Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
They’re already starting their paid ad-free $10 a month tiers for Europe only. They’ll stop showing advertising to underage people “for now”. They’re going to flood Europe with garbage ads and maximize subscribers that way.
This makes it easy to argument against and if arguments start, information is lost. Someone could say crop death, eating more vegan food than absolutely necessary to survive.
Vegan candy, tasty but all the crop death. I’d recommend simple arguments like, I love animals and only want to hurt them as little as reasonably possible.
It’s not as flashy as “the least amount of harm possible” I know, but it’s at least the Truth. I think the difference between a vegan and others is only the level of harm they’re willing to cause. But then again it was always like that. You’re just lower than others in that animal-harm spectrum and not the absolute bottom. But still a lot lower.
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....
YouTube messed up by not being a paid only service first and later offering an advertisement supported free tier. That way around, they’d be celebrated.
Thats a fair assumption. I think it might’ve just taken longer, especially if the ad-supported tier was there quickly too, or even as an option from the start.
Have never called her 'Sis'. Have called her 'Natures Condom Advertisement'. (startrek.website)
Cuddle time. That's an order. (startrek.website)
Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
I've had more conversations about this than I care to count. (lemmy.world)
Gen Z is turned off by onscreen sex, wants no-mance over romance, a new study finds (www.latimes.com)
ich🍆iel (feddit.de) German
Gaming Companies Flag 'Highly Skilled Hackers' as Emerging Piracy Threat (torrentfreak.com)
Goodbye Chrome. It was great while it lasted. (lemmy.ca)
I’m fucking done with Chrome. Fuck this.
I honestly don't know what's wrong with me (lemmy.world)
Bandcamp Editorial Director: “Fuuuuuck Bandcamp United” (www.404media.co)
"Bandcamp United is privileged tech workers cosplaying as Amazon warehouse workers," he said.
I am God's greatest programmer (lemmy.world)
Tech workers - what did your IT Security team do that made your life hell and had no practical benefit?
One chestnut from my history in lottery game development:...
The golden years (startrek.website)
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I won't let Big Closet tell me how to live my life. Rule. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Go play with a cat somewhere (startrek.website)
Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game (www.gamesradar.com)
[Angie Tribeca] Triple DES 168-bit encryption! (lemmy.federated.club)
I'm in this tweet and I don't like it rule (slrpnk.net)
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....
I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride (lemmy.world)
“The future has so much potential, we’re closer to Star Trek every day” - Me, about 20 years ago
Epic Games to update Unreal Engine pricing for devs not making games (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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