Of course you have a right to get paid for good content (though so many just do things like reading aloud some instructions for something and then begging for likes/subscribes/notification bells I.e. low effort optimisation stuff)
But mostly because YouTube (or anything Google) isn't a stable platform. They can demonetise you at any moment, lower what you get paid, suddenly decide to go by a different metric than number of likes and subs to decide how much you get, etc. It seems very unreliable to me as an income
Those who are truly entertaining enough to be worth enough subscribers to make money should probably just go into the proper entertainment industry instead, rather than propping their livelihood up on Google. I wouldn't rely on them to provide me with any service that doesn't get whisked away or changed unrecognisably at a moment's notice, so I sure as heck wouldn't rely on them to pay the bills!
Then we can all use some alternative to Youtube and just be happy with the old idea of making videos because you genuinely want to entertain, educate, vlog etc for the fun and benefit of other people, and not having to slap a "please like, comment, subscribe and hit that bell icon" at the end of every pointless 5 minute video telling you something that could've been typed in 5 seconds.
You obviously don't. But a lot of people do because if not us then any kids we have, are looking likely to experience our own extinction unless there is drastic action (which is very unlikely, as humanity simply doesn't change that quickly). That's going to be no picnic for anyone
Seems a bad idea. I'm on EE (UK) and my choice is either EE or EE.. it can't be unlocked.
Also if not topped up for a 6 month period they deactivate the internal eSIM - permanently. I was very lucky in that I caught it in a limbo state (lasts about a week) so they could reactivate mine. I now have a reminder set to put £1 on it every 5 months.
It's one of many reasons why you should do your pr0n browsing on a separate, encrypted user account (not that it's terribly easy to do since the introduction of FDE came with the removal of user account encryption) even if your stash is on an external drive.
8+? Yeah I just got one too. I always put a case on anyway and found aluminium slippery too, and am glad for wireless charging as it means I don't get a bunch of marks around the connector where I've tried to put it on a charging stand in the dark / when drunk / etc when going to bed.
I love that because Apple keep the updates coming, I won't have to worry about FaceID or notch BS for a good 3-4 years, by which time hopefully there will be better solutions.
Hm. I'm sure they probably weren't the first, but I'd say the closest they've come to innovation is turning personal data into a currency, thereby making various services like Gmail "free" in terms of classical payment methods. The problem now of course is more and more people are wising up to it.
and stop involving innocent consumers in their stupid school playground squabbles. There is no technical reason I should have to have a Google box, an Amazon box and an Apple box because the childish fucks are determined to shut each other out. It's wasteful (energy, material and money), it's unnecessary clutter and I don't even have that many HDMI sockets. There should be enforced standards.
But with different levels of privacy, transparency and different motivations.
Apple and Google are actually both very transparent in their privacy policy documents, though I tend to trust the former more simply because the nature of their business is hardware rather than the data economy.
Worth a read of the Apple one here, they keep what they can to the device and use rotating random IDs to anonymise the queries they do need to send. https://www.apple.com/uk/priva...
I don't recall Esc ever having disappeared when I needed it. You also don't have to look down to find it as the touch area for it extends to the edge of the touch bar.
>infrastructure business have a responsibility to uphold free speech
What's the legislation setting this out as a requirement, out of interest? Assuming we're talking about the US, I'm aware of the 1st amendment argument, but also the State Action Requirement (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/state_action_requirement) which suggests that no private company is capable of violating it. Am I missing something here (I'm British so don't know the US Constitution back to front)?
You could of course argue in favour of nationalising various internet services - if they're owned by the state then it looks like your first amendment rules would then apply and ISPs could be compelled to host neo-Nazis and uphold their freedom of speech - but I'm not sure how this is practical since the internet is global and I have a feeling that if for example Cloudflare were to become a US state run service, the rest of the world would start thinking about moving to something else.
