Exactly.

The whole system is based on people having some decency and respect.

The Cult doesn’t have either, they will blatantly lie because they know there is no actual penalty.

And then the kid complains that they can’t watch ads to get diamonds.

Google allows data collection, they need it because they’re an ad company.

Apple will make their products shitty rather than spy on their users. Their profits come from hardware and software sales. Their ad revenue is a rounding error

You’re going to pay either way. Subscription (iOS) or scummy ads all over (Android)

I’d rather pay than subject my kids to random predatory ads.

One time payment would be best of course, but it’s not a viable business model in most cases

I work in mobile games.

You should’ve seen the fits the Marketing department threw when Apple removed tracking (IDFA). It made conversion tracking almost impossible and thus worthless.

There is a difference. A clear difference.

It’s an industry fact that iPhone users are more willing to pay for stuff.

It works in mobile games too, Android users just don’t spend. They can be tracked better because Google DGAF, but iPhone users rake in the cash.

”But it’s a dry heat” is a saying for a reason 😀

CapCut was THE app for editing video. It was made by Bytedance. It was banned along with TikTok.

This is Zuck trying to take over that niche

Cold is easy, wear more, burn stuff for heat.

Hot is hard. When I’m already fully naked and still sweating, what then? Lightly fan myself with something?

“Exists” yea but not really usable, it’s more raw than Pixelfed

I use Newsblur, it’s a web site and will fetch feeds even if my computer is offline.

Newsblur is the one I migrated to and haven’t looked back.

The instagram reels and YouTube shorts algorithms are utter shit. I’ve tried, but holy shit there’s some crap in there.

Same

The main thing I noticed that the “advanced” stuff disappeared, I can’t debug what signal my Arc is receiving any more.

On the other hand I’m not going to buy any more Sonos stuff either and if I find a valid replacement (Atmos, wireless, minimal app involvement) I’ll switch.

It’d be cheaper to buy a power bank for every person in the house vs this abomination

So you need to raid Battery Town and Gastown on your road trips while fighting off weirdos on the road? 😀

This doesn’t even replace the phone battery, it changes an external charging case.

We have these in bars etc, they let you rent a charged power bank. This is just that with added complexity.

Anything that’s not Twitter is good

Imagine being an openly gay CEO who funds a party who hates gays

You can have both, like MacBooks do