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One of the good things about having the moron for president is that things like this aren’t hidden.
I can’t help thinking that every other US government (and not just the US) would do this anyway, but would be more Clandestine about it.
There are also a ton more people doing a lot of niches, so now you get fewer views.
So it’s tougher to crack. Surely a better way to rise to the top would be to have fewer or no adverts, and better content.
That I can agree on, but then again, how would they even sell their product if there’s no advertisement? The companies that don’t charge too much and then stuff some of it into advertisement, tend to go under.
I am not against advertising as a tool. I’m mainly referring to the companies that will pay crazy money for advertising, and pass that expense on to the end users. Blanket advertising, shouldn’t be allowed, it also allows the bigger, wealthier companies to drown out the smaller and start up companies.
Creator doesn’t really know if you have premium or not and many users (me) will also have adblock so they don’t get a cent from these views. That’s why many will show you ad-free videos on Patreon or Nebula. No sponsor segments if they know you’re a paying customer.
That’s why YouTube Premium should be the same as Patreon or Nebula. The creators should be querying YouTube about working something out there, instead of hitting the users with ads that they thought they had paid to get rid of.
I also would suspect that this case would be more about about the letter of the law, and not about what’s expected from the creators etc. If YouTube are marketing an ad free experience to people that pay for the service, then this is what it should be. Overall, if anything, this case should work out better for everyone except probably Google. YouTube would have to find a better way/payment to allow creators to have two videos without making too much extra work for them. One for premium and one for non premium.
There is still product placement etc. Subtle suggestions and other methods that I’m sure many businesses would still pay for.
Unless they are referring to paid advertisements by the creators.
The creators would presumably take a cut/fee from YouTube for showing their content ad-free. sponsorblock already does something similar.
Creators already get paid very well for posting on YouTube.
A good rule of thumb for me is, if I see adverts on YouTube and on TV for the same company or product, then they are charging too much…
I choose to avoid them.
if somebody is advertising a small company/startup etc…
Go for it.
But if a creator has ads on premium that costs x amount each month.
Nahh…
–An ultra religious sponsorblock and ublock and hater of mass marketing.
The timing is crazy, that’s around the same time that Google and Android is expected to start disappearing from thousands of phones.
This is purely performative, but won’t be overturned.
it’s unlikely that spurious/generic parts will work unless they want them to, and even then they’ll be less effective.
Their official parts will likely be more expensive, so they’ll be easier to repair, but cost a lot more, instead of paying the repair shop.
The devices or machines will no longer become waste as much, but the parts will. Warranties will be voided etc.
What would’ve been a better law to introduce would be introducing a minimum time limit on planned obsolescence with the right to repair.
Also, in the EU many countries have law that supercedes EU warranty.
If your device has an inherent defect (was always going to break no matter what you did with it) and sometimes may need to be proven in a court of law, The warranty can be extended to 7 years (some countries are shorter).
For example if you buy a TV, and after 4 years it develops a fault outside the normal warranty, and you find out that, that model has a known fault that happens to a few of them, don’t try to repair it and void the warranty.
It may be still protected by that warranty in your country.
Oh look!! The EU are pretending to do something that the US big tech won’t like.
They’ll make double those profits back in the first month of being allowed to scan messages in Chat Control.
More likely “Specky porn eyes”
“Super Easy to Defeat” is the now. They don’t care about that.
They just need you to accept it, and move along.
In a few years time, it will not be “super easy to defeat” but will be standard practice and accepted law.
By that stage it will likely be too late to do anything. They will have tied it in with chat control and all of our data.
Can you imagine the freedom that will be discovered 50 years from now in a trend, when people decide to ditch their personal devices and live like they used to 70, 80 years ago (maybe even 60).
2·2 months ago“From tiny acorns, mighty oak trees grow”
It is corny (because we hear it so often), but it’s true. You don’t have to start any movement on your own etc. But plant the seed in other peoples head.
No conspiracy theory, no ‘fake news’ etc.
I won’t agree fully with the Sovereignty movement until I know it’s not being used.
But just facts. Maybe it will reach enough ears that someone will decide to do something about it that will start your country to join the movement away from US big tech.
The important bits:
The staff will lead quality reviews after the automation issues cost the company billions of dollars - while some workers will also help improve and train the AI systems.
“We brought back technical specialists and they hunt for failure points before a part ever reaches the plant floor.”
After rehiring experienced engineers, Ford experienced a marked improvement in its quality standards.
“Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles.
Basically saying that they massively underpaid and undervalued their staff, took and are still taking a hit that’s costing them BILLIONS and rehired the staff to train their ai so that they can do it again.
I hope the staff that were rehired asked and received a massive pay increase, inline with what it would be costing ford still, if they didn’t.
Europe already starting to test that… EU digital sovereignity is only really in its infancy with France, Germany and Denmark leading the way in moving quickly away from it. Thanks partly (mostly) to Trump ordering them to block access to ICC.
9 staff members, 6 Judges received sanctions from Trump for investigating Israel for warcrimes.
So it’s not just Microsoft.
MasterCard and visa, Google etc… all slowly going to feel the affects.
[Governments around the world are switching to Linux](https://lowtechlinux.com/
granny has the audio for her TV shows turned up because she can barely hear them. On the ad break the volume is insane 🙉
This is nothing to do with the interests of Big Tech, this guy has used old Big Tech design to sell a nice looking product, for a premium price. People in general don’t like to part with that much money for something that is described as a “secondary device” that limits their capabilities in a way that they should be able to do themselves. Most smartphones already have digital wellbeing and parental controls on them. There are also tons of guides and apps on how to limit or restrict things on your smartphone that you can buy for a fraction of the price.
His pricing is all wrong, no doubt he will sell a few at that price to collectors, enthusiasts and some people that think it’s worth it. But at the end of the day, at this pricepoint, the phone will surely fall by the wayside.
There are plenty of other phones trying with the same idea, but similarly, the high prices put people off, and many of those have premium features (ghost phone, light phone) The ghost phone also offers cheaper alternatives. For a retro look you have the Punkt phone or many others.
From HERE
What does Fractic mean?
Back in school, a gifted kid told me to memorise “Chrisostomatico-perifractic-habitanamala-culacatescia-bobblers” as my new name, meaning “a man who is coated in gold”. This nickname stuck and led to others being named similarly, like Ladyfractic and Puppyfractic.
The Callback 8020 is set to be released in five variants. The BASIC Beige, ProtoPET White, and SX Silver models will each cost €499.99. Commodore is charging €549.99 for the transparent Starlight Edition. The Founders Edition, with a gold-plated “C=" key and gold-colored casing, will be offered for €640.
They are a lovely looking phone, but I’m sure that they must be targeting a niche section of the market.
There are definitely people that are pretentious enough to spend an extra €140 on an already expensive phone, so that they can have the gold plated “C=” on the front of the phone. I guess I know who they are targeting with these, and I’m glad I’m not one of them.
If they wanted to do it properly they could take a leaf out of the pages from STOKITI or EDRI - but they don’t want to do it properly. They just want to seem like they are doing something, while gathering data and profiteering at the same time. I would imagine Starmer and the rest of them have wet dreams about this shit and wake up with sticky cotton pyjamas every morning.
Any chance of seeing the list broken down by ownership and trackers?
It seems a bit pointless otherwise.