jol

@jol@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might as well get a laptop???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not people publicly traded or having to answer to investors is important because you don’t have to maintain forever increasing profits. You can take more risks and focus on your users needs. Most brands put out lame products because they are trying to keep a certain margin of profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might as well get a laptop???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t believe Valve is selling them at a loss, but they definitely have less pressure to profit because they are not a publicly traded company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might as well get a laptop???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What are they missing thst the steam deck has? Price?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Telegram rolls out third-party account verification, filters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they are trying to find ways to monetize the ecosystem without having to sell user data or more ads. Their generous inital fund won’t last forever. I use telegram daily but I never have to interact with any of the paid features. Telegram is also not pushy about them. But if you want them, they are there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should probably read that yourself. Monetization and premium features by themselves are not entshitification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why I initially thought twitter charging for blue checks was a good idea, because I thought they’d still be validating people’s identities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Asking users for money is not entshitification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, this doesn’t bother me at all. The list of features they will provide to premium users sound like good premium features for content creators and companies, and doesn’t affect the lives of simple content consumers. I think it’s great they are trying to find revenue streams to stay alive.

  Asking users for money isn’t entshitification. Running a website isn’t free. But if they are already asking for venture capital, now that’s scary. Losing control of your vision to investors, that’s what causes entshitification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, my kind of fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google fired an employee who protested its contract with the Israeli military⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes I think so too. He decided to use the opportunity since he wanted out anyway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google fired an employee who protested its contract with the Israeli military⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, surely he knew he would get fired for standing up like that, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost all brands nowadays are just trademarks with vague marketing around them. There’s no point in buying something for the brand. Always look into the specific product or service they are buy. Even brands that start as cult brands like One Plus eventually grow to be just another name. Nokia these days is literally just a name that has changed hands a few times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crypto genius⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll have to somehow launder that crypto first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is eating potato chips better than nothing in terms of pure nutrition and wholesomeness?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not plain and uncooked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Her sexy armpit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I the only one pissed off at these holiday sales? (US)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m happy to bail out grocers on their overstock products that I usually buy anyway. But anywhere else I just don’t believe in sales.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So uhh.. how often should I be washing me towels?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Really depends how dry you make them. If you’re not able to dry and they stay damp all day I would throw them in the washing bin after a day or 2. If they dry out easily, maybe a week. But the smell test if best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to stop thinking about an interaction from my past?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t forget it. You use it as a gauge of what nasty people are like and you progress the opposite direction. These interactions helped shape who you are. I’m so sorry you had to go through that. Never stop asking questions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to use an old t-shirt for the hair. It helps preserve the curls shape.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trending Communities for Saturday 25th November 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, maybe it’s that. I’m still getting used to Lemmy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trending Communities for Saturday 25th November 2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of these are practically abandoned. How are they trending?