Jaysyn

joined 1 year ago

I'm happy he did actually say it in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

Every single time Ubisoft opens their stupid mouths, it reinforces my decade old decision to boycott them.

Unity bans VLC from Unity Store. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It is.

Unity bans VLC from Unity Store. in c/[email protected]

Why is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Not if you got the Humble Bundle version.

I have the APKs if any legit owners need them.

TIL the trump campaign directed collaborators to forge and mail in false 2020 electoral documents to try to trick the national archives into certifying trump as the victor in states he lost to Biden. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

If they aren't being prosecuted it's because they have turned state's evidence against Trump & his crew of stupid #fascists.

TIL the trump campaign directed collaborators to forge and mail in false 2020 electoral documents to try to trick the national archives into certifying trump as the victor in states he lost to Biden. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 127 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Well look at that. Conspiracy to defraud the elections of the United States.

I guess the #GOP was right about election fraud all along, except they were the group doing it & their accusations were just projection.

It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Way ahead of you. Been using Firefox since it was called Phoenix.

If I'm forced to use a Chrome browser, I use a deGoogled version of chromium. I can't think of the last time I've had to use it though. Firefox support is a priority for my company's IT dept.

I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime Video in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Won't help with live events, but over time, a NAS & a VPN is cheaper than streaming.

A global watermarking standard could help safeguard elections in the ChatGPT era in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is a (near useless) solution looking for a problem.

Google Makes Over $92 Billion per Year By Owning Android (their 'open source' operating system) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Open source doesn't mean free. It means the source code is unencumbered or only slightly encumbered by IP protections.

Being able to make money from open source isn't inherently a bad thing.

Google being an Ad monopoly is a bad thing however.

Social media platform X̶ Twitter suffers global outages in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Fortunately, nothing of value was lost.

Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I'll take "Things I don't have to worry about with my Subaru" for $600, Alex.