Nah I'm really starting to see through this whole "neo-Nazis are an oppressed minority" thing... the thing is, their targets usually have no control over what they are (black, gay, disabled, whatever) but you definitely choose to be a neo-Nazi. You're not just born hating people.
I offer an alternative theory: that forcing companies to accept them on their platform gives them a feeling of legitimacy, emboldening them, making others feel more welcome to join them and increasing the problem. Whilst stamping them out at every turn sends a message that their hatred (and the attempted genocide it's been shown in fairly recent history to escalate to) is not welcome anywhere in modern society.
Deep down I think most people want to be accepted. Not making them feel accepted, instead getting a door shut in their face everywhere they go, might cause some to think "gee why does no one want to associate with me" and re-evaluate their positions.
Your post getting voted down to minus figures is not "censorship", it's just an indication that the majority of people voting on your comment think you're talking shit and rate your comment accordingly.
Also keep in mind forums are privately owned, and much like people have the right to kick you out of a restaurant if you start saying abusive things, they also don't have to tolerate you saying abusive things on the forum they have allowed you to register on. You're essentially a guest, given the privilege of participating in a community, and that privilege can be revoked for whatever reason its owners like. Free speech means you can express your opinions in a public place without getting thrown in jail for dissent against the government.
You don't see silencing from right wingers? Rule VI on the Trump-Supporters-Only Safe Space wants a word: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_D...
Give it a couple of years of Apple pretending the issue doesn't exist, a class action lawsuit, eventually they'll be forced to acknowledge it and refund repair costs. But none of it is without a fight and without paying for the repair in the short term.
Seen it over and over and over again now. Thanks but no thanks.
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Of course you have a right to get paid for good content (though so many just do things like reading aloud some instructions for something and then begging for likes/subscribes/notification bells I.e. low effort optimisation stuff)
But mostly because YouTube (or anything Google) isn't a stable platform. They can demonetise you at any moment, lower what you get paid, suddenly decide to go by a different metric than number of likes and subs to decide how much you get, etc. It seems very unreliable to me as an income
Those who are truly entertaining enough to be worth enough subscribers to make money should probably just go into the proper entertainment industry instead, rather than propping their livelihood up on Google. I wouldn't rely on them to provide me with any service that doesn't get whisked away or changed unrecognisably at a moment's notice, so I sure as heck wouldn't rely on them to pay the bills!
Then we can all use some alternative to Youtube and just be happy with the old idea of making videos because you genuinely want to entertain, educate, vlog etc for the fun and benefit of other people, and not having to slap a "please like, comment, subscribe and hit that bell icon" at the end of every pointless 5 minute video telling you something that could've been typed in 5 seconds.
Funny you should mention xkcd... https://xkcd.com/1732/
You obviously don't. But a lot of people do because if not us then any kids we have, are looking likely to experience our own extinction unless there is drastic action (which is very unlikely, as humanity simply doesn't change that quickly). That's going to be no picnic for anyone
Seems a bad idea. I'm on EE (UK) and my choice is either EE or EE.. it can't be unlocked.
Also if not topped up for a 6 month period they deactivate the internal eSIM - permanently. I was very lucky in that I caught it in a limbo state (lasts about a week) so they could reactivate mine. I now have a reminder set to put £1 on it every 5 months.
With the numbers involved it could have a mass debate
It's one of many reasons why you should do your pr0n browsing on a separate, encrypted user account (not that it's terribly easy to do since the introduction of FDE came with the removal of user account encryption) even if your stash is on an external drive.
8+? Yeah I just got one too. I always put a case on anyway and found aluminium slippery too, and am glad for wireless charging as it means I don't get a bunch of marks around the connector where I've tried to put it on a charging stand in the dark / when drunk / etc when going to bed.
I love that because Apple keep the updates coming, I won't have to worry about FaceID or notch BS for a good 3-4 years, by which time hopefully there will be better solutions.
Hm. I'm sure they probably weren't the first, but I'd say the closest they've come to innovation is turning personal data into a currency, thereby making various services like Gmail "free" in terms of classical payment methods. The problem now of course is more and more people are wising up to it.
