For privacy to have inherent value, it first must be an established, inherent right. Unfortunately, the Constitution doesn’t talk about it to my knowledge. I’ve always inferred that our rights against unlawful search and seizure basically encapsulate the concept, but whatever.

Tell that to dumbass IT “managers” that think a process monitor is a hacking tool.

As bad as those two linked incidents were, they weren’t exactly government sanctioned. Police sanctioned, sure, and the government should do more to reign that shit in, but comparing them to Tiennamen is disingenuous at best.

The Chinese government hates letting its citizens have a voice.

This may be the greatest thumbnail of all time. Nay, is.

I’m just a layman, but it has been nagging my brain how all these big tech companies seem to be turning shitty all at once. I’ve seen others propose similar explanations, but the basic idea is that the historically low rates got them addicted to “free” capital. Now the faucet has been slammed shut and they have to make up for the shortfall.

Also, it’s not just big tech at fault. The massive worldwide inflation we’ve experienced happened for the same reason - shortsighted greed.

This is the most disturbing “boring dystopia” thing yet.

What really disturbs me is how the recent tech shenanigans have been a long time coming; seems the internet we have come to know for the last 15 years only existed thanks to the ridiculous interest rates post 2008.

I think most are freeloaders mad that they finally have to pay. I expounded a bit more in another reply, but I appreciate Netflix for blazing the streaming trail, so I want to see them succeed. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, of course.

Most of the complaints sound like people upset that the gravy train has been halted and now they finally have to pay for the service instead of leaching off their parents or whatever. I’m not saying there are no legitimate concerns, but I believe the vast majority are what I’ve described, hence the jump in subs.

I want Netflix to do well. I’ve been a customer for literal decades and I applaud their innovations as the OG streaming platform. Hell, it’s still the most user friendly and smoothest experience, IMO.

Ok, fine. But this is not what people are really complaining about and you know it. I am a cheap ass, I’ll admit it. But I’m not that cheap.

I don’t mind keeping up with the goings on over there, but I can understand your point. I’m good as long as it doesn’t feel like the main talking point on Lemmy like it did there for a minute a few weeks back.

The worst part is if the company fucks you, too bad so sad. But if you fuck them? Welcome to prison.

I get upset about a lot of things, but the end of password sharing isn’t one of them. Complaining about it is just about the most privileged, entitled thing I can imagine.

I remember the anxiety of downloading the Quake demo the afternoon it was released. My mother is a notorious phone talker, so I guarded the handset like a hawk and prayed to God that no one called. By some miracle it completed after a an hour or two. 1.1 mb I believe it was.

Insurance companies are the scum of the earth. I’m sure Big Daddy Gov will put them in their place. /s

Eh, it’s tech news.

Send it all to GA.

My response to this was to delete my modded Sync and transition fully to Lemmy. Done dabbling.

One massive, throbbing, pixelated John Oliver.

I like that it’s relatively cheap, but the fries are bad.