bmarquez

> The OS is now a commodity. Microsoft needs a new strategy.

Unfortunately they're taking the Google approach. Removal of Windows local accounts, telemetry (with all of the privacy issues), advertising, etc.

I'd rather support the creator directly through Patreon or buying their products (which I do occasionally) than sending money to Google.

Besides, YouTube Premium doesn't get rid of creator sponsorships.

This is kind of already the case. There are stock/forex trading discords where "verified" trader roles already exist (e.g. you have an account with that prop firm), and helpful information (including job openings) are sent there first.

Same thing with various Discord communities that recruit from Reddit where your participation in the subreddit is used to determine if you're trustworthy.

If you don't know how to get access to those Discords, you wouldn't know that they exist.

Very excited for things like Lemmy. Having a Lemmy instance per subreddit makes a lot more sense than Mastodon, because it makes the "which instance do I choose?" onboarding issue self-explanatory.

The State of California automatically issued digital vaccine certificates. Basically QR codes that could be read by a business with the appropriate hardware.

https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/

The Ancient Romans used a sponge on a stick for washing themselves after defecating. I always wondered who was responsible for cleaning and replacing those sponges in public latrines.

Same here. I can't debate what the "other side" is thinking if I don't know what it is.

If they want to add a side link to more authoritative sources (like what Spotify does for podcasts discussing Covid), then fine, but don't censor me if I'm actively looking for "disinformation."

I've seen those signs before. They were posted in rapidly gentrifying Hispanic areas, probably targeting those with weak English or financial literacy.

The interesting things is that the signs appeared to be handwritten with a black marker but all of them looked exactly the same. There were commercially produced but they took the effort to hide it.

How would your company protect itself against Sherlocking? (when an OS adds features previously available as 3rd party apps)

It seems like Google's Digital Wellbeing or the Apple equivalent could steal these features.

We're not the customers, the advertisers are. And so far the advertisers don't care about this kind of censorship.

Try to get customer service as a non-paying user on Meta platforms, it's horrible and you rarely interact with a real person.

Absolutely, Facebook and Twitter try to assign you into categories and bombard you with ads based on them.

What's interesting is that TikTok is getting the criticism these days, meaning that they're currently at the top of social media mind share.

I think Instagram is a better example of enshittification than TikTok.

It's been around far longer, the algorithm has gotten far worse, and it's not Chinese controlled so people don't criticize it as much and changes slide under the radar.

Yeah CNN international version (I can comment on the Asian versions) is completely different than CNN in America. It feels less polarizing and less of a mirror copy of Fox.

My understanding is that Dominion (and Smartmatic) are private companies so they're not bound by the First Amendment and are free to file defamation lawsuits.

My criticism of the parent poster was with the phrase "high treason" which implies a crime against the government (who would be bound by the First Amendment if this was taking place in America).

> Carlson literally disputed the results of an election

> It used to be the case that such events got classified and prosecuted as high treason.

I wasn't aware that stating an opinion on a government election was illegal in the United States. Isn't that literally what the First Amendment is for?

With the reference to comparing her employer to Alex Jones, I think the author is trying to sway the court of public opinion.

I hope the author has some hard evidence like emails or voice recordings that she's saving for a lawsuit.

The algorithmic "for you" section requires a paid subscription to be included, unless the user is already following an account.

Following someone on Twitter is now the email equivalent of "double opt-in" for mailing lists.

> he is not entitled to enforce them on other people

In 2008 when Proposition 8 was on the ballot, that Eich privately supported, even President Obama (candidate at the time) was publicly against gay marriage.

There needs to be some historical cultural context, supporting Prop 8 in 2008 is different than supporting Prop 8 in 2023. Now if Eich said he would support it in 2023, that's a different matter.

But I would still use Brave browser and search since it's a good product.

Brave search is surprisingly good. In the past I've often clicked the "fallback to Google Search" option but these days I rarely do that.

It could be that Brave is getting better, or Google search is getting worse, or both.

Yeah people keep trying to push the "Russian connection" when it isn't being supported by Durov's actions. It almost feels like a conspiracy theory encouraged by users of competing apps.

There are legitimate reasons to doubt Telegram like the lack of default end-to-end encryption but the Russian thing as a criticism of the app itself is overblown.

I am already sharing Apple TV+ using Family Sharing and it's working out great.

There are Apple limits to how often you can change families, and potentially family members could buy apps with your account or use its storage, so you're incentivized to only share with people you trust and not random strangers.

Netflix needs something similar at no additional charge.

It sounds like you're using the Resmed P10 nasal pillow. I've tried that before and agree the mesh vents get clogged easily (not just because of condensation, but also because it gets dirty easily).

There are other similar pillow masks out there that don't have that problem. I found the Philips Nuance, Philips Dreamwear, and F&P Brevida to not have any venting issues. The Brevida has a cloth mesh that still works when wet, and probably is the best if you want that "resistance" feeling on exhale.

I'm wondering how that happens.

All CPAP masks have vents in them to prevent CO2 buildup, and those vents work regardless of the pressure settings.

I hope the Fediverse replacement for Reddit, Lemmy, will pick up in popularity before old.reddit dies.

It makes a lot of sense since each "subreddit" could be its own server.

Front page is horrible, and I always skip it by bookmarking a subreddit that I'm already subscribed to.

Front page feels like clickbait and "get angry for engagement metrics"

Or the people who are labeled "buffoons" (or whatever pejorative) aren't actually buffoons but are labeled that way by people with their own political biases.

> To quit Reddit, I wanted the Pavlok to deliver a painful shock every time I visited Reddit

That's a bit...extreme.

Fortunately Reddit is doing a great job diminishing its own usability. When Reddit enables their paid API and locks out 3rd party clients in the process, there will be greater friction to browse. When they eventually kill old.reddit.com that'll be the nail in the coffin.

According to the Reddit thread, some sore losers in Fortnite matches had the winners' accounts falsely deleted.

This is a lot of personal information required to delete an account.

But I'm not sure what other way can be used to verify that original owner wants to delete an account (with paid purchases) and not some hacker (who may have obtained a password or 2FA token without permission).

Keeping in mind that if the original owner gets an account deleted without permission, the owner could sue Epic.

Took a look at pixelfed and it seems fascinating. I have no interest in leaving Twitter for Mastodon, but I'm desperately looking for an Instagram alternative.

I wonder if pixelfed is going to have storage issues someday with the videos uploaded. I guess its dependent on the server but pixelfed.social is the only one with a large userbase.