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mbix77 commented on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban   reuters.com/legal/litigat... · Posted by u/chirau
feb012025 · 10 days ago
I feel like everyone in this thread is assuming this is a good faith move by Australia to help kids in school and with socialization.

I think phones and social media are harmful, but I get the sense there's a political motive behind this. We've been hearing politicians complain for years that they're losing the youth when it comes to long-standing foreign policy positions, etc... And suddenly they ban social media. Rahm Emanuel is campaigning for the same thing in America.

I don't believe they're overly concerned with "helping the kids" unfortunately

mbix77 · 10 days ago
Maybe they will use more common sense then getting manipulated by bot farms.
mbix77 commented on Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros   cnbc.com/2025/12/08/param... · Posted by u/gniting
mbix77 · 11 days ago
The level of corruption is really being raised. Trump family has not a shred of decency.
mbix77 commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android   9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat
mbix77 · 4 months ago
One can only hope a company like Framework, Nothing, or Fairphone actually can produce and maintain some flagship devices running GrapheneOS or similar. The only reason I have been using Android is because of the freedom I have in my apps, customization, alternative app stores,... I hope the EU fights this with all their might. It also seems like a major geopolitical risk too.
mbix77 commented on Try Switching to Kagi   daringfireball.net/2025/0... · Posted by u/Ch00k
mbix77 · 8 months ago
Their way of not condemning the invasion of Ukraine, and sticking with support for Yandex, is pretty worrisome, and reminds me of the attitude of the Kaspersky sales reps. You need to ask yourself why.
mbix77 commented on Fair Pricing   kagi.com/changelog#6155... · Posted by u/CleverLikeAnOx
Novosell · 10 months ago
Are you under the belief that the US, in which bing, kagi and google primarily operate, has never done anything repugnant? Seems like ignoring that while cutting ties with Yandex because of Russia is a very political move.
mbix77 · 10 months ago
Yes, you're completely correct. Kagi seems to have a very good product, it would become better if it would become a "good" company. I do everything to not use any big-tech software and services. In search it seems the options are limited.
mbix77 commented on Fair Pricing   kagi.com/changelog#6155... · Posted by u/CleverLikeAnOx
geye1234 · 10 months ago
"War is politics with bloodshed. Politics is war without bloodshed."

-- Clausewitz (I think?)

mbix77 · 10 months ago
Comes from Mao, not surprisingly.
mbix77 commented on Fair Pricing   kagi.com/changelog#6155... · Posted by u/CleverLikeAnOx
Novosell · 10 months ago
What else would you call it?
mbix77 · 10 months ago
War, invasion, terrorism,... take your pick.
mbix77 commented on Fair Pricing   kagi.com/changelog#6155... · Posted by u/CleverLikeAnOx
cuu508 · 10 months ago
mbix77 · 10 months ago
Calling the invasion of Ukraine and the killing of hundreds of thousands people, targeting kindergartens, hospitals, normal civilians, destabilizing an entire continent --> "politics".

"any search source we consider using goes through rigorous evaluation process that considers: result quality, API availability, economic viability, result latency, legal terms, privacy terms, and technical feasibility. the moment 'politics' is a part of factors being considered for search results, is the moment I stop working on a search engine."

u/mbix77

KarmaCake day221May 9, 2023View Original