redfox

I appreciate/understand your envy. I'm not sure why everyone disagrees so much unless they have also lived under similar constraints.

Unless sarcasm.

Also agree with it might be perception or grass is greener like other comment 😉

Well, has anyone done good statistics to show all the self driving cars are more dangerous than regular distracted humans as a whole?

We can always point to numerous self driving car errors and accidents, but I am under the impression that compared to the number of accidents involving people on a daily basis, self driving cars might be safer even now?

I'm thinking of how many crashes took place in the time it took me to type this out. I'm also curious about the fatality rate between self or assisted driving vs not.

I think we tend to be super critical of new things, especially tech things, which is understandable and appropriate, but it would be nice to see some holistic context. I wish government regulators would publish that data for us, to help us form informed opinions instead of having to rely on manufacturers (conflict of interest) or journalists who need a good story to tell, and some clicks.

That's a good point. There's law and then there's administrative policies.

I agree with the assertion that the mandate was probably more in CISAs realm.

In the end, it needed to happen. Maybe administrations will consider being less petty and just doing what everyone knows needs to be done. Ha ha. Right.

This is great problem solving and a creative idea. I would support this concept for sure. I mentioned in another reply how I keep resisting paying a local news agency a subscription, mostly because of what you said. Frequency.

Brave is just Yet Another Chrome Reskin

Good point. I don't use it. I thought it stripped/blocked tracking though.

My guess is that because we’re constantly being told what to consume our minds work quite differently from what they would without advertising.

Our minds constantly have to resist intrusive advertising and psychological manipulation.

I stopped quoting because you made many good points. I imagine we could find some supporting material for this basic idea. It seems like a safe idea to say people adapt to the environment they are in, including our thinking patterns based on what we take in and feed our minds (books, media, streaming, conversation, etc).

I wouldn't be eager for a new tax, but the creative problem solving and imagining new ways to do things is good.

Also, thanks for the movie mention.

I think those are good examples, thanks.

Off topic: I don't smoke, but do generally hate smoking so much. I dislike the smell, and the affects on people around the user, like you said. I appreciate vaping. Not because of some hopeful idea that it would be safer, but cause I either can't smell it, or it smells like cotton candy. Who doesn't love the smell of cotton candy?

Also, props for quitting all the times you have. I'm probably majorly addicted to caffeine. Like smokers tell me they have one first thing in the morning, coffee is the first desire after I'm out of bed. I've already limited myself to two-ish cups/day, but I don't think that helped. Coffee also has negative effects on others...fortunately, my wife has coffee breath too :)

Other people will make a different decision. It’s how it should be

This is an aspect of the predicted changes I can at least appreciate. Choice/consent. There should already have been obtained and informed consent. But instead, they just did it behind people's backs. I say that because I don't think most normal/non-tech people really know or care much about cookies and all the ways this stuff actually works.

If Lemmy has a few ads on every page

Ahhh! No please :) ...but I understand. Unless these people (hosts) are getting those services paid for by something else, they might need to cover the costs of this like anything else. I really enjoy Lemmy because, at least right now, I feel like it's in the true spirit of the internet and not a business. It can be for community and discussion like you said. Only reason I'm here. I like asking people why they feel a certain way about things and hopefully walk away with some understanding.

mullvad

I had not heard of this one, thanks.

Google having hegemony over web standards

You're not wrong here. I think chrome browser is basically the Defacto browser, and it obviously allows google to do whatever it wants. Not great. The Mozilla / Brave options are barely that. I struggle to even call them competitors at this point.

I definitely appreciate some of the EU's recent privacy/monogoly focused legislation. Also, thanks EU for forcing a common sense charging cord standard and killing off the stupid lightning plug. IMO, if apple would have not been so greedy, they could have unlicensed it and maybe everyone would have used that. EAD apple :)

people who like being sold things unsolicited...discovering new products...

That is a good point, I can definitely understand.

I do not like being sold something constantly

I must agree.

A short version rant about advertising: In my opinion, it causes either mental exhaustion or prevents people from reflecting. It's a constant and invasive distraction, robbing people of peace.

Why? Thinking of all the ways you can't go ten minutes without seeing ads, unless you're intentional. They started putting screens in gas pumps! Billboards on the roads, some that are giant LED screens (which I thought should be illegal), ads all over buildings, buses, in the subway, on the bench.

Back to websites: I personally think in their current form, they're so distracting, they're unreadable. I refuse to visit websites that require registration, and also leave if I can't get the simple/reader mode/ on edge/chrome. At least that way, its forced darkmode, and eliminates all the ads, social media links, everything but words. I can deal with some of the pictures not being shown. I wish I could find a browser that only displays websites in that stripped down mode.

Yeah, large portions of economies are being driven by consumption. I feel like so much stuff is just landfill fodder.

Massive affects of advertising

I was hoping you might have some examples, I'm not sure.