I can vouch for Fastmail and Zoho. Both great, switched to the latter as I'm penny pinching.
Name a legal, non-proprietary way of watching, say, Star Trek Discovery. I'll wait.
That is indeed capitalism and why it needs some degree of government control to tame it (see also net neutrality)
and stop involving innocent consumers in their stupid school playground squabbles. There is no technical reason I should have to have a Google box, an Amazon box and an Apple box because the childish fucks are determined to shut each other out. It's wasteful (energy, material and money), it's unnecessary clutter and I don't even have that many HDMI sockets. There should be enforced standards.
Don't Microsoft own the Skype servers already?
But with different levels of privacy, transparency and different motivations.
Apple and Google are actually both very transparent in their privacy policy documents, though I tend to trust the former more simply because the nature of their business is hardware rather than the data economy.
Worth a read of the Apple one here, they keep what they can to the device and use rotating random IDs to anonymise the queries they do need to send. https://www.apple.com/uk/priva...
Please use one word to describe their magical fur.
Buy the 8, SE, 7 or 6S (or Droid) and vote with your wallet against this half arsed system AND save a bundle in the process.
I don't recall Esc ever having disappeared when I needed it. You also don't have to look down to find it as the touch area for it extends to the edge of the touch bar.
Esc is in the top-left as it's always been. You don't even have to look down as it follows Fitt's Law and extends to the edge of the touch bar.
You can also set it to display F-keys by default.
>infrastructure business have a responsibility to uphold free speech
What's the legislation setting this out as a requirement, out of interest? Assuming we're talking about the US, I'm aware of the 1st amendment argument, but also the State Action Requirement (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/state_action_requirement) which suggests that no private company is capable of violating it. Am I missing something here (I'm British so don't know the US Constitution back to front)?
You could of course argue in favour of nationalising various internet services - if they're owned by the state then it looks like your first amendment rules would then apply and ISPs could be compelled to host neo-Nazis and uphold their freedom of speech - but I'm not sure how this is practical since the internet is global and I have a feeling that if for example Cloudflare were to become a US state run service, the rest of the world would start thinking about moving to something else.
Nah I'm really starting to see through this whole "neo-Nazis are an oppressed minority" thing... the thing is, their targets usually have no control over what they are (black, gay, disabled, whatever) but you definitely choose to be a neo-Nazi. You're not just born hating people.
I offer an alternative theory: that forcing companies to accept them on their platform gives them a feeling of legitimacy, emboldening them, making others feel more welcome to join them and increasing the problem. Whilst stamping them out at every turn sends a message that their hatred (and the attempted genocide it's been shown in fairly recent history to escalate to) is not welcome anywhere in modern society.
Deep down I think most people want to be accepted. Not making them feel accepted, instead getting a door shut in their face everywhere they go, might cause some to think "gee why does no one want to associate with me" and re-evaluate their positions.
Your post getting voted down to minus figures is not "censorship", it's just an indication that the majority of people voting on your comment think you're talking shit and rate your comment accordingly.
Also keep in mind forums are privately owned, and much like people have the right to kick you out of a restaurant if you start saying abusive things, they also don't have to tolerate you saying abusive things on the forum they have allowed you to register on. You're essentially a guest, given the privilege of participating in a community, and that privilege can be revoked for whatever reason its owners like.
Free speech means you can express your opinions in a public place without getting thrown in jail for dissent against the government.
You don't see silencing from right wingers? Rule VI on the Trump-Supporters-Only Safe Space wants a word: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_D...
Aw, beat me to it. I was subtle :) /)
I just don't know what could go wrong... 6_9
Give it a couple of years of Apple pretending the issue doesn't exist, a class action lawsuit, eventually they'll be forced to acknowledge it and refund repair costs. But none of it is without a fight and without paying for the repair in the short term.
Seen it over and over and over again now. Thanks but no thanks.