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ItsComplicated

@ ItsComplicated @sh.itjust.works

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  • being opt out needs to be a right. That implies that having data be harvested for companies to make profits should be the default.

    As the years have passed, it has become the acceptable consensus for all of your personal information, thoughts, and opinions, to become freely available to anyone, at anytime, for any reason in order for companies to profit from it.

    People keep believing this is normal and companies keep taking more. Unless everyone is willing to stand firm and say enough, I only see it declining further, unfortunately.

  • Report: Apple CEO “cares about nothing else” Than Building Breakout AR Glasses Before Meta

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  • It seems to me that nothing is really new and there is nothing exciting, if not interesting, about technology today.

    There is the massive infiltration of personal privacy to surveil everyone for whatever reason that is currently deemed acceptable, so there is that - smh

  • Google Messages may soon let you explain why you want RCS spam to stop (APK teardown)

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  • If a person considers it ”spam,” that is all the reason they need.

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  • Recipe app

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  • My Recipe Box is used by a few in my family.

    No account or internet connection needed and app for Android and ios.

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  • If companies can't protect the information they collect now, (a large portion of it gathered without consent), how are they going to protect even more information; and where can I opt out?....smh

  • Discord says piracy subpoena would violate users’ First Amendment rights

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  • If they did not collect any information, they would not have any information to give when they are served a subpoena.

  • Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"

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  • I would happily pay to download Firefox if they removed telemetry, ads, analytics. Security updates could be free, feature updates could have a small fee. Something similar.

    There is a way to fund Firefox without user data and ads. Will it be as profitable, who knows, because quite simply, the vast majority do not want to make it a reality and loose what profit, control, or power they currently hold onto.

  • Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"

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  • In parallel to our existing consumer products, we have the opportunity to build a better infrastructure for the online advertising industry as a whole. Advertising at large cannot be improved unless the tech it’s built upon prioritizes securing user data. This is precisely why we acquired Anonym. 

    Catering to the ad industry is backwards thinking, imo. Securing user data is easy enough if you do not collect it to begin with.

    Imo, the fact companies have changed the narrative in favor of advertisers and data collection, proves only profit matters, not the people.

  • Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025

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  • It still boggles my mind how paying for ads became acceptable. Not only is the company making money from the advertisers for the ad space, they now get to make money off the population for viewing the ads. This is a crazy world we live in.

  • there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites

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  • I’m pretty sure that Amazon, google, etc do far more nefarious shit behind the scenes in terms of tracking/fingerprinting you and collecting data to sell

    You even get to pay more and more for this privilege…smh

  • People often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems?

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  • Indoor plumbing, heating and air!

  • Mozilla is going to shut down their Mastodon instance

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  • I did not see a reason given. Anyone know why?

  • YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos

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  • I am not a content creator and do not upload anything. My use would just be as a consumer.

    As a consumer, I will not use YT simply because of ads and the way they have made removing ads without a premium subscription so ridiculously difficult and time consuming.

    Imo, having ads thrown in your face when you pause it, is reason enough not to use again.

  • How can we make Linux more appealing as "just works"?

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  • From a non techy perspective, having what is used and installed being secure is a big one. I am new to Linux Mint. Mostly user friendly until something gets corrupted or suddenly can not be verified.

    Looking for why is not always simple, and there are some explanations/instructions easier to understand than others.

    I preface most of my searches with Linux mint (whatever I am searching for) for dummies. This helps some.

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    Open AI seems inherently evil

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  • Then they suddenly started helping Microsoft exclusively, which has been criticized many times for being a monopoly,

    Iirc, Microsoft has 49% of it. OpenAI is having another round where it is speculated Apple will contribute along with Microsoft again.

    Wasn’t Altman in charge of World Coin where he wanted everyone to scan their eyes for money to encourage a universal ID/wage?

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  • Public transportation does not operate in the middle of nowhere where the closest store is more than half an hour away.

  • How Telegram's Founder Pavel Durov Became a Culture War Martyr

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  • Why will they not use F-Droid?

  • Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10

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  • I can’t stress strongly enough how badly I am opposed to ads.