Commented - technology

Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)

Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)

Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....

If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)

With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. (programming.dev)

Switch to Linux!...

Spotify re-invented the radio (lemmy.world)

Can’t even seek through songs.

Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com)

YouTube cracking on ad blockers. (lemmy.world)

Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)

[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”

How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone?

On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices....

Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)

Microsoft, doing it’s part to make the world a better place.

41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!! (tech.lgbt)

Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible (stackdiary.com)

Coming to you soon... (lemmy.world)

Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)

Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. (lemmy.world)

We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video....

Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)

The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com)

The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (lemmy.world)

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android)

Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads (www.lowpass.cc)

Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing....