bloopinator @ bloopinator @lemmy.world

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Yeah I love Youtube Premium on the family plan. People on the internet act like there's no benefit to it as long as Adblock and Youtube Vanced exist. Meanwhile I have an iPhone, smart TVs, and my whole family does too. My nieces and nephews don't have to get bombarded with ads, and that's well worth it to me. But the way they silently jacked the price up $5 per month was a total dick move that I'm not happy about. If they keep pulling this shit, it's only a matter of time before I find another solution.

And guess what, if we have universal healthcare without checks and balances, hospitals will just create more middle management positions to drive up costs.

Healthcare in the US is a disaster right now, but unfortunately just having the government say they'll foot the bill will make things worse. The bloat in the healthcare industry (as well as pharmaceutical and medical device industries) needs to be combated too.

I think a much better comparison than Steam would be Spotify.

I use Plex for all my movies and TV shows for the same reasons you mentioned. All my stuff can be in one place instead of having to pay for Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and whatever other fucking shit is out there.

Plex also supports music libraries, but I don't use that feature. Why? Because Spotify has literally 99.9% of all the music I want to listen to, and aside from maybe like Garth Brooks, the other 0.1% is on Youtube. Spotify did it right by just having a basic service that you can pay for and get everything you want. If I had to subscribe to Spotify, Tidal, Napster (Still a thing I guess?), and 4 other services just to access all the music I listen to, I'd go back to piracy.

With Spotify slowly starting to reach a limit in subscribers, it's unfortunately only a matter of time until they start pulling what Netflix is doing and finding new ways to get money from customers.

Funny how the same people who said "Private companies can do whatever they want" back in 2020 when people were upset about mask requirements are now losing their shit because a private company said their employees can't wear masks.

A certain subset of people on the internet wants to die on the hill of masks like they're almost upset that it's no longer 2020 or something. Seriously go outside, touch grass, see that nobody gives a shit about masks in the real world.

And it’s ultimately an issue not even worth getting worked up over because I’d be willing to bet about 99% of In-N-Out employees never wear masks even when they’re knowingly sick.

This story is outrage media. Don’t take the bait.

I’d be in favor of that. Paid sick leave should be mandatory in all of America. Some states already have policies for that.

Even better yet employees could unionize.

Yeah if there is one thing about Reddit I wish wouldn’t carry over to Lemmy, it’s the political bias that’s completely disconnected from reality.

If you are legitimately upset over a company saying their employees can’t wear face masks, you’re in the minority. Most Americans don’t give a shit and have bigger things to worry about than mask policies in 2023.

With all due respect if you have a cold and work in food service you shouldn’t go to work.

Moving south to a warmer climate usually means either significantly warmer summers or a significantly higher cost of living. Or both.

Yeah it sucks dealing with extreme cold occasionally and long winters, but it’s a lot better than living in the south where it’s unbearably hot and humid for 8 months of the year. And any place with a temperate climate such as the Pacific coast is prohibitively expensive.

The upper Midwest really has some of the worst weather in North America. Get schlonged by freezing temps and snow for 6 months followed by heat for another 6 months.

Just about as much time as the Democrat candidate spends actually doing anything about it.

US politicians will probably mandate that people can’t set their AC below 80 degrees before they dare stop subsidizing the oil industry.

It’s all intentional. They know that overall it increases engagement and that’s all they care about.

Even Instagram and Tiktok let people fast forward videos. YouTube needs to get their shit together.

Create recipes from things you frequently make. That’s what I do personally.

Everyone loves to joke about how moderators are “jannies” and “free labor” but let’s be honest, all the power mods that have control of dozens of subs are making money off it. Political/news subs have loads of value to groups with agendas, and non-political subs still have value to corporations that want to advertise their products.

The only thing Sydrah did that was unique was getting caught.

Phones take years to develop. Forcing removable batteries onto manufacturers under an aggressively short timeline would cost billions.

If Twitter stops existing it will just mean less competition in the social media sphere and help further expand Meta’s share in the market. That’s not a good thing.