[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 15 points 10 months ago

You didn't, but lots did. They're still using reddit to this day.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago

Google discontinue a lot more than almost anyone else though. It’s a meme at this point how often they kill things off. Does a website like this exist for any other company?

https://killedbygoogle.com/

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Not sure why some people are blaming Microsoft for this, they’ve got nothing to do with it. Their amazing backwards compatibility allowed people to play RDR on their consoles for years at 4K already, but rockstar are the ones that chose to not release the port on Xbox.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago

They all want a monopoly, not just Microsoft. Microsoft are just the only ones that could afford it.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

If you’re torrenting without a VPN you’re doing it wrong. Also you should look at Usenet instead.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah because it's harder to bitch and moan about data collection when you're opting in to a program that is literally for data collection.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good because it certainly needs an overhaul. I only use it on my nest hubs and it just seems to be getting worse and worse. Why after all this time can I still not say “turn off the kitchen lights and the office lights” and have it work? Seems to have gotten even worse since my devices updated to fuchsia too, along with general performance of the ui.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Twitter being rebranded to X is pretty big news in the world of tech.

Is it? It doesn't change anything.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

The quest is amazing. It’s cheap and completely standalone while also giving you the ability to use it with pc vr games.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago

They have had issues (think CSAM scandal)

People like you that think that was a "scandal" are half the problem though.

What they were doing with the on-device CSAM scanning as part of the upload to iCloud only was actually good for your privacy. It enabled them to comply with any current and future CSAM laws while protecting your privacy by doing the scanning on your device. It meant that they could then add E2E encryption to iCloud (and then iMessage as well) while still complying with CSAM laws. The alternative - and what everyone else does including google, microsoft, imgur, dropbox, etc - is doing the CSAM scanning in the cloud after you've uploaded it completely insecurely, requiring the data to be stored unencrypted and visible to those companies (and the government).

Doing it on device should have been applauded, but it was attacked by people that didn't understand how it's actually better for them. There was so much misinformation thrown around - that it would scan all of your photos and files as soon as they were created and then instantly report to the police if you took a photo of your infant in the bath, for example, or that it would be used by governments to identify people who have memes saved that they don't like, which is absurd because that's not how the CSAM databases work.

Apples proposed CSAM scanning was literally the best for privacy in the entire industry, and people created such an outrage over it that they basically went "oh well, we'll just do what everyone else is doing which is far more insecure and worse for privacy" and everyone congratulated themselves lol

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

I'd do what Mark Cuban did with his Cost Plus Drug Company, which sells everything on it at cost + 15%, but for other essential products as well. I'd open up all types of stores that sell necessities - petrol, groceries, medication, plants, technology items, books, etc - at cost + whatever the lowest margin mark up I could get away with. The goal would be to drive prices down everywhere, not just at my stores. I'd also spend big on lobbying/campaigning for better legislation and regulation around essential goods and services.

Low cost public housing would be another area. Buying up land to build low cost housing estates with all the facilities and amenities needed.

Obviously it goes without saying I'd set up everyone of my family and close friends for life too.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Very nice app! I only just joined the fediverse and was disappointed at there being no iOS apps. This one seems amazing so far!

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