When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine’s unstoppable force.
What do you guys think about Walmart+? Service has good value, or just another way a company can suck more money out of consumers while providing the bare minimum of service and quality?...
For what? Wanting the billion dollar company to actually seem to give a shit about the customer? Fuck that. The reason you have it delivered is to be able to not have to deal with going to the store.
Isn’t the whole point of having things delivered to NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE? The billion dollar company can eat that cost so the customer isn’t even more inconvenienced.
I’m looking at the price of cable and specifically NFL Sunday ticket and you still get ads. If they are actually subsidized then it ain’t much IMO. I’ll continue to watch the free versions without ads.
After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)
When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?
A snapshot of heaven (lemmy.world)
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)
How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion (www.arktrek.shop)
Apple introduces M4 chip (www.apple.com)
Google's plan is to annoy you relentlessly until you update Messages (www.androidauthority.com)
There’s a new Google Messages update page that takes up your phone’s entire display every time you open the app....
Here’s How That Disney 360° Treadmill Works (hackaday.com)
Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad (www.theregister.com)
The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine’s unstoppable force.
Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs (www.theverge.com)
House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office (apnews.com)
NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.
NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.
This congresswoman was born and raised in Ukraine. She just voted against aid for her homeland (apnews.com)
My experience with Walmart+ (lemmy.world)
What do you guys think about Walmart+? Service has good value, or just another way a company can suck more money out of consumers while providing the bare minimum of service and quality?...
In 1st Sit-Down, Brittney Griner Talks Suicidal Ideations in Russian Detainment (www.jezebel.com)
Coming soon to Dave & Buster's: Betting. New app function allows customers to wager on games. (www.usatoday.com)
U.S. Civil War Reenactors (Rockville, Indiana) (lemmy.world)
Never saw such a thing before. It was very loud and a bit silly, but fun.
New Features (imgur.com)
The enshitification continues.
Will Sync sorry all of the new features of 0.19? (lemm.ee)
With the release of the new version what can we expect?
Is there a way to hide seen posts?
Or posts that have been voted on?...
Add a block option to the three dots menu
I would like to be able to block communities from the three dots menu. Filter option is not the same as block as far as i know.
18+ Don't neglect the bobas (lemmyf.uk)