overview for SacrificedBeans

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

So. Niece and nephew are going for the ol' aunt. She can take them easily... For now

Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Oh no. This is terrifying.

I don't have an issue with win 11 since I disabled the ads. But these news smell like new and unnecessary "advancements", to make it more marketable. They'll ruin it completely...

Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Nor evidence, for that matter

Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

In the past month I noticed ads inside Viber desktop (it's used a lot here, instead of WhatsApp)

Later I got a call from a friend that his windows defender picked up a trojan in Viber files.. Next day I got it too.

I shit you not, they let out an update with malware, on a popular chat app. I uninstalled and got the next update, with blind trust, I can't migrate atm...

Blizzard locks you out of account if you don't agree to new terms; no ownership, forced arbitration in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

OMG, Blizzard?! How could they?!? -.-

*deleted by creator* in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

More like "Bless some homes, over others"

My daughter lost her social studies essay because LibreOffice doesn't have autosave on automatically. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Thank you, I was losing my mind reading some comments like that. I had my pc crush 2 times while writing my thesis. I completely freaked out the first time, but word showed me a couple of auto saved versions! Phew! And I don't use one drive.

What's the funniest WiFi network name you've seen? in c/[email protected]

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

At my old house, mine was NeverGonnaGiveYouUp. Nobody continued it for all the five years I was there, as far as I could tell :(

505 of 700 OpenAI employees tell the board to resign. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm sure there's some loophole there, maybe between countries' laws. And if there isn't, Hey! We'll make one!

505 of 700 OpenAI employees tell the board to resign. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (11 children)

I'm shocked and I shouldn't be.. Poor people

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I noticed a delay on Opera with uBlock. I attributed it to invisible fights between the adblock and youtube. But idk if that's relevant, I think Opera GX is chromium based.

Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Seems accurate. Really repulsive.

Generally he gives me the impression that he gaslit society into believing in his success and intellect.