badbrainstorm

badbrainstorm , 1 month ago

I once lost a pair of expensive Bose wireless headphones. Somebody told me that I could use the app and track their location.
I said, oh hell no, they can keep them!
Nice as they were, I will not be purchasing again.

badbrainstorm , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

I went back to wired. I'm aware the government will get it elsewhere.

Not paying Bose to have access to it, and sell to whomever they want. Fuck that

Also, you don't know jack shit about my tech. I go out with nothing but a DAP very often.

badbrainstorm , 1 month ago

You and all your upvoters like to visit sites about privacy, and give people a hard time for taking measures to protect themselves. Lame

badbrainstorm , 1 month ago

Nice! Been missing GW!

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

Yea, the enshittification process predates the internet, so yes.

However, the loss of net neutrality has lead to these monopolies being able to rapidly speed the process in a large number of ways, from ways they work with and imprison advertisers and vendors to their platforms.

Their ability to buy telecoms favor. With the death of net neutrality, now broadband Bros shape the face of the internet for the most elite and powerful companies. Silencing the little websites and startups that used to show up in search results amongst giants like Amazon, eBay, Facebook marketplace, Ali, etc. for ma and pa trying to run a small buisness. Making us all slaves to these monopolies, and the handful of companies you must deal with, enshittification, obnoxious new ads, and all, just to reach the masses.

Elon says you can't even put your Mastadon handle on Twitter, etc. I could go on and on.

The death of net neutrality has emboldened big tech in a massive way, as if it wasn't bad enough before. It had pretty much insured that the big boys all get a fat cut of everybodies pie, and you just gotta grin while you eat their shit, or starve

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

Sick of YouTube's shit? Heres this open source alternative, awesome!

Buffer, buffer, buffer...
ISP says, lulz, no neutrality, throttled bitch!

Try a VPN. They're all largely shit for a different reason.
We sold out freedom out of fear of the WMD's

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

Not currently, no. But, that's a large part of what net neutrality insured.
That ISP's weren't allowed to create fast lanes for companies that paid, and throttle those that don't. It's one of the most talked about aspects of net neutrality.
You think they've all been allowed to do it now for the past three years, and just haven't?

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

I edited it to be more readable

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

Keeping Republicans out of office and the FCC is a good start. Obama fought against repealing it his entire presidency, despite tons of pressure from big tech and the other side of the aisle.
I think it's congress would have to change laws to protect it?

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

Yes, but what I'm getting at is that the repeal of net neutrality gives telecom companies that as you correctly stated were never good to consumers in the first place, the power to now fully, legally kneecap everyone that's not already a monster monopoly.

This drives us into an even further monopolistic state, as you can't get yourself out there without them. Which in turn allows them to make the product way shittier than they could have otherwise, as they now know they hold all the cards, and can't just easily take our business elsewhere

badbrainstorm OP , 1 month ago

You are technically correct though. I probably shouldn't have thrown enshittification into it, as they are somewhat unrelated. But, the loss of neutrality makes it unbearably easy for the monsters. I personally get frustrated with the current state because those of us that fought against it's repeal saw this coming long before the bastards finally got their way.

At the beginning of COVID and online shopping to boot! Ma and Pa businesses everywhere forced to close their doors, and little option to sell their goods online without bowing down to the man

badbrainstorm , 2 months ago

I saw this on the LA lines as well and it made me very uneasy and concerned.
I went down this road with NordVPN back in the day. There ads popping up everywhere was the beginning of a massive decline in services and questionable privacy practices.
Also Ubuntu and many other open source companies...
I'm love Mullvad, and hope very much this isn't the beginning of the end of one of the few trustworthy VPN's!

badbrainstorm , 2 months ago

These particular lines are mostly above ground, light rail trains. They are only underground around DTLA

badbrainstorm , 2 months ago

Yes, the wraps are a total bummer for sightseeing!
They are very common in LA though, as not only a means of $$$'s in revenue, but as a cooling measure.
The busses and above ground rail with these wraps are much cooler and easier to AC in the summer

badbrainstorm , 2 months ago

DAB: Drugs are bad, except for concentrates.

badbrainstorm , 2 months ago

Wife must have taken a liking to the horse d

badbrainstorm , 3 months ago

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/6775c03e-386d-4aa7-8fec-de2ae6b0051e.png

People need the visualization

badbrainstorm , 4 months ago

School would make you pee in litter box?

badbrainstorm , 4 months ago

I'm aware, thank you. I was just making light of the insanity. You know, instead of crying

badbrainstorm , 4 months ago

They'll probably join forces with Mexican Joker.