Even as an American software engineer, I’ve been working hard to ween myself off as much American software and services as possible. I’m currently using Deezer for a music streaming service. I initially thought their music discovery features were fantastic but starting to realize the mixes and flow pretty much just play the ...
China’s secret services could use sensors and cameras in the cars to monitor secure areas, wiretap passenger conversations and access phones that are plugged into the vehicle, CSRI senior policy director Sam Goodman said.
Yeah, most Apple users won't care or even know, and will just keep using whatever it is that Apple gives them. I don't see how that's an issue.
Meanwhile, people who are at least slightly more informed will benefit from the freedom. Things like this are needed because informed consumers too are getting shafted in about every product category. Voting with your wallet doesn't work in a market dominated by uninformed consumers.
... then maybe the people should just get more informed.
I hear they also made crimes illegal. Problem fucking solved.
doesn't benefit anyone
But it does? Some Apple users will try something else, and even if you aren't one of them, these practices spread. When Apple gets away with something, others will follow. Android is also getting more locked down with each major release. Maybe you use a linux phone or none at all?
everyone is uninformed anyways and probably doesn't even care?
The fact that this issue is being discussed by us here and meps/commissioners/etc. at Brussels is proof that not everyone is uninformed and don't care.
What's to gain by not regulating this? Do you want the world to collectively suffer from products that are artificially made worse? You can say that ignorant people deserve what they get, but do the others deserve to get dragged down to their level? Everyone should suffer because iphone users are dumb?
I want a world in which corporations are scared to release anti-consumer products because they know it'll tank their income.
I wish. Celebrating customers getting shafted seems counterproductive though. In reality, companies aren't afraid of making anti-consumer products. Regulation can keep them in check and consumers sure as hell won't.
There's stuff like graphene or other open source OS's - installing graphene is literally connecting your phone to a PC and opening a website, something even a chimp can do.
I know, I run a custom rom too. I also know that custom roms are still Android, meaning they aren't safe. What do they do when Google makes some restrictive bullshit change again, for example to the android API? Fork it and become incompatible with apps meant for stock android?
Nobody is affected ... except apple users
Yes they are. All large companies are constantly looking for more things they can get away with and are ratcheting towards user hostility.
When the non-hostile options are gone, or reduced to a few crappy ones, the educated consumer is fucked. Because what else are they gonna do, not buy a phone? How is a chimp gonna install Graphene when unlocked bootloaders are extinct?
@[email protected]: "i'm in hell". Attached image includes the text: "Be careful with the upper and lower case in these settings. We will use True for the backend and 'true' for the frontend (this is not a typo, otherwise it won't work)."
I would love to sometimes filter out any and all political posts, I think having this enabled as default on some instances would also be preferred by some users. ...
It will use use camera based self driving, crash into a stopped object, and burn. Pilot burns as well since the locks are electric with no manual backups.
A chemist told me rust does not spread. The top of my refrigerator gives me some doubt. It’s covered in these spots. The center of every spot is a small break in the paint, but the rust all around those spots is on top of the paint.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system after Democratic senators raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team. ...
streaming has a history of being data intrusive. and buying from most online stores show itemized music receipts to the credit card company (and don't typically allow giftcards). buying in person is nice, but harder to get new music. ...
EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network ( arstechnica.com )
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Music Streaming Servixe
Even as an American software engineer, I’ve been working hard to ween myself off as much American software and services as possible. I’m currently using Deezer for a music streaming service. I initially thought their music discovery features were fantastic but starting to realize the mixes and flow pretty much just play the ...
[saunagore] “Wellness rooms” at some lemming's in-laws’ house
Lots of money and cold feet. ...
Americans will use anything other than the metric system
You were warned
Brussels is ‘behind the curve’ as Chinese spy-EVs become commonplace ( www.euractiv.com )
China’s secret services could use sensors and cameras in the cars to monitor secure areas, wiretap passenger conversations and access phones that are plugged into the vehicle, CSRI senior policy director Sam Goodman said.
People from the Wild West deciding what time they'll casually throw their life away in a duel [Day 107]
'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties ( www.pcgamer.com )
And they will willingly embrace it.
Meep
Meep
HP hasn't made an OMEN gaming handheld because of Windows, but they are open to making a SteamOS-powered handheld
https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-hasnt-made-omen-gaming-handheld/
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Games can no longer use virtual currencies to disguise the price of in-game purchases in the European Union ( ec.europa.eu )
USA asks Lithuania for eggs after Finland and Denmark, internet calls it ‘Door to door begging’ ( www.hindustantimes.com )
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"Americans can't coo-"
isInHell = 'true' ( fedia.io )
Original post: hachyderm.io (Mastodon)
Musk’s Dad: Elon’s Not Racist—He Was Friends With ‘Black Servants’ ( www.thedailybeast.com )
What parody surpassed what it was trying to parody?
12 March 2025
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How software projects are managed ( lemmy.ml )
When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered ( arstechnica.com )
The only time I turn on my highbeams is when someone else doesn't turn them off
Anyone else?
Found on /r/buyfromEU, thread in body (Lemmy mentioned)
https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j523ll/here_is_an_expanded_cheatsheet_to_help_you_break/
Protest song ( lyricsintosong.ai )
Someone made this nice protest song! ...
is it possible to register mastodon account without email address?
title says it all. i can register lemmy and matrix account on certain instances without email address, but im yet to find one for mastodon.
Putin emails Trump "tell me 5 things you did for me last week" ( www.thebeaverton.com )
Fr*nch Rule
Trump-Zelenskyy clash marks a defining turn away from U.S. defense of democracies ( www.nbcnews.com )
Summary ...
The Gulf of Ruleland
German match abandoned after referee bitten on TESTICLE by player's child ( www.sportbible.com )
Last Sunday, FC Taxi Duisburg II and SV Rot-Weiss Mülheim were preparing to go head-to-head in the lower divisions of German football. ...
Suggestion: Just like a `NSFW` tag, it would help to have a `Political` tag.
I would love to sometimes filter out any and all political posts, I think having this enabled as default on some instances would also be preferred by some users. ...
Dragunov sniper rifle
For those of us that can spot the URL for "Never Gonna Give You Up" at a glance, we are getting rickrolled without ever clicking the link.
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Is it possible to get/train a carrier pigeon today?
I've had a slight obession with them recently, is it possible?
We live in a truly noncredible future. Did anyone save War Plan Red? ( lemmy.world )
Does rust spread?
A chemist told me rust does not spread. The top of my refrigerator gives me some doubt. It’s covered in these spots. The center of every spot is a small break in the paint, but the rust all around those spots is on top of the paint.
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to federal government’s payment system ( apnews.com )
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system after Democratic senators raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team. ...
private ways to buy music?
streaming has a history of being data intrusive. and buying from most online stores show itemized music receipts to the credit card company (and don't typically allow giftcards). buying in person is nice, but harder to get new music. ...
On the Concrete
This time it's really going to happen, I just know it! ( lemmy.world )
If any AI became 'misaligned' then the system would hide it just long enough to cause harm — controlling it is a fallacy ( www.livescience.com )
At this point, I'm just hoping that if it happens the "damage" it does is to the rich and corrupt leaders lol
Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop ( tech.slashdot.org )
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Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop ( tech.slashdot.org ) Finnish
what the hell ...