Probably right, but at least my watch history is all attached to a throwaway email address I use for it.
Probably right, but at least my watch history is all attached to a throwaway email address I use for it.
It’s largely the same because we started out with mostly enthusiasts doing it in semi hidden places. Then it was mainstreamed and became too easy for casuals to do out in the open. So laws and enforcement caught up and now it’s most effective again if you know your way around, which most casuals won’t if they can afford a few streaming services.
One big change is no longer having to burn any media, you download something then it’s on plex and you can watch it instantly.
If I could bring anything back from the 90s it would be a big selection of games, movies, tv, music, and books that I actually care enough to consume. There’s hardly anything worth downloading anymore.
My 15k deleted comments across multiple accounts are still gone. But I used my own Python script and it was about 6 months before the drama started and lots of people were doing it.
Okay but the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1791.
I’d ask to switch with you, except I know very well that anyone’s life can be much more complicated than it seems on the surface, and happiness does not automatically come from any of that. Therapy doesn’t help everyone be happier, but it’s something worth trying or trying again.
The world does suck right now. All the more reason to find something like a cat or some other thing that makes you happy to help ignore all the bullshit.
Your cat had a good life and loved you and then died. There doesn’t have to be a point, there’s more good than suffering.
Reddit and Twitter are full of docile idiots who will put up with any enshittification of their status quo. But that’s not something Lemmy can change or is responsible for. Early adopters have left to look for new services, the passive will stay where they are.
Roku is a worse thing to happen to TVs than motion smoothing.
Regardless of my enthusiasm, I’ll continue voting forever to pick up the slack for stupid people who think that anything on the ballot is anywhere close to as harmful as what the modern Republican party has become.
Time makes fools of us all.
Baseball is unwatchable to me anymore because of ads the announcers read during innings.
Everyone hates advertising, but it’s an unavoidable part of life and it’s never bothered me when there’s a 3 minute commercial break. I’ll mute it until the show comes back on and look at my phone or get up or something. Or I’ll fast forward if I have a buffer.
But baseball TV and radio announcers reading frequent quick ads between pitches or between at bats can’t be skipped/muted and it’s like fingernails on a blackboard for me. After 30+ years watching baseball, I’m essentially done with it now.
Everyone complains about ads but I seem to be the only one who thinks real TV with its easily skippable commercials is the least bad option. Streaming services aren’t going to let us control the video stream the way DVRs do.
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Think about it like Craigslist. It will still be around in 5 years but it won’t be culturally relevant like it was. Just like Craigslist is still technically around, but no one talks about it and I don’t know anyone who uses it.
Twitter is too big to fail completely in the near future, just like Craigslist was.
No. Valve tried to force arbitration, which is strongly anti-consumer. When an action was brought against them an actual arbitrator ruled that it was more fair to let a lawsuit happen. With this precedent set, there’s no longer any point for Valve’s terms of service to mention arbitration. This is not a consumer friendly move, this was Valve/“Gaben” trying to fuck consumers and losing.