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CrowAirbrush ,

Wait, lemme message my bro real quick

CrowAirbrush ,

I just turned it off as it kept bitching about the storage being full.

I don't need you bish, fuck off.

CrowAirbrush ,

Can we just send 200 billion fake messages every millisecond to overload them constantly? Forcing them to pull out.

CrowAirbrush ,

But "big brother" would mean they watch you.

I read everywhere that they claim the rights to your projects, which is far worse than just watching over your shoulder innit?

CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)

You know how Google's new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won't slide off (pssst...please don't do this.)...

CrowAirbrush ,

I have a solution: stop using their search engine to begin with and slowly replace everything else google you use.

CrowAirbrush ,

I would, but i'm not allowed by the HOA the hang shit on my balcony.

Fuck'n HOA assholes.

My balcony is also on the right side of the building too, it would be perfect.

CrowAirbrush ,

I can't really find any info regarding renters when it comes to these hoa things or being allowed to partake in a meeting, but i would assume they could care less about a renters opinion unless it benefits them.

I can't afford to be a homeowner.

CrowAirbrush ,

I too come from a time where company's had to sell functional products or go bankrupt, but alas those days are long gone.

CrowAirbrush ,

The downside is that everyone around you in real life is stuck in that loop, so you can't really escape it anymore.

After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)

When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...

CrowAirbrush ,

I already canceled with the last price increase, because it went from €9,99 to €12,99 for me they don't need to convince me that i made the right decision.

CrowAirbrush ,

We had a rental thing for toys in our old neighbourhood, but you paid for it with currency made from helping at the nearby petting zoo.

CrowAirbrush ,

What would be a good source of info on this, for someone who only knows windows but isn't afraid to learn a lot of new stuff if that means doing it right.

I feel like i should move away from windows with their shenanigans. I use my pc for gaming and messing around with my 3d printer(and everything that comes with that), photography, design work.

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....

CrowAirbrush ,

I hope they are and the world will be forced to either make a law against it or goodbye windows because fu.

Imagine having to pay employees to watch ads that make microsoft money, what a fucking joke that would be.

CrowAirbrush ,

Just block shorts alltogether, it's a win win.

CrowAirbrush ,

I found some website that had a line of code that could be added to my adblocker to completely remove them.

Haven't seen them since.

I think it was this: https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts

CrowAirbrush ,

That's oddly uplifting.

CrowAirbrush ,

That's it, someone either needs to come up with an adblocker for this or i'm actually forced to move to linux.

I hop this kills windowd, i really do.

Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)

A patent application from the company spotted by Lowpass describes a system for displaying ads over any device connected over HDMI, a list that could include cable boxes, game consoles, DVD or Blu-ray players, PCs, or even other video streaming devices. Roku filed for the patent in August 2023 and it was published in November...

CrowAirbrush ,

Let 'm pirate. Teach them how to do it better even.

CrowAirbrush ,

People themselves have turned into ads since ads themselves don't do their job.

Look at influencers.

Instagram used to be fun for someone to share their journey, now it's ad...influencer...double ad...Triple influencer...Another ad...a real person sharing their journey...55 more influencer ads mixed with 29 actual ads.

Oh and the occasional OF girl who managed to flash some puss without it getting taken down.

I love when i bought something...(i assume) google thinks it's a great idea to advertise that exact combination of products from the exact webshop on the next website i visit.

How much did tiktok ruin google's brain to make them think that is going to be effective marketing?

Mankind truly is on the way down.

CrowAirbrush ,

I bought a tv like 8 years ago, the day the warranty went it got issues.

Some annoying bullshit (according to google) has to do with magnets and they are all visible now, it looks like shit but i really don't give a damn as i rarely care for what is on as long as it's making sound i don't need to hear the neighbours.

All i could think was: it still works, fuck this company i'm keeping it.

Evangelical app 'Bless Every Home' is mapping personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals targeting them. (newrepublic.com)

It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....

CrowAirbrush ,

So is it removed from the appatore yet? Or does it need some motivation?

Can it be flagged or something? That could get it removed.

This shit is pretty fucked up.

CrowAirbrush ,

I have a different look on this, but it's just the way i see it: if a manufacturer puts a function in your car that requires them to run a server then that server is on them, they put the function in there not me.

I buy the car, it's mine in all it's functionality. If they don't want that, then don't put it in.

CrowAirbrush ,

The longer i spend on lemmy the more curious i become about running linux.

CrowAirbrush ,

I went to an apple store once that buy my dad the basic ipad mini and had something similar.

"Hi, how can i help"

"I'd like this model of the ipad mini with x storage capacity"

"What are you going to use it for?"

"It's for my dad i just need that specific one as it's within the budget"

"What is he going to use it for?"

"Ipad stuff i guess, i just need that specific model"

"Video's? Design? Editing maybe?"

I nearly walked out of there as a result of how annoying that got.

CrowAirbrush ,

I'm also aware of the amount of plastic waste that passes through my hands.

The difference here being: i notice what is necessary and how much of it is useless extra added on by the manufacturer for advertisement purposes.

The latter is usually 50% and even as bad as 80% in a lot of cases.

I'm not ashamed, i'm dissapointed they are allowed to keep doing this while i'm forced to make all kind of changes (i use forced because they artificially increase the price to stop us from doing things)

CrowAirbrush ,

Building a house...seems fitting.

CrowAirbrush ,

Mine turned into that when it stopped paying enough to provide me with basic needs.

If it's fuck me, then it's fuck all y'all too.

CrowAirbrush ,

I'll thank you ahead of time, i'll checl this out (hopefully) this weekend. It's bookmarked.

CrowAirbrush ,

I keep getting shorts (not anymore i fixed that) when i searched for something and they often feature stuff not related to my search. Like me searching for tubeless bike tire instruction video and the shorts in between are a alien looking dark purple baby and a short where some muslim looking guys are waving a scimitar at a goats neck...like what in the actual fuck does that even do on youtube?

Shorts need to be ended imo, so i blocked them.

CrowAirbrush ,

I think people are afraid to lose what they even, especially when it isn't much.

CrowAirbrush ,

Good, Tiktok has tiktokified enough brains by now.

Let the brains restore and get used to longer form content.

CrowAirbrush ,

I know, i know...getting rid of tiktok isn't going to rid us of the consequences.

But TikTok definitely seemed to be a whole step on the ladder, so it should have some result i would think.

In a perfect world the internet would become just a tool instead of a species wide addiction.

'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al... (www.pcgamer.com)

'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers...

CrowAirbrush ,

Canon understands that selling a printer with a maintenance contract is a viable way to do business...to business.

That's a place where the option is very much appreciated.

CrowAirbrush ,

All i need is to find one, preferably affordable obviously.

Just the thought of being able to use it until the hardware fails, instead of when the maufacturer decides to abandon it after 2 years.

I remember the 20 years i lived at home, we owned 3 tv's and 2 of those were passed on to people who didn't have the money to upgrade. The last one is still in use today, 15 years later.

While my own tv now requires 2 devices to stay functional one of which i need to rent from my isp, in a way i'm being forced to buy a new tv even though i don't need one and then everyone wonders why the planet is going to shit.

I'm surprised we aren't living in a cyberpunk esque landfill bordered city.

CrowAirbrush ,

This is why everyone should pirate everything that can be pirated.

CrowAirbrush ,

Anything better than listening 3 songs and getting 5 ads.

Stop being trash youtube. Be normal like you once were and i would actually consider a paid subscription IF i get to fully exclude shorts on my side of the platform.

CrowAirbrush ,

I just want the short form content out of my life, but your tip might help others who dislike the player and not the video's.

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