@brembs@albertcardona@academicchatter Thanks. But to be fair, I'm not going to claim the idea as such either. At the time the infrastructure was there to do this consistently, even when still dealing with PDFs on the backend (flawed as that "standard" might be). I was merely trying to point this out, in a idle hope of adoption (we're now a decade later, and I've given up #enshitification is the norm I fear).
If #Serif#Affinity#software changes over to a #SoftwareAsService model in their next versions now that they’ve been purchased by #Canva, I’m dumping them —hard. I’ve seen this pattern too many times before to believe when a CEO says “nothing’s going to change” after a reputable company gets taken over in a buyout or merger. Part of me hopes this isn’t the herald of #enshitification come, but the rest of me has been trained over time to anticipate a future betrayal.
other than market #enshitification or bias toward absence of real hills and cargo, why are there no #eBikes with both crank+hub drive motors combined?
Hub motors give smooth power and regen braking but can't gear down for steep slopes. Getting started with the crank drive gets the hub up to an effective speed without putting so much force through the chain (and human-scaled cassette) while the hub bridges the shifting gaps. Regen braking greatly reduces brake pad maintenance & extends range.
The USB-C cable of my docking station is broken. Both the seller and the manufacturer can only replace the whole thing. What world to we live in that it makes more sense to replace the whole unit than to replace a stupid cable?
In new levels of #enshitification adventures. Adobe's 'accept' button wouldn't work (the only button on top of that). Telling the AI assistant 'the Adobe website is broken' did fuck all and I had to route through the robot menu to get to an agent just so she could click a button for me.
Amazing. Such advance. Much technical achievement.
When I moved, I had to decide whether or not to get rid of my encyclopedia. I tried to sell it, but nobody wanted it, and it was too nice to throw away. Now that AI and fake news destroyed the internet, I am so glad I kept it. I am going back to books printed on paper. The Web is only for email, cute cats, or a music video. #enshitification
This sounds like a terrible idea, just designed to pay less staff. I hate the theater of screenings, but I trust a person to look at me and pass me along more than code.
Tech can't make self-checkout work consistently without choking, now imaging that with 100s of people in a line for something actually important.
ICYMI: MaidSafe (remember them) have appointed a new CEO to take Safe Network from beta to launch and are starting communications today, with online events starting tomorrow (Xitter spaces), and new roadmap this week.
New CEO is @forthebux who helped take Gala Music and Gala Games to massive success in a few months.
To say I’m disappointed in Automattic is an understatement. We’ve trusted them for over a decade to be open, flexible, honest, and safe for writing / hosting stuff on the internet.
And now they’ve betrayed that trust… for money, of course. If #Enshitification can come for Wordpress, truly no company can be trusted.
And to think, this was the year I finally gave in and subscribed to Jetpack to have reliable site backups. What's the odds my canceling won't be prorated? https://xoxo.zone/@fraying/112022136029097900
What series of bad decisions ended up with #imdb syndicating articles on how to play #minecraft (and it showing up as the featured result in a google search)?
We have a Yale smart lock on our front door. It is shit. It has been shit for years. They emailed to inform us they are discontinuing this model. We need to pay to upgrade, to continue using our own front fucking door.
Nope. Would rather pay for a new door/lock, thanks.
"AI-generated content replacing links on some of the most valuable space on the internet, in particular, has left media types with a lot of questions [...]
The News filter disappearing from Google search results for some users this week won’t help publishers sleep any easier."
#Enshitification All Around:
"These Digital Goliaths are utilizing their websites’ authority and the public’s trust in their brands to sell every product under the sun.
They’re buying magazines we love, closing their print operations, turning them into digital-only, laying off the actual journalists who made us #trust in their content in the first place, and hiring third-party companies to run the affiliate arm of their sites."
"We can reverse the enshittification of the internet. We can halt the creeping enshittification of every digital device. We can build a better, enshittification-resistant digital nervous system, one that is fit to co-ordinate the mass movements we will need to fight fascism, end genocide, save our planet and our species."
The electricity and water use required by data centres is becoming cause for concern. Iowa and Ireland are calling for moratoriums on new development projects. Microsoft’s global water consumption grew 34% from 2021 to 2022. And estimates say that around 80% of content in data centres could be stuff we never use again, stored by default to consume energy in perpetuity for no purpose at all.
Door Dash on Wednesday: “Hey Dashers! We're on your side! Don't let Government take away your money by regulating us!”
Door Dash on Friday: “Hey Dashers! You're great! Here's a coupon for a free catering bag ($22 value). Please pay $35 shipping, or only $113.97 if you'd like us* to deliver it “Priority”
*none of these options use door dash as a delivery of course...