benjaminb

@benjaminb@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Also mich More valuable to Google, as they are the biggest Advertising company. I looked it up and according to this source I has ~70% of the pay-per-click market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  McDonald’s (in Germany at least) needs your location to “see when you arrive at the restaurant”. What the hell?! That doesn’t even work properly and they force it on me! I uninstalled the app and now I am actually happy, because without the promotion and discount stuff, I don’t eat McDanks that often anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No means no⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That actually brings me to my next point: Why does Windows allow Kernel-Level Programs?! Like, I do not trust Vanguard! (And I don’t understand why people do…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No means no⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok yeah, good point. Firefox has never done that to me, but maybe it’s different on Linux, I don’t know. But thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No means no⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In Linux you can actually (un)install features you want (or don’t want) without the whole system breaking.

  Also: Why the hell does Microsoft Edge run in the background all of the time?!