kbal

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[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 8 months ago

I spent a small moment wondering whether or not this was the real Olga Loiek in the video, but I guess the heuristic that says the real one is probably the one who's not telling you how great China is or which brand of makeup to buy still works for now.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did they change the headline, or did you come up with the more click-baity one just for us?

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 8 months ago

No wonder people sometimes say F1 is hard to follow. Are these unaccountable rumour-mongers trying to fuel the scandal for the benefit of Mercedes, or are they trying to make it look like someone else fabricated the scandal for the benefit of Mercedes?

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 months ago

I would not blame this on the new CEO unless there's some evidence to support it. Wanting to incorporate more ads into the browser is one of the things the previous CEO was known for, and maybe that brilliant idea being met with hostility was one of the things that persuaded her to depart from the role. Whatever this new feature was to be, it most likely had its origins during her tenure.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 22 points 8 months ago

It seems highly likely that you have mischaracterized the meaning of browser.shopping.experience2023.ads.userEnabled but it doesn't matter. The mere existence of browser.shopping.experience2023.ads.userEnabled is damning enough on its own.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's not the difference between this and the usual kind of enshittification. The users are one side, the advertisers (and google) are the other. Nothing unusual there. The difference is that this time it's driven by desperate grasping at straws, rather than barefaced greed.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 months ago

The colour is a little unusual as well.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 8 months ago

More importantly, you don't need to be on an airplane to use airplane mode.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kids should focus on the one thing AI can't do: Stand-up comedy.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 8 months ago

"Piracy shield" sounds pretty stupid. It needs more of a catchy name. "The Great Melonian Firewalls" maybe?

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 27 points 8 months ago

This green tea I'm sipping made my mind sufficiently relaxed and agile to see that punchline coming from a mile away.

[–] kbal@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 8 months ago

This isn't really the right decade for that.

 

Maybe now that traditional memes are well on the way to being drowned in a sea of low-quality propaganda made by idiots, the cool kids will move on to text posts.

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