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What you're describing isn't "search", designed to give me information I asked for. It's a recommendation engine, designed to induce a behavior in me, whose input is the "search te…

I need to choose outlets and switches for a new building, and I hope to "smart home" it. I had started to do some reading, and while my experience wasn't _quite_ as gruesome as the…

Sometimes, when faced with button choices "OK" and "Maybe Later", I open devtools and relabel the latter to "Fuck off" before clicking on it. I used to think it futile, but now I u…

Thank you. I laughed out loud. Also, this is true.

I disagree with the implication that there is anything at all unethical (so that anything else could be "more ethical") about blocking ads.

Definitely not advanced in the sense of, "at the highest level in this topic." Publishers do ask for titles like this, though. I guess it's advanced in the sense of "not beginner".…

Many (not all) free software ecosystems welcome non-free participants, as long as these honor certain values. I do think the app store labeling “Free. Offers in-app purchases” is d…

Then how about banning the word "buy", and any other language that implies the transfer of property? The yellow button in the corner should say "Rent now a restricted right to read…

Now try imagining those businesses in a world without regulation. No one has suggested that regulation will produce ethical business. The proposal is to impose regulation to limit …

> Don't blame the guys whose design products to maximize consumer LTV - they are just doing their jobs. Mmmmm... how about oil and tobacco CEOs? How about patent trolls? How about …

Exactly this. It's now "industry standard" to mug people; why should I swear your Hippocratic oath when everyone else is getting rich? Instead of asking developers (the organizatio…

So... 4JO? Like a droid name. I suppose this reads better in English than in German though.

Absolutely not! That would be an oxymoron. Someone providing a service is entitled to seek compensation; the amount and means of compensation should be listed clearly next to the s…

Indeed! My imagination was tongue-in-cheek; we're never going to get that.

What if every restaurant within 50 miles of your home required a jacket to eat (or take out) from there... and also required that you had purchased that jacket from the very same r…

The problem isn't the capability of remote attestation. The problem is who's using it, i.e. who's defining what "security" means. As noted above, for a company, "security" often me…