From a regular user standpoint pretty much all modern browsers throw up warnings and block the page from initially loading if it’s not https, which discourages people from viewing it.

It is for most scenarios in my life. And in many peoples’ lives I will wager.

For the people that are abroad I’d have to pay to call/text them each time, and I can’t even send them pictures/videos in a convenient way (no, convincing everyone to use signal just to talk to me is not happening)

And when my family/friends share photos/videos of important events in their lives that I care about I’d just have to accept I’ll be the only one missing out and be that awkward guy at family gatherings that’s all out of the loop.

And when my family is organizing events I would be the only one left out and have to convince someone to text/call me because I don’t want to be in the chat, being an inconvenience to everyone and also losing much of my input.

And I’m not even gonna mention how most workplaces and business expect you to be on WhatsApp.

And what would I get in return for being off WhatsApp? Nothing, that’s what. I’d just be seen as the weirdo that never wants to interact with anyone online.

Do I like meta? No. But avoiding everything they touch is not worth being a nuisance to everyone else around me. I’ve just learned to suck it up like most people do. It’s not ideal but it’s absolutely unrealistic to expect most people to get off whatsapp/messenger when everyone has been on it for like a decade now. It’s unfortunate but it is what it is.

Ok, let me just cut off my entire family and friend circle out of my life just to stick it to some corpo that doesn’t even care about me. I sure showed 'em!

Regular user of sharex here who tried flameshot. Sharex has it beaten by a mile in terms of both features and customization.

Only reason to use flameshot is if you’re not on windows, since sharex is not available for Linux or MacOS.

Yes. In most European countries even small parties can get seats. In my country there are 8 parties in parliament, for example, and 2 of them didn’t use to be there 2 election cycles ago (they were too small/new 8 years ago but eventually grew in popularity and got enough votes for representation).

Of course if they only have 1 or 2 members in parliament they typcily tend to form coalitions with other like-minded parties so they can get more voting power.

WinDirStat works but is super slow though. WizTree is a much better modern equivalent.

Not just normies. I liked using thunderbird but it felt so bloated for my use case (not to mention the sluggishness) . I just want to read my email, I don’t need an entire suite of things like calendars or extensions (I understand why people use them, I just do not need or want them). Mailspring was by far the best option for me.

A stern talking to and yelling are different I feel like. This study is referring to basically insulting and scaring the child.

Glad to see it finally being introduced in my country! Sadly they won’t accept trade ins for the 7, which means I’ll be passing on this until the 7 is EoL.

Claro que é essencial. Em que buraco é que vives? Todos os miúdos comunicam por Whatsapp e afins. Que raio de erro é dar a uma criança um dispositivo que toda a gente usa e que serve vários propósitos? Ainda por cima um dispositivo que vão usar a vida toda. E ainda dizes que deviam era usar um PC, algo que cada vez mais está em desuso em prol de telemóveis e portáteis. Lol.

Por 700 euros compras o iPhone 14 que saiu o ano passado. Por mais 200 compras o deste ano. Não vejo porque este não seria o que os “cachopos” querem, quando faz tudo e mais alguma coisa. É sim, telemóveis usados e recondicionado são bastante comuns, não sei porque achas que não. Então os iPhones que retêm bastante o seu valor no mercado de usados.

Já vi que vives numa realidade alternativa.

Aqui ninguém compra pcs para os filhos porque as escolas oferecem portáteis. O telemóvel faz mas sentido visto ser um essencial nos dias de hoje. Até o carregamento do cartão da escola é feito por mbway.

Já para não falar que se compra um telemóvel por muito menos que um PC. Não tem de ser um iPhone. E não sei que valores andas a ver mas mesmo um iPhone é menos que um salário mínimo (não quero dizer que é barato, mas consegues um por ~700)

I hate Netflix as much as the next guy but let’s not shield our eyes from reality. Their move was actually very successful. A small percentage of people unsubscribed, but that number was dwindled by the number of new subscribers. Netflix basically proved that people for the most part don’t care and will subscribe just to keep watching. Of course Disney and others will follow suit after seeing that.

Remember duet? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

If you have catch all enabled for your custom domain there’s no overhead.

Signing up for reddit? Just put reddit@example.com and that address will be automatically created and start receiving reddit’s emails. Don’t have to fiddle with anything.

Because Digimon was a tamagochi clone first and everything else second. There was never a Digimon game formula or a Digimon card game formula or a Digimon anime formula. They just made random media to sell toys without any care for consistency. That lack of consistency made it have less general appeal.

Even today it’s hard to introduce people to Digimon because there really is no right starting point, it’s all different media and how much you like each one depends on your personal tastes.

Pokémon had it all consistent from day one. The tcg, the games, the anime, it’s basically all the same even today. You can introduce someone to Pokémon with any media because it’s all so consistently transversal.

Voltámos mesmo à era da TV por cabo. Graças a Deus que o preço dos torrents continua igual desde o inicio.

Acham que daqui a uns anos vai sair uma inovação qualquer para unificar as plataformas de streaming outra vez e depois vai acontecer o mesmo?

Regulations that require you to expose your personal data for no benefit are all those things and more.

Educating children about sex so they can consume porn in a healthy manner (because spoiler alert: these laws do nothing to stop them watching it) is 100 times more productive and positive than invading the privacy of law abiding adults. But that would actually require time and money which none of these law makers want.

It’s never about protecting children or making the world a better place. It’s about moral posturing and pretending you’re doing something so you can get votes.

In theory they can do something about it but because in America there’s only 2 parties in power, with one parry’s identity opposing the other party no matter what rather than serving the people of the country, they’ll never reach the consensus necessary to actually remove the judge.

In most countries there’s multiple parties in power negotiation is typically mandatory and a consensus for action can often be found. In the US that’s virtually impossible because the 2 parties hate each other and there’s no other alternative.

WearOS is just a lot more taxing on the battery than what Garmin has because it does a lot more. The upside is that you get an entire ecosystem of 3rd party apps/services you can install.

Apple’s own apple watch doesn’t last much longer unless you basically disable everything.

Smart watches that work like a phone are inherently always going to have worse battery than smart watches that are only programmed to do a very narrow set of things.

Reddit kept the people who didn’t care about third party apps

Which is important to note is like 90%+ of users, most of whom never participate and just consume content.

I felt many of the protesters had no clue how unpopular (by numbers) 3rd party clients were. The reason they seemed so prevalent in discussions is because reddit users who use 3rd party clients are power users who actually participate versus everyone else who just browses. These protests showed the ugly reality that they were always a small vocal minority.

I left reddit and edited all my comments/posts on principle, but I was never under the illusion that I was part of the majority or that the protests would lead to something.

Of course I hope Lemmy got some nice visibility and that something positive comes out of it, but I’m not clinging onto a pipe dream.