I hate how everything requires you to download a shitty proprietary data harvesting app nowadays when everything can be done just fine without an app.
I have recently started a new position and am required to use an app that has three Facebook trackers, one of them being a Facebook location tracker according to Exodus App Privacy in order to get your food when it would literally work perfectly fine ordering to a real cashier or shit even a website rather than having to...
How do people find good information on the internet these days?
It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust...
Today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are
I watched a Warframe (game) YouTube video on the Steam integrated browser, without beeing connected to my account and Holly s* it was horrible....
YouTube Enhancement Megathread: Tools and Extensions for All Devices
Hello, Lemmy People’s...
Twitch has stories now, because all social media has to be the same
polygon.com/…/twitch-stories-clone-all-social-med…
Why do all these companies developing privatised software use the word "Open"? Real question.
OpenAI...
Smokey's Simple Guide To Search Engine Alternatives
Smokey’s Simple Guide To Search Engine Alternatives...
There is no such thing as an effective "AI detector", nor will there ever be one.
I keep seeing posts about this kind of thing getting people’s hopes up, so let’s address this myth....
This post knows where you're viewing it from (Lemmy doesn't proxy external images) [ARCHIVED]
Note: This post now archived and as such no longer works...
Elon Musk, Twitter and X MegaThread
Hey everybody,...
If Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine?
Rockstar, Necrosoft and other game devs slam Epic and Songtradr for "trashing" Bandcamp as layoffs announced
rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-necrosoft-and-other…
My Opinion: NewPipe, Piped, Invidious, etc's days are numbered.
With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and...
Are Internet boards and Forums dead
i started using the internet in the late 2000’s and still remember when you search for something most of the times it would return with a forum post … now its just random websites … if you ever need real and concise answer you have to add site:reddit.com at every search and since discord or twitter are not crawlable by...
My open letter to the tech industry on sexism, HR, and Linus Tech Tips
The Linus Tech Tips abuse allegations are yet another reminder that something absolutely needs to be done about the rampant sexism in the tech industry. If you haven’t heard them yet you can read about them here, but be warned, there is some potentially very triggering abuse and self harm detailed:...
If the cream of the crop is original content, bots are useless
There is no reason for a bot to be able to access or post on federated social networks if the goal is to make social media humane....
to prevent undeletion, dont delete your posts, tamper with them.
EDIT: I want to encourage being destructive to reddit, however I will be less provocitive because thats not whats needed. want to finally put it to rest? dont word things how i did....
I'm worried that in the future we will be forced to use smartphones just like in China
In China, you can’t exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the...
[META] So... about the bots
As some may have noticed, a fairly large portion of the post on this community are article links posted by bots. I am no moderator and am just a regular user like the rest of you, but I want to know what the community thinks of the posting bots. here is a sample of my opinion to get conversation started:...
1Password vs BitWarden
Just wondered what people are using for their password management....
This is a rant about ASUS and their RGB lighting software
Back in the day, I knew what I would get from ASUS and their AURA tech. Pretty simple, just choose what you want and go. My LEDs did what I wanted, it was simple. But no… no they said. Instead we want you to download most of a gig of bullshit to do the same thing, but with extra fucking steps....
TIL Press win + k to quickly connect to a bluetooth earphone in Windows 10
never again go to system tray bluetooth icon > show bluetooth device > connect
Huawei anti-porn filter may be active non-Chinese devices. [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Crisis Averted....
Youtube Adblock Reckoning as a service problem?
At the end of the day, its pretty clear to me that Youtube is going to lose the war on adblocking. Either by hook or by crook those that want to use Adblockers are going to keep doing it no matter what....