rageagainstmachines 4w ago • 66%
He's right, there's no "casual" connection. In fact, it's a definite connection.
rageagainstmachines 2mo ago • 100%
Have you also tried using Signal instead of WhatsApp? Sorry, had to do it.
rageagainstmachines 2mo ago • 94%
That's a glowing recommendation of Signal. And a good reminder to donate. I'm doing it right now.
rageagainstmachines 3mo ago • 100%
Elon? Lying? For his own benefit? No way
rageagainstmachines 3mo ago • 100%
You mean tech shouldn't regulate itself? Shocker.
rageagainstmachines 5mo ago • 100%
This would essentially require you to not communicate outside of Signal.
rageagainstmachines 5mo ago • 100%
Celebrity/billionaire worship. Just no. It means their values are wildly erratic.
rageagainstmachines 5mo ago • 100%
This is how you become a trillionaire. Nothing has been stopping them from being a monopoly, so why stop now.
If they are allowed to do it, then it's hard to blame them. They have free reign to do everything. Destroying the environment, obliterating competition, and enshittifying their own products along the way.
Welcome to the future now.
rageagainstmachines 6mo ago • 90%
Don't threaten us with a good time!
rageagainstmachines 6mo ago • 100%
Right. This goes for every company, ever. No company is going to do what they should do if it's not profitable or beneficial to them in some way. It makes sense if you think about it, but that's also why regulation exists. So that they don't become too unhinged.
rageagainstmachines 6mo ago • 100%
So when the existential threat is made public, it'll already be in the palm of his hand. Wonderful.
rageagainstmachines 6mo ago • 100%
Originally I thought I could, but no. Because when I listen to the music, I'm giving that artist money, attention, and power.
That results in giving them a bigger platform to spew their bigoted opinions/actions is counterintuitive to my goals. I would rather not.
rageagainstmachines 7mo ago • 100%
This would only be meaningful if it wasn't collected in the first place.
rageagainstmachines 7mo ago • 100%
Why don't you pour resources into preventing homelessness in the first place you twats
rageagainstmachines 7mo ago • 90%
No Big Tech company has your best interests in mind. Ever.
rageagainstmachines 7mo ago • 100%
Yes I'm sure, after all they've never given us reason not to trust them.
rageagainstmachines 7mo ago • 96%
Reminder: this is the company that holds a monopoly on the internet and dictates web standards.
rageagainstmachines 8mo ago • 98%
I need to understand why people still keep giving that man money. Willingly. It's mind boggling.
rageagainstmachines 8mo ago • 75%
I've bought every single generation of an Apple Watch, and I returned it every time.
I wanted to love it so much, but I couldn't.
It's just a glorified notification system.
Anytime I got a notification on it, or wanted to use it for something, it was faster and far more convenient to just pull out my phone and do whatever I needed to.
The only thing I found it good for was controlling music from a distance, but that's not an important use case for me and definitely not worth the price tag, plus the recurring data plan. It's a money and attention hog, just like any other smartphone.
rageagainstmachines 8mo ago • 100%
That network wasn't built overnight either, though. The same way it was built little by little over time, it can also be dismantled.
I understand the chokehold of network effects. I really do. But what's the alternative?
![Dinkelberg meme](https://i.imgur.com/FjgBC5G.png) 3E = [Embrace, Extend, Extinguish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish)
Friend gave me access to his Adobe account (I'm never giving Adobe money again), and it looks like they don't even support Firefox. That means I'm not using even the one remaining browser-based Adobe service that's left. ![Adobe forcing you to use Chrome instead of Firefox to use their service](https://media.cleanshot.cloud/media/1638/F5K9KAnkM6Rzi5DlI3IADdv7gt2xZAOygUg71fxk.jpeg?Expires=1699583768&Signature=MuYYvTdxzoqd0vtewvyn56806Y4VumwaWb0vqOW-ZAEMRcrmYOeWeNRJFz1c4YelUOQXeN2p-FovrjXy4RuHz~O1TsGS5Pk1S1XQKgO3QlqBVnDKgxKJN0xtt-N2c0hVkjDr9TooEb2fldie18JiVnuQbW0FwwMhZiz-PXJ7BWUfpjgqib5EjZrnsbY4zPV4P7r0hoRTBcM4zLmJGA--RL2msYzrQpMC6jFEBDGZeSYJezC17~4N22b0bVmIEbhgEdjD-N6G0iE4bIhnUmIBBl9~5aCdxBc88uDFEWSFrBY3hSrDk3HoIAvNsMuKexs7-JbBl60hBVSfBNl3Dh61-w__&Key-Pair-Id=K269JMAT9ZF4GZ)
Anytime I try to upload images using Photon (desktop), I get this error. Any idea what it means and why this is happening?