Well, back then you paid for service. Then it's a different story, there's an actual contract which is legally binding. Enshittified internet doesn't have those. Nor are users customers but we all know that here.
And just because something isn't required (offering compensation) doesn't mean it can't be used as a sign of good will or the lack of it can't be viewed negatively.
I agree. The headline could've said "@x user handle grabbed in an asshole move". Expecting payment for something like a Twitter handle is just weird to me.
Shitty as this behavior may be: Why would there have to be any payment? It's just an account with a private company.
They can setup arbitrary rules or ban you without any rules. It's their service, their database... Just like a club can throw you out on a whim. You may tell your friends and eventually that club may go out of business because of their shitty behavior but that's about it.
This would have been a whole other story if it had happened with the x.com domain name...
Apple has a better track record of sticking things out
That's true and the reason why I couldn't stand staying in their ecosystem. Apple fans are just insufferable. They gobble up every shit Apple ditches out and cheer them on when they report just another record quarter paid by themselves.
Nope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That's why projects aiming to "ungoogle" it exist.
While it won't become that bad ever again because of far more and better standardization, it has basically become a Webkit monopoly already. Sites often don't work (as well) on Firefox because web developers don't bother to do cross-browser testing anymore.
That was the actual (only) good thing with Internet Explorer: it coming with Windows endured significant adoption since many people don't bother installing another browser, especially in business environments. This forced web devs to make their sites and apps cross-browser compatible. With Edge being a Chromium browser that has gone out of the window.
Definitely still the most widely used word. I guess it is changing because the younger generations speak better English in general and prefer using correct words.
I have no relevant data locally. My Documents is a symlink to a Nextcloud directory running on my Synology NAS on a RAID1 that backups to cloud storage via one of their tools (forgot which one).
I never liked having to backup working machines. If it breaks I'm fine with having to install again. I won't lose data though.
It's full of personalized profiling too. Hard pass from me.