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Cub3··on Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
Why not use a DNS based solution like nextdns? or an extension like wipr?
Cub3··on AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint
Report it
Cub3··on Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history
This is amazingly pedantic, I love it.
Cub3··on Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
Cub3··on GameBoy Emulator on E-Ink [video]
I found this super interesting, especially driving the audio
Cub3··on US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks
> you're probably just as pissed as 60% of Americans

Yet you voted for it

Cub3··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
I feel like you'd be taking on a lot of pain for no real benefits though?
Cub3··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
> it was filled with ads

You bought a phone from an advertising company?

Cub3··on Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group
Turns out a marketing company doesn't care about your privacy go figure
Cub3··on Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones
Now that is an interesting question
Cub3··on X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced
The line you walk past is the one you accept, x accepts CSAM
Cub3··on Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
The bobiverse books are fantastic, would suggest continuing the series as it gets even better
Cub3··on Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
Man that’s terrifying. I can’t imagine going through that due to admin incompetence

The US healthcare system sounds horrific

Cub3··on I deleted my second brain
Something you could get an LLM to do for you
Cub3··on What if we made advertising illegal?
> Total fantasy to think you wouldn't fall afoul of free speech, both legally (in the US) and morally

Can you still advertise smoking in the US?

Cub3··on uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
Why not swap to dns blocking with NextDNS or something similar? Take it out of the browsers hands?
Cub3··on Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
Cub3··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
It seems a lot of reddit communities are starting to block xitter as it's painful to use now without an account. Should HN do the same?
Cub3··on Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow
> told to expect to be brutalized in prison by the other prisoners and guards

How horrific. I don't understand why the people of the US accept this.

Cub3··on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
I'm in the same boat, got a battery replacement last year and am struggling to justify the expense but the satellite piece + AI integration may clinch it
Cub3··on A Swiss town banned billboards. Zurich, Bern may soon follow
US consumerism on full display
Cub3··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
Workaround + update (within a authenticated portal)

https://www.reddit.com/r/crowdstrike/comments/1e6vmkf/bsod_e...

Cub3··on GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says
I don't understand how "Roaring Kitty" is illegally manipulating the market.

What has he done / is he doing that's illegal? Can no one post on social media that they are interested in a stock?

Cub3··on Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness
> actively manipulating their users into unhealthy levels of engagement

Which is the root issue here, why don't we ban online advertising as a business model or significantly tax it to create a cost of x engagement

Cub3··on House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app
Do you have a non-twitter link?
Cub3··on Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu
Yep, this, they've been so anti-consumer for so long.
Cub3··on The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
I swapped to Apple Music recently too (as I got 6 months free) and the UI is horrible compared to spotify + painfully slow to load on my phone.
Cub3··on Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible "forever"
They shouldn't be able to call it "buy"ing it should be referred to as "rent"ing if they can pull your purchased copy at any moment
Cub3··on The GPT Store
You can get the microsoft copilot app for iOS which includes GPT4 for free
Cub3··on Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%
The feature I miss that spotify has is being able to control music playing on my desktop from my phone or vice versa
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