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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 4 points 1 year ago

My guess is they put it in the terms and conditions of the vpn.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 38 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What the title and bot don't mention: They did so by installing spyware on phones of users of a vpn they acquired:

After Zuckerberg’s email, the Onavo team took on the project and a month later proposed a solution: so-called kits that can be installed on iOS and Android that intercept traffic for specific subdomains, “allowing us to read what would otherwise be encrypted traffic so we can measure in-app usage,” read an email from July 2016. “This is a ‘man-in-the-middle’ approach.”

What's more:

Later, according to the court documents, Facebook expanded the program to Amazon and YouTube.

Obligatory this is why you shouldn't use a free/cheap vpn.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you mean by that, exactly? How do we allow or deny this, and what do you think are reasonable alternatives?

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Sillytavern by any chance?

And I'd say the difference between mistral and mixtral is pretty big for general usage, feels like it's a next generation.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Steam puts up a bunch of new Agreements, and you refuse to accept, you'll continue using the non-updated version - correct?

In theory you could keep using the service that adheres to the old agreement - but they will only provide the service under the new agreement. So effectively, no.

Unfortunately, Diablo 3 is an online game - even singleplayer. In case of starcraft, it's even worse - the only reason for it to be online is multiplayer (fair enough) and drm (boo!).

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Mixtral models are pretty good, although they require a LOT of memory to run at a decent pace.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I suppose that sucks if you never stopped to think about it.

In my case, it's the reason I never bought Diablo 3 - when they turn an offline game into a mandatory online game, I figured that sooner or later they'd pull something like this.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

I don't have time to check a video, but isn't it true for any service that it you don't agree to the new ToS, your contract is terminated?

What makes this case so special?

Edit: or is it that people only found out now that the games they bought were online-only and that they're at the mercy of the publisher?

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me neither. Recommendation engines already were a closed box that were being gamed to influence people's opinions. This just removes one attack vector from it, and, as I understand it, it's optional as well. It would be even better if there'd be more genres to block imho.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My last few laptops have been Tuxedo. Can heartily recommend. The tux key instead of the windows logo is a very nice touch. The first ones were 13", and their tiny fans could be rather loud during normal operation, but now I have a 15" and it's a dream.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 2 points 1 year ago

According to that link, his salary was "only" half a million. Or does he get 193 million in stock each year?

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