nunesgh

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Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] nunesgh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not an option for people outside the US, though. 🫠

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PewDiePie on Privacy: Don't call it privacy! (youtube.com)
 

PewDiePie on Privacy: Don't call it privacy!

Unless you go all the way with privacy, it doesn't mean anything. Don't call it privacy!

Full video: I’m DONE with Google.

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PewDiePie on Enshittification: It's about Big Tech in general! (youtube.com)
 

PewDiePie on Enshittification: It's about Big Tech in general!

Unnecessary subscriptions, ads, locking, updates being changing the entire UI because you're more prone somehow to get locked-in.

Full video: I'm DONE with Google.

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WhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives devices (www.theguardian.com)
 

Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’

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AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (www.youtube.com)
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WhatsApp to get channel subscriptions, promoted channels, and ads in Status (about.fb.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31478575

Takeaways

  • We’re introducing channel subscriptions, promoted channels and ads in Status in the WhatsApp Updates tab to help you find channels and products you’re interested in.
  • The growing popularity of the Updates tab makes this the right place for these experiences, in a way that doesn’t interrupt your chats.
  • Nothing changes about people’s personal chats, which remain end-to-end encrypted and are not used for ads.
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WhatsApp to get channel subscriptions, promoted channels, and ads in Status (about.fb.com)
 

Takeaways

  • We’re introducing channel subscriptions, promoted channels and ads in Status in the WhatsApp Updates tab to help you find channels and products you’re interested in.
  • The growing popularity of the Updates tab makes this the right place for these experiences, in a way that doesn’t interrupt your chats.
  • Nothing changes about people’s personal chats, which remain end-to-end encrypted and are not used for ads.
What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] nunesgh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

My brain (since 1990), or at least I have been trying.

What do you use for listening to podcasts? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] nunesgh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I also use AntennaPod on Android and sync it to my self-hosted Nextcloud instance using GPodder Sync, where I can access my podcast subscriptions and episodes using NextPod.

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CrowdSec "Community" (mastodon.social)
 

CrowdSec "Community" offering only gets worse and worse!

First, they had raised a paywall around querying details on IP addresses that triggered Alerts. Only 30 queries per week for the "Community".

Now, they have extended that paywall to cover the whole Alerts feature! Only 500 alerts per month for the "Community"!

Enshitification meets cybersecurity!

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Proton left Mastodon... (infosec.pub)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26489182

Instead of leaving Xitter, they left Mastodon. Proton's trend is not inspiring confidence and this feels like another step backwards.

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