yildo

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[–] yildo@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What about Mac?

[–] yildo@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you ban bank heist movies like Ocean's Eleven, people will stop robbing banks

[–] yildo@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Youtube should have never removed the maximum 10 minutes limit on videos in 2010

[–] yildo@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Because Microsoft and VC types have thrown many billions of US dollars at this and similar companies, so a lot of (their) money is at stake

[–] yildo@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Me: Play Whitehorse the band
Google Assistant: Playing Whitehorse the song by some other guy
Me: No, play Whitehorse the Canadian band
Google Assistant: Playing Whitehorse the album by a third guy
Me: Play Achilles Desire
Google Asistant: Playing Whitehorse

Me: Play Tu vuò fà l'americano on Spotify
Google Assistant: !?!?!?!?

Me: Play Laisse tomber les filles
Google Assistant: !?!?!?

Me: Play Les Cowboys Fringants on Spotify
Google Assistant: !?
Me: Play Les Cowboys F R I N G A N T S
Google Assistant: Playing Les Cowboys Fringants

I only ever use those junky voice assistants when driving, and they are useless half the time

[–] yildo@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

Next step up from using confession material for blackmailing parishioners

[–] yildo@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

We are definitely well past that point. We are also passing the point where Star Wars nostalgia was fondly remembering watching Episode I as a kid and soon will be at the point where Star Wars nostalgia is fondly remembering watching The Force Awakens as a kid

[–] yildo@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Hype! Lower Decks; Lower Decks; Lower Decks!

[–] yildo@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

The appeal of the "we could have been a contender" fantasy for Microsoft is the idea that they'd be printing money by collecting the 30% tax on apps and in-app purchases. If they were 100% dependent on Samsung, they'd be printing at least 50% less money

[–] yildo@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because you are nostalgic for win 8 with its full screen start menu?

[–] yildo@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

What year was Android an also-ran?

2013: 51.8% Android, 40.6% iOS, 3.8% Blackberry, 3.3% Microsoft

https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2014/2/comScore-Reports-December-2013-US-Smartphone-Subscriber-Market-Share

[–] yildo@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dare a self-driving car to drive through a bit of snow

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