There’s another thing I don’t see people talking about. In the YouTube app itself, they have hovering “Products” link, that covers a portion of a video (might just be shorts) and there doesn’t appear to be any way to remove it. I currently have YouTube Premium and it shows up.
You’re still paying for the components, so an out-of-box dumb TV would be cheaper (we saw this when smart TV’s first launched, they were ~$30-40 more then the dumb versions). You still are at the mercy of whatever board/OS gets installed. And Microsoft is constantly trying to force users to make an online account to use the PC, it’s only a matter of time before TV makers require WIFI to do initial setup. Plus there’s ways to still get online, like if they partner with Xfinity who use customer routers (the ones that get rented) for others to use… stuff like that would eb all to easy to do. Or heck, partner with Amazon. They deliver everywhere, so the trucks are driving around, there’s ways they could auto join you to a network.
The “just don’t” doesn’t send a message other than “we need to try harder because we need to steal that data”. Stop buying TVs is the only message that might work.
Well it was nice knowing the crew… If they’re running windows they’re doomed.
My city approved a monopoly because a business threatened not to come to the city if it had to compete. Truly, what was best for the community! Oh, and 3M dumps a lot of crap into the water because they don’t want to spend the money to properly filter it, wasn’t until a large grocery brand showed up and forced their hand that the city did ANYTHING about the terrible water. Just normal people who want to do whats best for their community…
If you feels so strongly about this, why don’t you run for city council?
Must be nice to have as much free time as you do to just take on additional responsibilities/roles in life. Or are you implying that if I’m not on the city council, I’m not allowed to have an opinion…? What exactly is your point and why are you taking it so personally?
And once someone (probably a child) gets hit and dies, the city will say how sorry this tragedy is… will claim they’ll do something, and then do nothing. Because words are cheap. Oh, and they’ll act like this wasn’t avoidable, there was no way to know this kind of thing could happen.
I don’t know that even matters much, most of these contracts tend to have a clause they can change the contract at anytime and they may or may not notify you.
This is an idea that should be shelved for a good 20-30 years, honestly.
We’d need global collaboration to come up with a universal standard applied to all cars (regardless of price). If it can’t be a standard, then it’s a bullshit idea. Competing standards and companies simply means abandoned tech everywhere and everything, thinking their tech is best, nothing works together, issues across the board, and high cost to customers.
No you just rebrand it a built-in crematorium.
Things can always get worse!
You only become a billionaire by exploiting people. Like a lot of people. You might as well say “there has to be at least one good serial killer”
There’s that, but I’d also like to point out, that as a paying customer, you’re still force fed that bottom tier slop with no way to filter it other than hoping some combination of reporting/not interested/don’t show me this channel again works.
But even if you say, not to recommend a channel, it can still show up. So you get to pay for low grade AI slop videos. Or “content farms” that take 2 videos and just splice them together for some reason (both horizontal and vertical). Or the “I’m just going to stare at the camera and do nothing while I play a video that’s from another platform”. Like it’s endless.
The “shorts” platform is pure garbage. Can I turn shorts off? No I can “show fewer shorts”.
So you pay, to not get ads. They sell ALL your data to double dip (since they selling your data anywho) and there’s no benefit for the content. They have all this data, all this tech, and the platform is rot with shit.
~Oct 10, 2021 to about ~Nov 26, 2021.
For a short time, thought I was going to be a dad. Was finally happy again. Torn away when I figured out the only reason she wanted to have kids with me was so I could bank roll her. I was just an ATM.
Before that, maybe around 2004-2007. Was in college, in what I thought was a happy relationship, had friends, genuinely looked forward to each day. I had goals and dreams. I smiled because I wanted to, not because it’s what people expected.
Right, quick, alert all the pirates downloading software! Alert all the people doing password sharing on streaming services! …
These companies don’t get rich by wasting money. If they’re seeing the change is costing them sales and potential sales, they revert. Fuck, Cracker Barrel last year tried to change its logo. Here are a few other examples https://time.com/3735718/consumer-pressure-business/. Hell, the biggest example of all, when New Coke was introduced and walked back 79 days later.
High traffic area, common product that sees a lot of people. You could get 2-3 in a trip without much worry. Do it every few visits. Get a few additional people to do it with the same plan. If you notice more security, just move on, force them to give up or water a bunch of money. Leave reviews of the store how you don’t like the extra security/cameras. Your a customer not a criminal! Call out the management…
You don’t have to win in a day, but an expensive, annoying, psychological warfare approach… That and going after them on social media.
Oh goodie! I mean, Windows 11 was hand-coded. Disgusting! Windows 12 will bring the vibes! It’ll be the most vibe coded OS! (And probably the last when it tanks.) Think about it, AI is monitoring every action you do! Reporting to all it’s masters and their business partners everything you do! Oh all the ads they’ll send you, all the subscriptions they’ll sell! Of course, it’ll be always online else it can’t fully use the datacenters.
I’m being mostly sarcastic (any “excitement” for it). I mean, it’s probably going to have the worst performance since AI will be monitoring EVERYTHING and I really do expect it to be coded via prompts instead of talent. Microsoft and NVIDIA are already having massive issues with everything due to “AI” being used and they started with a working based code. 11 adoption was already bad and they made sure people knew 10 was dying so they could push the numbers… I don’t recall any previous version of Windows getting that treatment.
My guess for the only difference is that it’s locked to Azure
Yep, just looking at it screams thin client. This will have just enough for networking (wifi/bluetooth), running three monitors (no gaming), some 3.5mm audio, and usb 2.0. If it’s business focues, probably some remote mgmt stuff, and maybe a default VPN client.
I already wasn’t eating BK. And this makes me want to even less. The fake/forced “friendliness” I personally find off-putting. It’s like Chick-fil-a they have to say “my pleasure”. Just some force creepy cult vibes (for some very mediocre food). Idk, maybe it’s me, but knowing someone is being micro-enslaved (sorry, “managed”) just rubs me the very wrong way.
Plus side, my hatred for AI and all these places forcing it on customers, I’ve spent WAY less money eating out and have been eating way better. So silver lining I suppose.
There are a bunch of lithium ion chemistries that have come to market more recently
Like what? [Citation required]
If you think rechargeable battery R&D from 10 years ago isn’t making it into mass produced products today, you’re just not paying attention.
Please provide examples.
I mean, as much as a person who doesn’t work in research and development of energy storage, or work in industries directly related to it, I personally feel I’ve kept up. The day Donut Labs announced their battery I was watching review videos about it, and I want to believe, but until I see it for purchase, I’m not going to call it a win.
They gonna be real angry when they get to Leviticus and find out what foods they can’t eat…
Lol, jk they’ll skip the inconvenient sections.