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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 2 years ago

“Can’t remember” is also the excuse they use when they get caught cheating, lying, making racist comments, etc

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Elon is such a turd.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 2 years ago

I am genuinely sorry you have been fucked over ☹️

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 71 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Articles like this are so disingenuous. UK news has been reporting things like this for several years now, always trying to make it sound like it’s us mean old continental Europeans who are forcing our evil rules on the poor blameless Britons. As opposed to being the exact thing they themselves voted for. Hello and fuck you from sunny Portugal, dear Brexit voters!

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 94 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

Articles like this are so disingenuous. UK news has been reporting things like this for several years now, always trying to make it sound like it’s us mean old continental Europeans who are forcing our evil rules on the poor blameless Britons. As opposed to being the exact thing they themselves voted for. Hello and fuck you from sunny Portugal, dear Brexit voters!

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 15 points 2 years ago

I mean, this is basically malicious compliance. They did everything in their power to follow the letter but eschew the spirit of the law. Let’s hope the EU has teeth and keeps applying pressure.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean, I’ll take a stab at speaking for Apple fans, and in fact developers. (I’m an ex-employee.)

There are a lot of things we like about the user experience on their platforms, and we appreciate their general interest in privacy while not engaging in the dirty data mining / advertising business of Google and Microsoft. There is a polish on their platforms that is best in class.

But I don’t believe any of us actually support the App Store lockdown situation. It’s probably the biggest black mark on their record. I think they got it right on macOS, requiring the binaries to be notarised (signed digitally) in such a way that malware can be blacklisted. This is a useful security feature. But developers are free to distribute however they want and third party stores like SetApp and Steam coexist happily with the App Store.

100% of their arguments about keeping the App Store as the sole distribution chain are bullshit because macOS is the proof. It’s pure rent-seeking behaviour.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure it does, you just open the dev console on your computer.

The criteria for the original comment was not “which is the best browser” but rather “which browsers aren’t adware”. As Apple doesn’t monetise user data the way Google and Microsoft do, it belongs on the short list with Firefox. Is Firefox better? Yes.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 2 years ago

This is probably inevitable now that Turkey gave in. With two obstructionists they could point at each other, but once you’re the last one still blocking, you’re singled out as the asshole.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don’t trust anything but Firefox or Safari anymore. Every other browser vendor has an ulterior motive to steal your data or serve you ads.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 years ago

Is this talking about stuff like private torrent trackers and Usenet providers, or are there more Netflix-like things out there that people are paying for?

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 2 years ago

Does that mean you can’t downvote comments outside of Beehaw too?

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