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dorkinspace commented on Reddit is buying TikTok rival Dubsmash cnn.com/2020/12/14/tech/r... · Posted by u/pseudolus

pletsch · 5 years ago

I expect features to just stop working on old.reddit as we get further away from the redesign, whether it be updates internally or full new features. This will continue until it gets unusable and then they'll kill it because 'nobody uses it!'

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

With the recent new features they have been adding, I would consider old.reddit not supporting them as a feature rather than a bug.

As others have said, none of the new features they have added have been desirable.

dorkinspace commented on Major browsers are getting hit in widespread malware attacks arstechnica.com/informati... · Posted by u/1cvmask

SAI_Peregrinus · 5 years ago

Almost certainly not. In this case it seems to require user interaction, so if the ad doesn't show up you can't click it.

I've said for years that ad blockers are the first line of defense against a lot of malware.

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

Simply put, adblockers are antivirus for the web. Everyone should always use one.

dorkinspace commented on Google Stories stories.google... · Posted by u/simonsarris

sg47 · 5 years ago

Google Story will become History in a year. Why bother?

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

But seriously, why would anyone be an early adopter to Google tech anymore. There's a good chance that whatever it is will be killed in a few years, so I tend to just not bother anymore.

I used to be the first to any new Google tech. Android, google Fi, google play music, and on and on. Now, I'm working towards degoogling entirely.

dorkinspace commented on Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify open.spotify.com/album/4z... · Posted by u/I-M-S

mathijs · 5 years ago

And still no Chromecast support.

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

Do you mean youtube music has no chromecast support? Really?

dorkinspace commented on Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Covid-19 deaths mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/12/... · Posted by u/voisin

11235813213455 · 5 years ago

btw sunscreen has a pretty negative effect on environment though, and is easily avoidable anyway with a cap/clothes

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

I can assure you that people with very light skin do not agree. Sunscreen is a necessity for some people.

dorkinspace commented on No More Google nomoregoogle.com/... · Posted by u/mengledowl

syjer · 5 years ago

Yes you can upload: https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/answer/9716522?hl=en .

The UI/UX of youtube music is lacking compared to GPM, but at least the file locker functionality that I use is still here.

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you can upload your music to YTM but it isn't seamlessly integrated into your listened experience like it is on GPM.

Is that right? If so, that is losing the best aspect of GPM.

dorkinspace commented on Deleting your Facebook account forfeits Oculus VR games you already paid for polygon.com/2020/10/27/21... · Posted by u/wcerfgba

Rebelgecko · 5 years ago

Some differences:

AFAIK Apple will never lock me out of my App Store purchases and demand to see my passport

Microsoft won't take away the Xbox games I purchased if I use a pseudonym on LinkedIn or post Hacktoberfest spam on github

Steam won't ban me if I have separate accounts for work and personal use

etc

If having a Facebook account was less onerous and didn't come with as much overhead (for example, FB has banned people for making an account and not using the social features) I think people would be less up in arms

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

This is the problem entirely. If I could create a throw away FB account to use for my VR devices and games, there would be no issue for me.

dorkinspace commented on Facebook account banned after linking Oculus account reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/... · Posted by u/warp

6gvONxR4sf7o · 5 years ago

This is what scares me most about google products. If I lost my gmail account, I would be totally screwed. More surface area across google products just gives me more of a chance to get banned by some false positive somewhere, with no recourse because none of these big companies seem to care about the human. So I try to avoid google products.

There parallels with any of these giant single user account companies.

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

The big difference here is that Google, for now, doesn't care if you create multiple accounts while Facebook requires one and only one account that is tied to your real life identity.

If I could create a fake FB account and not be banned, this wouldn't be an issue at all.

dorkinspace commented on Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Quest 2 is anticompetitive vrfinal.com/report-from-t... · Posted by u/vrfinal

shajznnckfke · 5 years ago

The Xbox requires that you have a Microsoft account, right? This seems like an inconvenience but I have a hard time understanding why it’s worth Congress’s time. Isn’t the world full of products that have to be registered by making an account in some system or another?

I guess I could understand if somebody didn’t have internet access and wants to use Oculus, but they wouldn’t be able to download any games either even if no account was required. The complaint seems like more of an ideological thing against Facebook, but I’m attempting to take it at face value.

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe microsoft doesn't care if you have multiple accounts while facebook will ban "non real" accounts.

This is the part that makes it anticompetitive, I would imagine.

dorkinspace commented on How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only unions in the industry kqed.org/news/11839817/ho... · Posted by u/abeppu

blueline · 5 years ago

> or is it a one-off being used to spread fud

you replied to this with a one-off anecdote to spread fud

dorkinspace · 5 years ago

If it had happened only once or only a few times, I'd agree. This type of thing happens at every single convention.

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