Fester

joined 1 year ago
[–] Fester@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hardware that is supported by ads or requires a subscription should be free, or better yet, not exist at all. Fuck paying $800+ for a TV that leeches forced ad revenue on top of the sale.

And fuck the TV manufacturers for enabling this behavior. Bring back non-smart TVs. I’ll never use Roku or Google built-in streaming, so they shouldn’t be on my TV at all.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Putin orders development of homegrown rifles that can be fired by next generation of young conscripts with stubs for hands

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 23 points 8 months ago

And they profit from it. That’s mentioned there too, and it makes it that much more infuriating. They know exactly what they’re doing, and they do it on purpose, for money.

And at the end of the day, they’ll settle (who are the plaintiffs? Article doesn’t say) or pay some relatively inconsequential amount, and they’ll still have gained a net benefit from it. Another case of cost-of-doing-business.

Would’ve been free without the lawsuit even. Lives lost certainly aren’t factored in otherwise.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh no it’s him, the Algorithm

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

“Let’s get started. Guns away please.”

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

The cell data button only disables data, but the airplane button disables the cellular radio entirely and doesn’t disable WiFi or Bluetooth. If you want WiFi and BT disabled, you need to tap them separately.

However… the airplane button remembers your last preference. If you tapped airplane and then disabled WiFi and BT, it will disable them next time you turn on airplane mode. If you last used airplane mode with WiFi and/or BT enabled, it will only disable the cell antenna.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago (12 children)

iOS has it as well.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

I think they meant in the future when the form factor is the same as wearing glasses.

My glasses are on my face every minute of every day, except when showering and sleeping. I’m uncomfortable when they’re not there - and not just because I can’t see, but because I’m so used to it.

That’s probably the future - people being uncomfortable if a screen isn’t in their vision every waking moment, because it’s as physically comfortable and as “normal” as wearing glasses, and more comfortable than looking down at a phone.

It’d be an amazing feat for technology, but similarly as dystopian as having a social media-feeding PC in your pocket, or just any PC if you’re another generation older. Future people will eat it up though, just like we eat up the phones.

Now I’m imagining marketing where the old millennials are staring at their phones, and the young people are complaining about how grandpa never engages with other human beings or makes eye contact - but they’re still scrolling TikTok while talking to him.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Now we’re losing negative money

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 26 points 10 months ago

“Your customers still trust you with their data and you haven’t even started selling it yet.”

-shareholders, probably

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It’s like scary Bilbo but instead of the ring it’s sandwiches and it’s permanent

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