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by lurr 9y ago
They decided to become a political organization and obliterated their credibility. If they release something is it real... probably. Is it free from spin? probably not. Are they releasing things in a fair and even fashion (i.e. everything g
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by lurr 9y ago
More than relevant ads? doubt it.
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by lurr 9y ago
12 hour setup times and a 600 page manual should be standard, obviously.
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by lurr 9y ago
Advertisers were never going to honor any significant portion of the population using DNT. The correct approach is to aggressively fight back with technology to prevent tracking.
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by lurr 9y ago
Yeah, because Microsoft is incapable of doing something for good reasons obviously. Don't you dare give the ad companies shit for ignoring DNT though.
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by lurr 9y ago
yes, we young people are a completely uniform group. Thanks.
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by lurr 9y ago
No. There aren't two valid sides to every issue.
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by lurr 9y ago
and if the next city tells them to get fucked how many times can they manage to move around before they get the message? Amazon is going to uproot huge amounts of engineers? Doubt it. I wouldn't move just to help jeff make a bit more.
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by lurr 9y ago
> i'd expect that kind of stupidity from reddit, but here and the very next sentence > Has mainstream media truly got such a hold over everyone
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by lurr 9y ago
Sure we do, google updated play services. Big part of the reason I switched to iPhone.
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by lurr 9y ago
Well, except for chrome using their near monopoly on search to shove a browser in your face that further cements their place in search. and bundling it with the OS on mobile.
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by lurr 9y ago
The difference was in the 90s you had companies that got those valuations by actually selling technology, instead of privacy hating ad companies.
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by lurr 9y ago
> This revenue is split with content creators, enabling them to invest in more and better content to the benefit of their users. and that's become an abusive relationship where they are being de facto censored by google because of a
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by lurr 9y ago
They can show me ads based on what I just searched for then. This debate isn't about whether ads exist, it's about whether or not they should be allowed to hoard massive amounts of data and track every online action in order to ad
45.
by lurr 9y ago
Yeah, but is anyone working on useful blockchain applications as opposed to shoving Blockchain in because HYPE.
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by lurr 9y ago
So do we make snide remarks about fixes not being tested like we did when microsoft also had issues fixing CPU level bugs?
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by lurr 9y ago
Why the fuck should my tax dollars go to fund your greed? If your business can't succeed while paying people a living wage then you're business doesn't deserve to survive.
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by lurr 9y ago
They will get more once they figure out which city they can use to extort seattle. Then more again when they use Seattle to extort tax breaks from their new HQ.
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by lurr 9y ago
Well that was brought about because of a shift in republican politics that won them congress, but has lead them down a path to being a terrible party. Notice how people don't defend republican decisions, they just immediately go "
50.
by lurr 9y ago
Sorry, but who tried to impeach a president over BS? Who stole a supreme court seat? Who started winning presidencies without the popular vote and ramming extremely unpopular legislation through with reconciliation?
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by lurr 9y ago
No. It's the republicans for the last couple decades. Institutionally things are starting to break down because of a combination of poor design and poor implementation. But there are so very many people who will argue that the current
52.
by lurr 9y ago
> look at unstable governments in Europe based on oddball alliances vs hammering through legislation with zero bipartisanship. Which is actually a problem in parliamentary systems that end up with majorities. These coalition governments
53.
by lurr 9y ago
Not really, crypto is high risk but it's a far cry from a lottery. The point is that safe investments over a couple decades do nothing for people who are trying to actually move their life forward now.
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by lurr 9y ago
> I didn't intend to be reverse-age-ist. No one ever does. also it's not reverse-ageism, it's just ageism.
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by lurr 9y ago
But it doesn't really, it just saves money for the people who already have it.
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by lurr 9y ago
But I get value beyond just point A-B travel out of that.
57.
by lurr 9y ago
Yup, and self driving cars full of one person each who is taking a nap on their longer commute.
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by lurr 9y ago
> eliminating tax breaks for home owners You mean making them equal to people who can't afford to buy?
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by lurr 9y ago
You know you have many, many 20-something year old people agreeing with you right?
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by lurr 9y ago
> Except bitcoin isn't speculative, bitcoin has real value because zealots say so.

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