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manmikey @ Manmikey @lemmy.world
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Apple privately asked Amazon to block rival ads. Insider found evidence of this special treatment, while others suffer from 'junk ads'

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  • The Insider blocked Lemmy user's from reading this article unless they pony up to get through their paywall

    • Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore

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  • We'll never know, the article is behind a paywall

    • What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for?

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  • SD cards, SSD, USB drives, any form of computer memory really and replacement batteries too eg for cameras. I suck up the cost and buy directly from a reputable manufacturer.

    • Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it

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  • The closing sentence of the article....

    "as Apple customers, we shouldn’t stand for it"

    Apple customers....

    "Here's my $200"

    • fly, you fool!

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  • Child hood trauma resurfacing....

    Little me using all my text adventure skills....

    /West

    /South

    /West

    /West

    "You enter the vegetable isle"

    /Look

    "You see carrots potatoes and cabbage"

    /Search onions

    "Sorry I don't know [onions]"

    😰

    "You hear a loud voice shouting"

    • Does anyone still use MP3 Players?

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  • I use a small Sandisk Clip for my audio books, I plug a mono ear bud and I get hours and hours of listening time

    • What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)

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  • Thanks for the tip, I'll look into these

    • What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)

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  • I got Shokz open run, they hook over your ear and the left and right conductors are connected by a thin band that goes round your neck. They do take a while to get used to but if you can then all the problems of ear buds & tiny ear canals are gone

    • What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)

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  • Bone conducting earphones, my stupid tiny ear canals mean I can't get any ear buds, to stay in my ears, the bone conducters have changed my life....

    • my custom made silicon ear plugs are a close second, sweet sleep when I'm on night shifts

    • What was a profound moment that a video game caused you to experience, and why?

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  • Many years ago, my 2 kids an me playing multiplayer COD 2, I had 3 networked PCs we went in the map and worked together, I was in the first floor laying down with my sniper rifle, the kids were covering the stairs behind me, we owned that map, working together it was an amazing and thrilling experience for all of us, we talked about it for ages afterwards and was the started of many great COD multiplayer sessions for us.

    • YouTube cracking on ad blockers.

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  • Google recently announced that it's podcast service is shutting down and moving to YouTube music, I don't want or need YouTube music so I've already moved to Podcast Republic, it has a few ads but they can be removed with a small one off payment. Google just wants to shove all it's users into YouTube and YouTube music for maximum ads and data harvesting.

    • Facebook’s sexist, ageist ad-targeting violates Calif. law, court finds | "Shocking" ruling could have "devastating effects," tech law expert warns.

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  • The thing is, no matter how many times big tech companies are caught out and facing inquiries and legal judgements for bending and breaking the rules, lying, doing illegal things, targeting kids, misinformation, election fixing etc etc NOTHING EVER CHANGES