Amazon Prime, like many services, is a DRM hell. It won’t go to over 480p on Firefox on Linux at my end. However, instead of a rant, I am interested in why this is happening. Say, I rented the same film from YouTube Movies(Yes, such a service exists) and the quality can toggle all the upto 1080p but the same title on Prime...
this pisses me off so much. You can set an HDR wallpaper too, but only if you insert a special file into its place to trick Windows into working properly
This is actually pretty exciting. King Tut’s tomb was remarkable because it had been buried over and couldn’t be looted like most of the tombs of the area
Just gave my bike and bags a rinse on this bicycle washing station, the BICIcleaner. I rode past one already yesterday but kept going, happy to find another one today. Both were in San Sebastian or a suburb town, located along cycle paths.
Went to Google Play to complain about Hulu. I noticed Google advertising that over 300 reviews had the verbatim quote “watch and movies that you love”. It’s always confusing that buggy corporate apps have >95% 5 star reviews until you see that the majority are just completely fake, and no one cares or is doing anything...
DRM Hell
Amazon Prime, like many services, is a DRM hell. It won’t go to over 480p on Firefox on Linux at my end. However, instead of a rant, I am interested in why this is happening. Say, I rented the same film from YouTube Movies(Yes, such a service exists) and the quality can toggle all the upto 1080p but the same title on Prime...
Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated (www.tomshardware.com)
Reminder... (lemmy.world)
Most to least common 4-digit PINs (www.grc.com)
or why it is not a good idea to use your birthday as your pin
EU offers mapping services as Iran's president Raisi, foreign minister missing after helicopter crash (www.euractiv.com)
Does anyone really need a 1,000 Hz gaming display? (arstechnica.com)
local warzone (lemmy.world)
America's largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden (www.nbcnews.com)
And after crunching the numbers, the organization sees warning signs in the form of soft support for Biden in the 2024 electorate....
Archaeologists Found an ‘Anomaly’ Near the Pyramids That May Reveal an Ancient Portal (www.popularmechanics.com)
it just works (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Singapore Airlines: More than twenty treated for spinal injuries after turbulence flight (www.bbc.com)
Six people on the Singapore Airlines flight are still in critical condition with life-threatening injuries....
No, seriously. I have absolutely no idea (files.catbox.moe)
I was this 🤏 close to posting this today instead of the Bobby Hill post earlier. In light of the news this morning, I guess I’ll post twice today.
More true words have never been spoken (shota.nu)
Bicycle Infra in Spain (lemmy.world)
Just gave my bike and bags a rinse on this bicycle washing station, the BICIcleaner. I rode past one already yesterday but kept going, happy to find another one today. Both were in San Sebastian or a suburb town, located along cycle paths.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Officially Announced (www.callofduty.com)
Very real, debilitating symptoms absolutely caused by an electric car (sh.itjust.works)
You can tell it’s true by, uh, some of the facts...
What would your father say? (lemmy.world)
Source: 4chan-see comments
let's goooooo (sh.itjust.works)
Actual prison food (lemmy.today)
Corporate astroturfing is the norm
Went to Google Play to complain about Hulu. I noticed Google advertising that over 300 reviews had the verbatim quote “watch and movies that you love”. It’s always confusing that buggy corporate apps have >95% 5 star reviews until you see that the majority are just completely fake, and no one cares or is doing anything...
China is burning all its bridges with Israel (asia.nikkei.com)