Yeh, I'll wait until the bugs are ironed out and my distro (mint) determines it's stable. No need to start asking for troubles when everything is working smoothly.
Boycotts work in luxury markets with strong competition. Necessity markets with highly concentrated monopolies? No chance. Without legislation to protect consumers, they are powerless to defend themselves against the greed and exploitation of corporate interests.
Exactly. Steam figured this out early on and it's how they have maintained their dominance in the game distribution business. It's the same lessons the entertainment streaming platforms must learn - your value is convenience. Add more walls between consumers and content? you will be cast aside.
"Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...
It's taken longer than I expected, but more and more people are realising streaming services as a model are not good, by any measure.
They cost more in the long run, you are made powerless as a consumer (perpetually increasing costs and removing your favourite content), and you can't even get 'everything at the convenience of your fingertips' cause the market is fragmented and they remove things periodically. You own nothing and pay more. Absolutely stupid model that deserves to die.
My theory is that it's just the fact that there is always a new generation of people around the corner who haven't learned the lesson of how capitalists work. Therefore, there is always a market vulnerable to being swindled. They can keep using the same tactics, there's always a delay in people figuring out the grift, then by the time they do there's a new group of suckers ready to fall for it.
A federated internet is forming. It's built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.
If the system can't protect itself from being overwhelmed by the cancer of corporate interests, then it's never going to survive. New wave internet needs to learn from the downfalls of its predecessor. The design must have protections built in to prevent capitalists from capitalising, or else it will inevitably fall.
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“Leave the World Behind is a weird, often funny, often stupid, and ultimately cynical mess of a movie. The film takes an awfully long time to finally arrive at the point, and when it does, the point is cartoonishly pessimistic and narratively unsatisfying. I did not care for it,” one viewer commented on X/Twitter....
My friend and I have spent far too long searching on old DVD and Bluray forums for spoilers on how to access the easter egg “Chimp Commentary” supposedly available on the BluRay edition of Tim Burtons infamous Planet of the Apes reboot....
Anything that helps bookwyrm grow its knowledge library of books (missing a LOT of books that goodreads has) is a good idea. I fear however that combining anything which points people to where to pirate the book might not help the popularity/reputation of bookwyrm as a good OS alt to goodreads.
This is crazy to me. How do the dishwashers in US heat the water up hot enough to clean effectively? Our dishwashers heat the water up past scolding, really helps cleaning.
Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."
Frog, meet boiling water. This is standard play, like adding ads in the first place. First it’s one short, then slightly longer, then two in a row, then interspersed… eventually it’s commercial TV, just one big ad. Give em inch, they take a mile. Advertising shits in your head, don’t let it.
Others did it and faced no consequences. No government step-in, no mass customer loss. When there are no consequences for greedy monopolistic behaviours, greedy monopolies act greedily. Welcome to market capitalism without proper regulation.
I recently tried to join Mastodon, and like Twitter before it, I don’t understand the premise. You follow individuals instead of topics, and if you try to follow hashtags they change on a whim all the time so you’re unlikely to get relevant posts....
That’s my understanding as well, never understood its appeal as a social platform, tried to use it for a few months but it’s shouting into the void and loudest voice wins. Tis a silly place.
A cool guide i found out in an embarrassing way that shrimps and prawns are different ( i.redd.it )
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1cs3e7y/a_cool_guide_i_found_out_in_an_embarrassing_way/...
Wayland usage has overtaken X11 ( lemmy.world )
Source: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server...
It is so convenient and free. ( discuss.tchncs.de )
Grammar rule [NSFW] ( aussie.zone )
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Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers ( www.theverge.com )
With the ubiquity of inflation and shrinkflation, why aren't there more boycotts? When will people say enough is enough?
Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly ( torrentfreak.com )
Music Piracy Is Back, Baby ( gizmodo.com )
"Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...
A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) ( yewtu.be )
A federated internet is forming. It's built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.
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YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix ( www.bloomberg.com )
Users of those services will be steered toward the web...
This would be a nice temperature for Easter, not for Christmas Eve. ( sh.itjust.works )
14°C = 57°F
Leave the World Behind shoots to No 1 on Netflix – but viewers lodge complaint ( www.independent.co.uk )
“Leave the World Behind is a weird, often funny, often stupid, and ultimately cynical mess of a movie. The film takes an awfully long time to finally arrive at the point, and when it does, the point is cartoonishly pessimistic and narratively unsatisfying. I did not care for it,” one viewer commented on X/Twitter....
Lemmy's active users are up again for the first time since the exodus ( lemmy.ml )
from https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
Discord is on a quest to become a better messaging app ( www.theverge.com )
Help finding easter egg in Planet of the Apes ( aussie.zone )
My friend and I have spent far too long searching on old DVD and Bluray forums for spoilers on how to access the easter egg “Chimp Commentary” supposedly available on the BluRay edition of Tim Burtons infamous Planet of the Apes reboot....
Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV ( cordcuttersnews.com )
Bringing the power of books to the fediverse ( lemmy.world )
Hello everyone,...
I don't work on leap years ( aussie.zone )
Have you tried sunning you perineum? ( aussie.zone )
Heat-pump water heaters are a winner for the climate — and your wallet ( www.canarymedia.com )
YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users ( www.404media.co )
Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."
Reviews for Starfield on Steam drop to "Mixed" ( www.aroged.com )
Starfield's been left out to dry at The Game Awards—and even dedicated fans are 'not terribly surprised' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Is there a way of browsing random communities?
It would be a good way of seeing what else is out there.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, everyone 🤦 ( lemmy.ml )
We’re all in on the culture war now
Unity Silently Deletes GitHub Repo that Tracks Terms of Service Changes and Updated Its License - GamerBraves ( www.gamerbraves.com )
I don't understand the whole Twitter/Mastodon social media format
I recently tried to join Mastodon, and like Twitter before it, I don’t understand the premise. You follow individuals instead of topics, and if you try to follow hashtags they change on a whim all the time so you’re unlikely to get relevant posts....
mr. pepper ( media.kbin.social )
in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on ( lemmy.world )
I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