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tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

Imagine owning anything, anything you “buy” is just a perpetual license ever so graciously offered to you by MegaCorp, ready to be changed or taken away whenever they feel like they need even more money.

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in The SEO world is up in arms after a story said they're 'ruining the internet.' Here's the spicy drama.

Switch off Google, how about that?

tb_ , 8 months ago to news in A staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19

I edited my other reply for a bit more context, in case you missed it.

That said, maybe I misunderstood your claim and with “the economy” you were referring to the prosperity of the average person.

tb_ , 8 months ago to news in A staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19

And basically required if you want to have a job in the US…

tb_ , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to news in A staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19

Yes. No doubt the economy took a hit at the start/height of the pandemic, but using that as a blanket statement to explain the linked article is unsubstantiated.

Edit:
Could also read the article.

The poorest 40% of households suffered an 8% drop in cash savings and the middle 40% (the U.S. middle class) also saw their bank deposits and other liquid assets topple. Only the wealthiest 20% of households are still enjoying the extra cash they stockpiled during the pandemic, with their savings about 8% above where they were in March 2020.

Given the American wealth distribution in 2023, just the top 10% of people hold 69% of wealth.
The article mentions the top 20% saw their savings increase.
I think it’s fair to extrapolate that America “as a whole” got richer (e.g. the economy is “doing better”), at the small cost of 80-90% of its inhabitants.

The pandemic has been a disaster for the average person, yet the wealthy used it as another opportunity to exploit them.

^(sidenote, “stockpiled” is a very apt descriptor…)

tb_ , 8 months ago to news in A staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19

Forgive my terrible sources, at least I had something rather than throwing a random claim to the void.

tb_ , 8 months ago to news in A staggering 80% of American households are financially worse off than they were before COVID-19

What do you mean? The GDP has only grown (save for like 2-3 quarters).

The rich just saw their chance to become even richer and widen the wealth gap.

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Apple slides from 2013 skewer Android as “a massive tracking device”

Don’t forget Apple’s ad revenue soared when they made users be able to opt out of tracking.

And, oh, right! Their own tracking setting was (and probably still is) hidden in the App store of all places because of course they don’t have to play by their own rules.

(Meaning they’re already on their way there)

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future

Edge allows you to “follow” YouTube channels outside of the website itself, not sure how deep that integration goes though as I’ve never bothered to use it.

Also this is the idea behind Grayjay, where creators would be able to have a “universal identity” across platforms.
For now it’s mostly a YouTube and some other video streaming sites alternative.

tb_ , 8 months ago to games in Worst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2

Just because there’s worse, doesn’t mean we should accept bad.

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet

That request can be used for fingerprinting, however.

www.amiunique.org/fingerprint

tb_ , 8 months ago to games in Silent Hill: Ascension fails to impress with greedy monetisation and cluttered UI

On Samsung phones you can make stickers just the same way you can on iPhone, with the stock gallery app.

Dunno about Google Photos.

In fact, here it is without the background:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e3d93d67-949f-49eb-9185-2b8c2f6ea169.png

tb_ , 8 months ago to android in Chrome on iOS supports moving the address bar to the bottom. Why not Android?

Depending on what I’m doing I may have to tap it several times. And I don’t like needing to move my hands around my phone to reach the top of the screen.

So many apps feature some sort of bottom nav bar anyway these days, and with the tiniest amount of scrolling it’s out of sight and out of mind.

Oh I missed a bit on the page and want to scroll back up? Why would I want the address bar to pop up first over the text that’s there!

I’m speaking a bit hyperbolically of course, though I genuinely see no benefit in the address bar being at the top. (Also Firefox all the way baybeee)

tb_ , 9 months ago to technology in Zuckerberg: Actually, Threads Is Great, Approaching 100M Monthly Active Users

I’m well aware, but in this context it gets a bit of double meaning

tb_ , 9 months ago to technology in Zuckerberg: Actually, Threads Is Great, Approaching 100M Monthly Active Users

Is the X a pun?