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Post by 1718627440 »

xatax wrote: post #148
1718627440 wrote: post #116

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> Reddit locking subreddits behind login wall - well there's always old.reddit old.reddit is now locked behind login as well.

There's a workaround if you want it enough. I noticed that reddit was setting a use_redesign (I might have the name slightly wrong) cookie when I explicitly visited the old.reddit domain, and this caused old reddit to persist. Since I do occasionally want to use the new site for image posts and the like, I set up a bookmarklet to set/unset that cookie on command. I've since found that setting this cookie bypasses the…

To what value do I need to set the cookie?

Re: AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link

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Post by orangecat »

NetMageSCW wrote: post #135
forshaper wrote: post #95

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It's still surprising to me how fast we lost ownership norms, and most seem satisfied with renting the right to be a sort of peasant.

Unless you own your own cell carrier and built towers across your country, you can’t own a phone.

Sure you can, the same way you can own a lamp without owning the power plant.

Re: AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link

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Post by bad_haircut72 »

echelon wrote: post #104
renegat0x0 wrote: post #55

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I think there are more and more apps on f-droid. On my end the experience was more pleasant on f-droid than on Google. On f-droid I had to manually push some things, in repositories. That I solved in a week or so. On Google end I had to verify my account. Which was not easy feat. - had to provide my ID several times, because it got rejected multiple times - I uploaded driving license - the verification process was st…

F-Droid is a nerd solution and will be used by 0.00001% of the total market. There are more people that will use Linux on desktop than will use F-Droid. We need governments to mandate both Apple and Google to allow web installs of apps. No requirement for Apple/Google pay, Apple/Google login, or Apple/Google services. Total freedom for users, for developers, and for competitors. This duopoly has fucked over America a…

On Youtube just now I got hit with an ad whose first 5 unskippable seconds were an AI person saying "Did you know the cure for dimentia is in the Bible!?!?" - considering who that ad is targetting, Google can F off with any stance about protecting people from scams.

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Post by voakbasda »

echelon wrote: post #147
voakbasda wrote: post #139

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The government is not going to regulate them, any more than they are going to fix the countless other cartels that operate with impunity.

Lina Kahn had the mandate but took too long. She did not appreciate the urgency or limited time with which she had to put together the cases. Both the Democratic and Republican parties have lots of members who are fed up with big tech. American labor unions are fed up with big tech and both parties are trying to court them.

Actions speak louder than words, and there has been no real action for my entire gray-haired life. Politicians can talk all they want about anti-trust reforms, but both parties equally have lots of members with vested interests in these cartels and who profit from the status quo. I think that ultimately overrides the will of the people more often than not.

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Post by dotancohen »

devsda wrote: post #144
ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #74

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Imo if you compare what Google does to the one other mobile OS manufacturer with any users, claiming Google should be fined is something like the cop pulling you over for going 8 over the speed limit while Apple is doing triple digits and just ran two people over. 'Why not both' is an argument, but clear as day what Apple does is worse. There's no alternative.

We both agree that there is a speed limit and it needs to be adhered to, regardless of who it is. The problem with Google is that it may have started at 8 over the limit, but it advertised itself as sticking to the limit but always hovered slightly above it pushing the boundaries. This has skewed our perception into believing that Google's was acceptable and we have been gradually raising our threshold itself to a da…

Give it up. Stop defending your position when it's been pointed out that you are holding the two companies to two different standards. It's all right to admit you were wrong and learn something, even on the internet.

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Post by superxpro12 »

amiga386 wrote: post #6

Not Google's first rodeo. They pulled the same move in 2019: https://www.phoronix.com/news/WireGuard-Ejected-Play-Store This is why software should not be subjected to an "app store" type distribution system, where a monopolist retains absolute control of what software can run on your devices, and can capriciously deny distribution to developers for whatever reason it likes.

if you havent been paying attention, google is REEEEALLY into monopolies and fascism. Google literally jumped out of their pants to change the name of lake ontario the second trump said to.

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Post by superxpro12 »

Xirdus wrote: post #109
ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #74

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Imo if you compare what Google does to the one other mobile OS manufacturer with any users, claiming Google should be fined is something like the cop pulling you over for going 8 over the speed limit while Apple is doing triple digits and just ran two people over. 'Why not both' is an argument, but clear as day what Apple does is worse. There's no alternative.

Your reasoning shows why it's so much harder to fix a duopoly than to fix a monopoly. If there was no Apple then Google would get its comeuppance. If there was no Google then Apple would get its comeuppance. But because we have both Google and Apple, we can't punish either. The mathematician in me wants to solve the problem of the duopoly by first reducing it to a monopoly, which we have known solutions for.

oligopolies are just as bad.
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