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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Of course telecom companies are suing the FTC to block the new 'click-to-cancel' rule⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great, now do health insurance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marvel's Midnight Suns is criminally underrated⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not paying for shit from 2k or anything with Denuvo but I’ll take a magnet link if ya got one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that United has significantly escalated their war against basic economy passengers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean yeah, that sounds like some bullshit. Make up a new rule that makes no sense but screws passengers out of their money. If someone complains, just give them an exemption. If they don’t take their money.

  It’s like when Well Fargo got caught stealing a few pennies from millions of customers. Anyone who complained got their money back, but those that didn’t (which was a lot) they just kept.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes there’s an obscure item I need that I can’t find anywhere else. That’s what I usually buy on Amazon. Other times it’s cheap Chineseum stuff that I want to be able to return without hassle or get refunded if I never receive the item.

  But yeah, generally I try to buy directly from the seller, and especially try to buy locally if I can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Years and years ago, they discovered that Google was still tracking your location, even with location disabled. That’s because Google created a surveillance network using your friends’ phones. Your friends’ phones would find local WiFi connections, and report them back to Google, along with associated GPS data. Then Google used this to make a sort of WiFi map. So now Google can tell where you are without ever getting any actual “location data”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whaaat? I definitely use Bluetooth without location services, and always have?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it exemplifies rather well why I hate the word “toxic”

  I mean it can be abused just like any other adjective…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine someone punches you in the mouth and then when you get pissed off and say mean things, they call you “toxic” and “hostile”. Like bitch, you created this situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun fact: public Bluesky profiles also offer RSS feeds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the language exercise of trying to say a complete idea in the less possible words.

  Except people don’t do that. They just create these ridiculously long and confusing threads

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what class actions are for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They could easily claim damages, considering they may have made sacrifices over the years against other providers in anticipation of the T-Mo guarantee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun fact: public Bluesky profiles also offer RSS feeds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s worth noting that you could never post this message on BSky due to arbitrary and fucking stupid character limits.

  I’ll never join anything with character limits. Like, why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course you can.

  Linux is great if you’re a software developer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean they would have to charge enough to make it financially viable. Maybe no one else would buy it but me…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  if they did the 2nd part entirely within your PC, would it be ok privacy-wise, and would the consumers be ok with it?

  I mean Chrome works exactly like that now so, yes?

  Depends on how you define “okay”. Do people understand how it works, and want it to work that way? Absolutely not. Will they do absolutely anything to change it? Also no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really hasn’t though. MS used to make money selling Windows and other software licenses for shit that you owned. Back in the day before personal data was The New Oil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you think it would cost MS to sell a version of Windows that’s just…an operating system, and not an ad platform? Like Windows XP? Or maybe Windows 10 on day 1?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2024 Self-Host User Survey Results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that works as well. Matrix is supported that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2024 Self-Host User Survey Results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. Pop OS is funded by hardware sales (though they do accept donations as well).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenCritic now has user-reviews including pros&cons and shows user score⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course it does? I want to see reviews for new games…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2024 Self-Host User Survey Results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t say they only cared about that but it’s not like they’re a charity…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …okay? What does that have to do with what I said?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenCritic now has user-reviews including pros&cons and shows user score⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you replied to the wrong person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenCritic now has user-reviews including pros&cons and shows user score⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  no rss = dead to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the great benefits of living in Texas is HEB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So this is where they draw the line? Interesting choice…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, it’s not like their last full release was actually a single player only game.

  You have to consider Valve’s position there. That wasn’t just any old single-player game, it was a VR game that was released to boost development of VR games in general, which Valve would make money off of basically any VR game ever created.

  Same reason they created the Steam Deck. Look how that worked out for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve doesn’t care because single player games have a short lifespan and finite income. Games like Counter-Strike people play and spend money for literal decades. The amount of money they must make from these is unfathomable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2024 Self-Host User Survey Results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just moderation, but you are responsible for all content on your server, some of which may be illegal and hosting it is a IRL crime, but the sheer size of it is impossible to filter.