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It’s because the first time doesn’t always work. I swear, sometimes it doesn’t!
It’s because the first time doesn’t always work. I swear, sometimes it doesn’t!
This is basically “dog bites man” territory at this point.
The “Blocked since install” stat on uBlockOrigin is always an eye-opener.
Yes, this exactly! I still cannot fathom how Discord took off. It offers literally no advantages over forums, and introduces some massive disadvantages.
A lot of it is familiarity. I begged my parents to cancel Netflix, especially since they complain about the programming (or lack thereof); I pointed out that they could try another streaming service for a month, and then if they really hated it, then they could just go back to Netflix. But they wouldn’t even entertain the possibility. They’re afraid of change.
And Netflix is making bank on that.
Absolutely horrifying, but not surprising. This kind of shit is exactly what we were worried about when facial recognition tech started to take off.
I often do this, but I always hit Ctrl-S before running it again. Shamefully, this probably works about 10% of the time. Does that technically count as changing nothing?
And this is precisely why you don’t store your files in the cloud.
Yet more evidence that we shouldn’t be handing over sensitive data to random companies. Will this change anyone’s behaviour? Sadly, probably not.
This would have been a hilarious Dexter gag.
Well, fuck. This was the ONE social media site that I put my data on, and that was out of necessity (job hunting). I know it’s not the same, but this sort of feels like the Equifax breach.
You know that some guest DJ is going to play Rick Astley all hour long.
This is a wonderful idea! I’ll definitely be following this project.
Sounds like a money laundering scheme.
You want us to use Edge? Then stop sucking, and respect our privacy. Oh, wait…that’s the antithesis of Microsoft’s philosophy.
I use one every day. I could probably write an essay on why, but one reason sticks out: tactile buttons. It’s great to be able to skip a track without having to poke around on a screen to find the virtual button.
I love the small-town feel of it. It almost feels like the old-school forums, where you felt like part of a community.
The relative sparsity of comments is a major negative, but I’m hopeful that that’ll change with time.
And you’d better believe that they’ll have twice-a-year price hikes, Netflix-style.
“You wouldn’t download a car.”
“You wouldn’t hit mute during the commercials on a television broadcast.”
Privacy isn’t dead, but it will be soon because those of us who seriously care about it are the 0.001%.