TranquilTurbulence

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

As I look at this thing from the inside of the fedibubble, it looks like it’s going to be the best thing ever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Can confirm. I have a few accounts for keeping different interests separate in YT. I also keep those accounts in different container tabs, but recommendations tend to leak anyway. Google knows what I’m up to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here’s a fun little experiment you can try. Make a list of random topics and have a discussion about each of them on separate days. Make sure each topic is something that could result in creepy suggestions or ads on YT. If even one of these topics produces the expected result, you could be on to something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Nah, who needs any reviews when you can trust autocorrect to handle every situation perfectly every time. Never had any issues with it and never will.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good job. This post shows that it’s s complicated topic, so squeezing it into a binary answer just isn’t going to work.

However, when it comers specific details, such as your data being sucked up to the servers of a creepy company, you can definitely provide clear answers. In situations like this, I tend to make a spreadsheet that lists all the useful details and rates each browser accordingly. Then, you give your subjective weight to each detail, and calculate a weighted average of each brewer. This final score is highly subjective and debatable, but at least you have some sort of answer that helps you decide what’s best for you.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

When you start studying a topic like this, you need to define some terms clearly. For example, if hackers grab your passwords, is that a breach in privacy, security or both? If Google is stalking you and knows your every move, desire and plan, what does that violate?

Once you have clear definitions for these things, it would be more helpful to see how different browsers compare on this scale.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

So, the home page includes Peppa pig videos alongside with gruesome skateboarding accident compilations. Something for everyone!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

I guess the convenience really depends on where you live. In my case, it’s really simple to do most of my shopping as a part of my daily commute. The place where I switch between a train and a bus, there’s also a shopping center right next to the station, so why not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The difference in selection is very real. If you need to buy one of those once in a lifetime things, you’ll probably find those in Amazon. The local stores have no incentive to keep those in stock, because they will probably only sell less than ten of those things within the next 20 years.

However, when it comes to phone chargers, towels, garbage bags or soap, my local store is perfectly fine by me. I don’t even know how much cheaper those things would be on Amazon, but I prefer to keep the local stores around. If I happen to need a very specific kind of charger with some special features, I’ll just see if there’s an online store for that sort of stuff. Usually there is and it’s also within a 1000 km radius of where I live. Sure, shipping usually takes a few days, but I’m in no hurry.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Why do people buy stuff from a creepy company like that? Couldn’t you just stop by at the local whatever shop on your way home? If you live in the middle of nowhere, that may not be an option, but surely there are lots of other online shops to choose from.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Based on the number of partners some companies seem to have, they are far more promiscuous than most humans.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I wish it was legal to ddos the sites that violate this law.

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