nerdjon

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by nerdjon 3y ago
I disagree, what social media has turned into thanks to algorithms and engagement is a problem. But in its purest form Social media isn't a bad thing and is a good way to actually keep in contact with friends. Also a good way to keep u
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I stand by what I said. And judging by the quite fascinating trend of voting up and down I am noticing on my comment most people understand exactly what I am referring too. Whether they agree with those actions or not.
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I really hate how right you are. And that meaningless thing will be all over ads and or your opponent voted against it (since it was meaningless and shouldn't be on the books) that turns into an attack on them.
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by nerdjon 3y ago
> opposition to what? This is coming from the state that is trying to ban books based on some backwards concern of a white kid feeling bad. (for the record I am white). I don't care what side of politics you are on... you know what
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by nerdjon 3y ago
There is still the technology, the people. While you're not wrong, just because the model doesn't work doesn't mean there isn't still value there. If you are presented with the choice to shutdown a company or have it liv
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by nerdjon 3y ago
Google likely wouldn't be allowed either, I mean they may not operate a store like Amazon but I highly doubt the idea of searching "robot vacuum" and iRobot always being the top or in a special box would fly. I mean there is
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by nerdjon 3y ago
That's valid, but then requires asking who. If the company is on the verge of closing, clearly there is something wrong with the business model. So for it to actually save jobs they have to first have the 1.7 billion that Amazon was go
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I feel like I can almost guarantee that this bill has nothing to do with protecting children and has more to do with brainwashing children and restricting their access to opposing viewpoints, especially given this is Florida. That being sai
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I have some conflicting feelings on this, the CEO stepping down and the layoffs as soon as this was announced makes it seem like this was/is a company on the verge of shutdown or at least having serious problems. At what point should a
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I don't completely trust them and I don't think I am claiming otherwise, but it is more than Google. My key problem here is consent. I chose to use Apple, I theoretically can choose not to use Google but that doesn't mean any
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by nerdjon 3y ago
We are talking about very different things here. There is a massive difference between exploits, gag orders, etc and normal day to day operations like what Google and Facebook are doing here. I am not saying apple is saints, in my first lin
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by nerdjon 3y ago
While I don't really know, I have more confidence in it with an iPhone user particularly if we are using iMessage thanks to E2E. However the contacts issue is a problem on iOS as well and I think it would be somewhat trivial for Apple
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by nerdjon 3y ago
We desperately need a way for the people you communicate with to be able to OPT IN (not out, out should be default) of companies looking at your communications. As an iPhone user who has removed Google as much as possible out of my life, I
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I have to agree. For me it’s the headline that particularly bothers me. It’s clickbait and cheapens the real points they are making. The real problem here is how the media has latched onto it. When Disney showed it, it felt like they showed
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I am reluctant to agree with Netflix given how they still don't support the Apple TV app for discovery out of some need to control the user experience. But he isn't wrong, but that shouldn't be news and isn't a bad thing
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I think especially with how Teams responded to this problem. It wasn't saying it couldn't connect or anything. I had a few symptoms: First teams froze my entire computer when I started it when it couldn't connect. Then it fin
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by nerdjon 3y ago
What I find most interesting about this is how long it took to see reporting on this issue, unlike what I remember the reporting on Slack being down 5 or 6 years ago that I could fairly reliably find somewhere that said it was down. Has how
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by nerdjon 3y ago
So should we expect Epic to give ME, the user a choice of how I want to install Fortnite? Because they clearly are not. So why do developers get the choice but not the consumer? Sounds to me the power is still in the wrong hands and consume
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by nerdjon 3y ago
Especially when the tweet is a severe stretch of the truth or a straight up lie. > Did... did Apple just introduce the equivalent of Unity's runtime install fee... but for all iOS app developers in the EU?! That answer to that quest
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I am confused about what exactly this means if we just have a personal domain for my professional emails. Which are just a couple a day at a max (really depends on if I am looking for a new job or not). Does this make having email accounts
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by nerdjon 3y ago
Steam has seemed perfectly fine with basically no real competition. For the most part the consensus seems to be that users only leave Steam when they have too not because they want too. The iOS App Store is fine with no competition (for use
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by nerdjon 3y ago
Maybe I shouldn't have said that there was a perfectly fine store on Mac and Windows, that isn't really true. I mean they do their job but yeah. But I can't even stay within Steam only if I wanted too. Which is well establish
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by nerdjon 3y ago
You are advocating for an indirect choice, I have no benefit to installing Epic Game store, rockstar, or any other launcher. None, it just isn't there. Where as my direct choice is, I want to play this game. If I want to play a specifi
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by nerdjon 3y ago
Then you are conceding that the choice is to ether install those stores or not play the game? That is the exact point that I am trying to make in my post. That is not giving a user a choice that should matter to the User. That is removing t
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by nerdjon 3y ago
If I wasn't a gamer I wouldn't have a PC. I mean technically I would still have a Mac but much of what I use on my Mac is through the Mac App Store. The vast majority of my general computing happens on my phone or tablet. My PC an
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by nerdjon 3y ago
I am listing off those stores because I am making a point that as a gamer, I do not have a choice in using certain stores and launchers if I want to play the games I want to play. That is the exact situation I want to avoid on my phone. Wha
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by nerdjon 3y ago
My problem here is Google, we can't deny they have used their position in Search, Gmail, Maps and others to push users towards Chrome with constant reminders to use their tools. I mean if I sign into Google on my iPhone I basically ins
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by nerdjon 3y ago
That is Netflix's choice, they could allow it they are choosing not too. And your right, it is hurting users since they loose the protections granted to them by App Store billing. The solution to that problem is not moving to another s
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by nerdjon 3y ago
Maybe "And" would have been better, but I assume you are not a gamer if you think that. The reality is no, if I want to play Fortnite I have to install the Epic Game store. If I want to play GTA, even if I buy the game through ste
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by nerdjon 3y ago
No, which in reality emphasizes the point I am trying to make. As a gamer I basically have zero choice but to install Steam, Epic Game Store, EA Store, or any other stupid launcher that a publisher decides to force on me when there is a per

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