Darleys_Brew
@Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml
- Comment on Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure 1 week ago:
But with less ads?
- Comment on Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure 1 week ago:
Most of us didn’t….half the country voted, and a quarter voted leave, having believed the lies of snake oil salesman Nigel Farage and one or two others that the EU was screwing us over somehow, and its “unelected official” weren’t helping. Plus some other bollocks about migrants.
- Comment on Meta found liable in child exploitation case 2 weeks ago:
Seems like half the problem here is how Suckerberg has handled it, rather than what happened…or have I got that wrong?
- Comment on Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store 4 weeks ago:
So they aren’t gonna say “loads of people are downloading the same game in the same region, let’s increase the price”? Cause that’s what dynamic pricing means.
- Comment on Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store 4 weeks ago:
How do you justify “dynamic pricing” on downloadable content?
- Comment on Facebook is absolutely cooked 1 month ago:
Currently banned for “unusual activity”, after arguing with a few right wingers.
I only still have it to maintain contact with a small handful of people.
Given why it was started, is anyone surprised by any of this?
- Comment on The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about 1 month ago:
Soon it will just be a bunch of AIs buying, selling, and interacting with each other.
- Comment on Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco 5 months ago:
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a supper for a dead cat”.
- Comment on 28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower 5 months ago:
An engine for a third of the price of my weekly shopping trip….thats ace.
/s
- Comment on Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app 5 months ago:
OsmAnd Maps, Organic Maps, and Co Maps are all worth looking at.
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 5 months ago:
Most fucking annoyingest law ever.
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 5 months ago:
Id have thought that theyd have seen this coming.
- Comment on An eggy smell is horrible if it comes unexpectedly, but arguably pleasant if you're eating an egg mayo sandwich 5 months ago:
Its like you dont mind the smell of your own farts, but hate everyone elses.
- Comment on Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem 5 months ago:
I thought Ted was short for Edward.
- Comment on Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem 5 months ago:
Tommy Robinson, JK Rowling …give me a bit, I’ll think of more.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 6 months ago:
What phone are you using?
- Comment on Why is Lemmy much better with telling a user why they were banned? 6 months ago:
Reddit banned me for a comment that they interpreted as pro Hamas, but never came out and said it, despite the “check your inbox” banner.
- Comment on A goodbye to kbin ... 6 months ago:
How about Loops?
- Comment on 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed 7 months ago:
I agree with you, but it is a lot like Boomers calling everyone younger a Millenial.
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 7 months ago:
Or FairPhone??
- Comment on Taylor Swift’s new album comes in cassette. Who is buying those? 7 months ago:
Collectors? Idiots?
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 7 months ago:
I live in a backwater northern U.K. town. We have fibre. I’d have thought somewhere like USA was rolling it out to most places.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 7 months ago:
lol. Of course it does.
- Comment on Roblox Retaliates Against Child Abuse Survivor Who Exposed Platform's Predator Problem 7 months ago:
Imagine being exposed as having a predator problem and doing anything but shutting that down.
- Comment on Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says 7 months ago:
Definitely. I reckon on my first console I bought games for (2000 or so.), you could get a game roughly fifteen quid, within a few years (2005) it was 40 quid, and not long after that (Around 2010-2015.), £60. My wages didn’t increase like that.
- Comment on No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online 7 months ago:
Facebook are the same, been the same for years.
- Comment on Schools are using AI to spy on students and some are getting arrested for misinterpreted jokes and private conversations 7 months ago:
Then, those in charge can criminalise you.
- Comment on Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations 8 months ago:
Once….which is probably the point.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 8 months ago:
Most authoritarian option there is.
- Comment on Rule34 blocked the UK entirely rather than comply due to the new law. 8 months ago:
To be honest I don’t think much of this is about catching or preventing paedos, and is just straight up authoritarianism.