plz1

@plz1@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring is always recording and uploading to their servers, even with you're not paying for the subscription⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The best way to ensure privacy is by not buying spying equipment in the first place. Ring and Flock are two sides of the same coin, where Ring is driven by consumer choice, and Flock is just outright insidious. They both serve the same goal, and it isn’t public safety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Their marketing spin is such BS. Trying to say that the amount of rework needed for apps to provide a wonderful experience, etc. Those apps already have that “wonderful” experience in Windows 10, Microsoft just cut corners in a redesign and power users are rightfully pissed off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this Solar Freaking Roadways all over again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I misread, sorry. Some day, I hope, some day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This phone is running Android…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly warn H-1B employees to stay in the US⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’d be funny if all the big tech Seattle-area HQ’s moved to Vancouver just due to this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK Withdraws Apple iCloud Backdoor Demand Following US Diplomatic Push⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure Apple would exit the UK before complying with that, anyways. The damage they’d take in the global market would far outweigh the value of complying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Ad Blocking is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned By Top German Court⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would that actually work? I think USPS gets paid to dump unaddressed mail in mailboxes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just layoffs with more steps. People aren’t this patient, so forcing a minimum wait allows HP to have less contact center staff. Irony is it’s far cheaper for this type of worker than it is for the C-suite making these awful decisions in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not an A/V pro, but is there any reason HDMI can’t be replaced with USB-C? For one thing, having a symmetrical plug is very nice, and for another, I’m sick of buying new HDMI cables because they don’t have the “features” I want to use. Cables shouldn’t have “features”, they should connect two things that have the features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Misleading headline. They have asked a court to force it, not triggered anything real, yet. Google will fight it hard because its one of their most powerful surveillance tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he’d run the agency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, fees just get passed to the customer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  According to the final rule, the maximum civil penalty for fake reviews is $51,744 per violation. However, the courts could impose lower penalties depending on the specific case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Government intervention would only happen if VMware was deemed critical to national security. Capitalism is gonna capitalism, otherwise. Broadcom is interested in retaining a smaller set of higher-dollar enterprise customers to manage, not the whole ecosystem of VMware customers of smaller sized deployments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC to vote to restore net neutrality rules, reversing Trump⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Title 2 is right. It makes more sense to utilize that as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t by accident, it’s yet another way for Google to harvest data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC to vote to restore net neutrality rules, reversing Trump⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are blending your facts/timeline. Ajit Pai’s FCC struck them down for that (dubious) reason. This upcoming vote is to undo that damage and revert back to what the FCC under Obama put in place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It could be both, but FCC has governance over broadcast and cable TV industry primarily. Either way, this is a much needed improvement in transparency and win over deceptive marketing practices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I put a relative’s mobile phone on NextDNS to block ads for them, and the came back a couple days later noting how weird the ad-free experience was. Thankfully they didn’t want to revert, but yeah, most people are way into advertiser Stockholm Syndrome at this point.

  I think I’ve been blocking/combating internet ads for 20+ years at this point.