Cherry

@Cherry@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ethical alternatives to Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I love sailing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ethical alternatives to Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I moved to Qobuz. It costs a little more but that is something you have to accept for the ethical choice.

  Unfortunately it’s not working for me. Many of my songs/libraries have not moved over well, can’t be found or have changed version etc.

  The bigger issues for me are the terrible CarPlay functions of the app. It’s non existent. If I am travelling I need to see and search fast and easy.
  And I continually have to select Bluetooth when playing music, if the app drops out or I lose connection I can’t just pop on my phone and again select Bluetooth. It needs to recognise CarPlay and just switch.

  Finally I it drops out and jumps a lot for me. Interruptions every 10 songs or so just isn’t great.

  I wish it would have worked but it didn’t.
  I’m moving away from music streaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been chatting through convenience with my kids.

  As an example music streaming. I have spent the last 15+ years paying for it, to generally accumulate a song or two extra per month. Switched from Spotify due to their warmongering. Tried an alternative. More expensive and the app is terrible for the car. Tempted lately to go back to an iPod and some sailing. At this stage it really does look like an option. It’s not the most convenient but balance out privacy, price and usability.

  I feel like I am going backwards as I simply don’t know what’s coming and I can’t trust the services I pay for in several capacities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And then after all that have to read a page full of ego and and thinly veiled sales waffle just to find the tiny bit of info you are looking for.

  You have to give up too much time and privacy to get little back. It’s not the internet we knew. It’s a hyper monitized sales board.

  I miss being excited about what online would unfurl for me each day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No it was designed to look like it works. Smoke, mirrors, placation they amount to fancy words for lie. Governments and Capitalist leaders have been getting bolder and bolder and are not only saying it but trying to act like they deserve the ability to control the masses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ensure to make sure every doc has 17 giant sized images saying FU MS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Feel pretty good about this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Access to view the evil models or to make more evil models?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Global plastics treaty talks in Geneva end in 'abject failure'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeh. Thrown by Luigi

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech bosses spend millions more on personal security⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All those tech tools and they still have to hire humans to make them safe. Hope the help don’t turn on the greedy tech bosses /s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Global plastics treaty talks in Geneva end in 'abject failure'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are at least saying it. Short term financial. Rather than some waffle like spin.

  The word failure, need to be sabotaged though, because that’s what it is. It’s blatant rich and greedy sabotaging common people and nature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Domino’s Pizza profits dive as people cut back on takeaways in UK⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s hope that changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry I was wrong. So used to declining cookies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Paywall. Is there a lemmy bot that can help with this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They are hoping you just give up and be quiet. They keep pushing the boundaries of tolerance. Greed and what the greedy will do from a minority of parasites needs to be talked about, needs to be called out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women abused as children by Rotherham gangs say police also sexually assaulted them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It takes courage to bring these accusations up in the face of an already hushed topic. I hope they get investigated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone could then tamper. These bottles are there for your safety and for those around you. It allows the product the be tracked in a recall. Regulations are usually there because of stuff like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The challenge of deleting old online accounts | Loudwhisper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you enquire with any if they had sold/shared your data.
  I suppose it could be an endless quest trying to trace and delete everything. I know that wasn’t your aim. Just curious as I am starting to do this. We can’t trust online with anything anymore so time to start wiping my footprints of what I still can. And my account list is a good place to start.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The challenge of deleting old online accounts | Loudwhisper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Great read thanks. It’s a quest I have stated here and there but you methods an awareness gives inspiration to the tedious task. Would you be willing to share the email template you used?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeh you dont get a ban for the first instance. This shows repeated offences. Lucky she has the money for a driver.

  I have little patience for serial speeders. Gripe all you like speed limits save lives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  FFS work work work till you just die in traffic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are correct. But the right tool in the wrong hands is still non credible in the eyes of perception.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my take. Elon just showed the world what we all knew. The tool is not trustworthy. All other AI suppliers are busy trying to work on credibility that grok just butchered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dislike it when somebody says "so" and then pauses.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Drives me crazy.
  It’s a way to cause drama rather rather using words to communicate what you want say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s the worry. Do I have to start again. Will my stuff be disrupted. Spotify has counted on me sleepwalking though with them and not moving because of this fear. They have had enough of my money.

  I had to laugh at the leaving page “if you leave me now you’ll take away the biggest part of me”.
  Spotify is not a human and I’ll take my money. They need to get lost with the emotive marketing, Spotify and the CEOs actions speak louder.

  My hard earned money and who I spend it with is one of my biggest voices in my world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been thinking of booting them for a whilst. Just cancelled. Better late than never.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s hope this is the start of a tide. No more money and no more information to those who get fat and seek to control those who use their services.