. Lemmy is too small still to support anything but politics or tech of a certain slant.
- Comment on The new Mammoth app is a much simpler take on Mastodon | The Verge 1 year ago:
You seem angry.
- Comment on The new Mammoth app is a much simpler take on Mastodon | The Verge 1 year ago:
Apple only so Fuck’em.
- Comment on HBO Max "thanks" me for being a loyal subscriber, by removing features from my plan without reducing the cost. 1 year ago:
You should post this to more groups. You’re dominating the front page.
- Comment on Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection 1 year ago:
I’ve got Grayjay on my phone but I very rarely watch YT on it so I’ve not really used it yet. Almost 100% of my watching happens on the PC and I’ve absolutely fallen in love with Freetube. No shorts spam, sponsorblock, more useful features on the player, it’s pretty fantastic.
- Comment on Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection 1 year ago:
YT’s push into ad-blocker blocking did the same for me that Reddit’s API change did, that being it was enough of a push for me to stop using their platform. In Reddit’s case, I get my fix from Lemmy and in YT’s case, I use Freetube to watch videos. In both cases, I’m sure they’re not losing money in my absence but I do feel better not giving them the data that I used to.
- Comment on Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out 1 year ago:
There is a way to opt out. Stop using FB.
- Comment on Google forced to reveal users' search histories in Colorado court ruling 1 year ago:
On the plus side, I meet less people like you when using their service, so it’s worth it to me.
- Comment on Google forced to reveal users' search histories in Colorado court ruling 1 year ago:
I always use Google anonymously as I always find alternative search engines to be lacking. Even without personalized search results, Google always works better for me.
- Comment on YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users 1 year ago:
I never thought of that aspect as I’ve never used them. My subscription list is so long, I don’t have the time to watch the videos I’m subbed to, much less any bonus content. I wonder how many people use that feature.
- Comment on YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users 1 year ago:
I don’t think anything is killing the platform as the longstanding ones seem pretty durable. Reddit did just fine throughout the API exodus and Twitter has somehow managed to survive Musk’s repeated and constant attempts to kill it. There will be enough viewers on youtube that will take whatever Google decides to throw at them. Don’t ask me why but a large portion of the viewers( redditors and tweeters, etc) just don’t care enough to make a change.
- Comment on YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users 1 year ago:
Freetube adopter as well. The experience is actually an improvement over using the yt site. I wish I had done it earlier.
- Comment on Parents told to delete social media apps to prevent kids from seeing Hamas atrocities — Facebook, X, TikTok and other social media services have been filled with graphic imagery 1 year ago:
I’m not saying this sarcastically but with honest confusion, is the warning from an entity or group that hasn’t spent a lot of time on the internet? I’m not young by any stretch of the imagination and people have had very easy,almost accidental access to horrific imagery and media since the advent of the internet. Fake titled gore on Napster, image boards, etc.
I will say the quality/detail of the content has gotten disturbingly more clear. That part makes it more disturbing to me. The Ukraine community has a shocking amount of drone video where it’s like a front row seat to the last seconds of someone’s life.
- Comment on Unity CEO John Riccitiello is retiring, effective immediately 1 year ago:
pops the golden parachute
“Later, bitches!”
- Comment on Starlink 1 year ago:
Sadly, it seems both sides of any discussion have now mastered hyperbole, manipulating statistics, leaving out facts and stretching the truth to make their argument. You basically can’t believe anything you read any longer.
- Comment on Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook 1 year ago:
On the desktop, I use Ublock Origin and FB Purity.
On my phone, I use Hermit to containerize FB Mobile and that’s routed through my app and web adblocker, Adguard. I literally haven’t seen an FB ad in years with this setup. FBP also allows you to turn off pretty much every annoyance on the site(you may know, if you like this then, people who do this do…)
- Comment on Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook 1 year ago:
I haven’t paid a dime and have had ad-free FB for years.
- Comment on How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should 1 year ago:
I don’t know of them and I’ve used it for as long as it’s been available.
- Comment on How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should 1 year ago:
I’m having problems finding unpatched vulnerabilities on Android ff, could you expand on what makes it less secure?
- Comment on How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should 1 year ago:
How does Firefox fail you at tabs? I’ve always been happy with it, I sandbox my FB and Google social stuff, Save groups for opening at once, share tabs across devices, I don’t want for anything.