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by hightrix 3y ago
This does seem like the logical conclusion. Disney/Hulu/peacock/espn dominate market due to historical and current content. Disney first cuts off Netflix from any and all owned content. Disney buys netflix. Disney removes adf
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by hightrix 3y ago
Yar har har matey. I imagine we will be hearing about the rise of piracy again in the next 6-12 months. I’m definitely not interested in paying 20/mo per service as is the direction we are heading. It will be interesting to see which s
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by hightrix 3y ago
This is the only possible response many of us are able to give to this issue. Trust has been completely destroyed. What if the next malware attempt isn’t discovered immediately? Anyone continuing to use Moq is opening their company up to po
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by hightrix 3y ago
> You'll have to solve fewer captchas. Alright, you got me. There is a tiny, minor, insignificant benefit. This is not worth giving up any control of my own PC. > You'll see less spam in website comments. Highly unlikely.
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by hightrix 3y ago
> There are many reasons that WEI sounds like a good idea I know I'm biased in my opinion on WEI, my initial reaction was extremely negative. That said, I'm willing to be open minded here. As a user, how does WEI benefit me? I
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by hightrix 3y ago
> Yes, because ads are beneficial to the web. Citation needed. Ads are not beneficial to users of the web. There does not exist a website that is better WITH ads. Users do not care about ad fraud. Ads are beneficial to adtech and compa
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by hightrix 3y ago
Anecdotally, I’ve found most recommendation systems work best when you do not interact with like/dislike but instead simply play songs you like to seed your algorithm. Google News used to do this constantly. I’d say “show me less” of a
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by hightrix 3y ago
> What if I want googlebot to crawl it but not bravebot? Then you need to gate your content such that it is not available openly to the public. This falls inline with many objections to Google's WEI. If you host content openly and
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by hightrix 3y ago
> If you don't want to see ads, there's a really simple solution: don't look at websites that display them! And as a user, if the person hosting the website doesn't want me to look at their content without also lookin
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by hightrix 3y ago
> Yes, which is why apps need to design good ad experiences to balance monetization with user satisfaction. The only good ad experience is contextual. There does not exist an experience that is enhanced by ads unrelated to the content b
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by hightrix 3y ago
Are you suggesting that we should use this or technology like it to simply be able to login to a website? That’s a whole hearted no thank you from me. I should not be required to scan my retina just to login to my email.
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by hightrix 3y ago
Replied to wrong comment
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It absolutely takes just a few minutes. I did it today on my work laptop, installed Firefox, import from chrome, and I was back to work in less than 5
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by hightrix 3y ago
TL;DR: It is DRM for the web where Google (or others) can only allow specific OS/Browser combination to access a website. If you want to know more, others have written novels in these comments.
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by hightrix 3y ago
My hunch is that this "dead zone" was detected by productivity tools that noticed email and Teams messages slow down during that time period. I say this because it is relatively well known around my team that 3-6 or so are "w
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by hightrix 3y ago
I highly doubt it, but I wonder if this will be the straw that breaks the camels back where general perception of Google flips to where they are viewed in the same circle as Comcast or EA. Google is heading in that direction and their veloc
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by hightrix 3y ago
Having briefly touched the Early Access version of the game, BG3 is easily the most DnD like video game I've ever experienced. I'd be willing to call Early Access a masterpeice and am quite excited for release next month! If you
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by hightrix 3y ago
Yeah, agreed. I could be with my best friends doing my favorite activity at a pace that I chose and still be completely drained by the end of it, needing time to recoup. I imagine that, just like how it is impossible for me to empathize wi
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by hightrix 3y ago
As an anecdote, I am always drained by social interaction and always recharged by solitude. I can be home alone all week and still dread going out to a party if I’m not in the mood. I’m a very social person, but it is still draining. I hav
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by hightrix 3y ago
This is what I'm expecting to be coming soon, a barrage of articles blaming and shaming users for not wanting to be bombarded by ads. > if you're a content leech watch a couple ads No. Never. Sorry, your industry has destroyed
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by hightrix 3y ago
Simply, if you provide a thing for free, expect people to take it and use it for free. Artists, writers, programmers, and everyone else included. If you do not want your “intellectual property” taken and used by others, don’t give it away f
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by hightrix 3y ago
I disagree entirely that stealing from a corner store and not rendering ads are comparable. In one instance, I take an item that another person has paid for and expects to sell it at a profit. If I steal it, I am depriving the store owner
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by hightrix 3y ago
> How should this be financed? As a consumer, I do not care. If I can get a thing for free AND ignore your suggested content, I will do it 10 times out of 10. If you don't want to offer a thing for free, then don't offer a thi
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by hightrix 3y ago
100% agreed. If content is provided for free along side content (ads) that the site wants me to view for their own reasons, I'm under no obligation to view the content they want me to view. If the site needs me to view content in a sp
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by hightrix 3y ago
If the API changes were meant to actually drive revenue rather than to simply put 3rd party apps out of business, then the incompetence in reddit is stronger than I previously imagined. Every single move they have made regarding this change