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Streaming costs are rising, and there are more platforms than ever to choose between. Some people are going back to piracy (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All The Web is getting too hard to navigate. If it isn’t the layers of layers of ads and trackers making it impossible to read content, or the obfuscation of permalinks, or AI plagiarism of original content, it is the 7 pages of Sponsored Links in search engines, meaning that your eyeballs are going to the highest bidder.

Meanwhile algorithmic curated lists are force-fed to consumers for the sole purpose of manipulating their political beliefs and buying habits, railroading them into making life decisions for the benefit of others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just yesterday, I looked for a tool to encrypt files in Dropbox.

I couldn’t remember the name, so I searched “encrypt files in drop box.”

Every single link on the first page was to the official site. I had to guess at the name of the software to find its site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now imagine you were a network user who just wanted to know how to configure a Write-Only network folder, or you wanted to find plans for a mailbox with a secure parcel receptacle.

Both of these concepts were historically called a Dropbox, until one commercial company hijacked the name for a Read-Write personal network folder, and corrupted the name by providing Read-Only features to their product.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

In fact, I had that issue with something but I’m drawing a blank at the moment. It’s truly annoying.