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JonEFive

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JonEFive ,

There's a reason scam artists target the elderly. If a box on the computer screen says "put payment info here" then who are they to argue with the box?

X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)

On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" automatically....

JonEFive ,

Well, let's talk about when Twitter was founded...

JonEFive ,

I'm still convinced that he's actively and intentionally trying to destroy Twitter.

JonEFive ,

The only difference is who pays you to do it 😁

JonEFive ,

I mean... It's Las Vegas. You don't go to Vegas expecting a vacation experience free from the perverse corruption of money.

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...

JonEFive ,

Give me freedom from advertising or give me death.

JonEFive ,

They have become the evil they were once apart from.

In a streaming landscape dominated by ad companies like Google and Amazon, Roku was once the viable alternative. Unfortunately, in the 21st century, enshitification comes for us all eventually.

JonEFive ,

Try finding a dumb tv for sale of relevant size and quality. I know you don't have to connect it to wifi... Usually. But I just want a TV that doesn't have all this shit in it to begin with.

JonEFive ,

Just as venture capitalism demands.

JonEFive ,

So you're just out here trying to start a riot, eh?

JonEFive ,

Waterproofing is a lame excuse that I won't accept from these manufacturers. It may be not as easy as just permanently gluing the thing together, but it's definitely possible to have a sealed battery compartment.

JonEFive ,

Rich people's real estate investments would lose value if we suddenly didn't need massive office buildings.

JonEFive ,

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JonEFive ,

Let's not pretend like Google isn't earning any money

X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)

Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” — which gives advertisers “priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day” — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag “#DETRANS” to...

JonEFive ,

Don't worry, it's completely acceptable that you neither know about nor care about a billionaire's daughter.

JonEFive ,

And in other parts of the world where it's just a standard. I was surprised when I saw WhatsApp numbers on advertisements with the WhatsApp logo. Hard not to be on WhatsApp in those places.

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