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This appeared on my android phone. I don't know what any of this is. No option to opt out of what to me seems like entirely unnecessary and alarmingly invasive technology.
Come on phone manufacturers! Make a model with opensource software!
#android #google #UsersAreFodder #SiValleyGrift #surveillanceTech #surveillance
Android about to ban side-loading. This is exactly the future of tech that we imagined 20 years ago.
On mastodon it's probably like preaching to the choir. But still.
#android #google #sideloading #fdroid #UsersAreFodder #SiValleyGrift
Google is Destroying Android
Western Digital has zero hard drives left for 2026. It’s February...
AI companies are deliberately creating physical memory scarcity so your data only lives on their infrastructure.
The goal is not innovation. It's holding your memories hostage and forcing you to rent space and useless AI compute that serves no real purpose.
https://gizmodo.com/because-of-ai-western-digital-hard-drives-are-sold-out-2000722591
#UsersAReFodder #SiValleyGrift #ai #greed #WesternDigital #harddisk #storage
Ah yes. Sony PS5 now on payment plans with infinite installments. Sounds like a good deal !
We are steadily moving from owning things to merely subscribing to exist. spotify, netflix, cars, dresses, consoles.
Your income will run out (unless you own yachts). That's the point. You're meant to pay forever.
Now get back to scrolling so your favourite celebrity can tell you what to buy next. I mean rent next !
PlayStation Wants to Rent You Consoles Now
Great stuff. Ads for subscribers. Go apple !
Apple Just Added Ads to Their Apps
Trying to evaluate vivaldi as a possible replacement for floorp (unless firefox reverses its stance on AI, which, very excitingly, is a possibility!).
But the lack of containers in vivaldi is so disorienting. It makes me feel so damn vulnerable because I know that ALL the sites are having a feast sharing my profile and fingerprints with each other. Nasty. It just makes me sick.
RESOLVED : dropbox on Debian 13
If you are on Debian 13 and want to use dropbox as a daemon/desktop application, I have found it impossible to use their new software (.debs created for Debian). I also think it is mining your browser data for AI analytics.
Go with the nautilus-dropbox package in the stable branch.
And start looking for an alternative. They are coming after your OS and browser. Shameful.
#dropbox #debian #debian13 #linux #SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #unscrupulous
Found this.
https://github.com/coveo/coveo.analytics.js/
What does dropbox need to log my clicks and searches for ? What ghouls. I'm leaving as soon as my subscription ends. Subscription services are such a unilateral and failed model.
#SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #dropbox #DataTheft #badeconomics
Dropbox is showing some very suspicious behaviour on Debian 13 LXQt. It tries to 'connect' by forcing a browser window to open. After I do log in, it doesn't work.
The commandline leaks errors. After logging in through one browser, it still generates command line output when I browse through a different one.
And there are errors about coveoua. Does anyone know what coveoua is ? Some sort of an AI analytics company ?
#debian #dropbox #brokenSoftware #UsersAreFodder #SiValleyGrift