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X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst
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this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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I mean....youtube is the same tho. I constantly get ads for apps that are basically flat out saying you can use it to make porn of anyone you want. Not to meniton the constant scams. There is that big one that pops up all the time claiming you can get a online only, no experience necessary, data entry job for Disney starting at something crazy like $25 an hour.
Musk is shit, X is shit but....all of them allow these kinds of ads.
You should just block the ads. It's not that hard and certainly worth it.
Eh, i rarely use it on my phone so not really worth the time and effort.
It’s a couple clicks. I’d seriously recommend it because I’ve found that Google actually will improve their recommendations if you tell them stuff you’re not interested in.
Wait. That job posting is a scam?
Yep, money is too good to be true for a job like that for one thing but I saw someone talk about it and a few others like it. You go through all the steps, give them your personal information, and then you get dumped on a generic job seeking website and then get spammed to death for months.
$25 an hour is sadly not too good for any job in the US these days. $50k doesn't go that far anymore.
Define "the US" because 25 an hour is living a life of luxury in much of the US that's not a major city
$25/hr isn’t living a life of luxury anywhere. Not even in a town of 2,000 people.
What is that like 40, maybe 35k after taxes?
$52k before taxes, about $41k after. It's an ok wage a lot of places but I defniitely wouldn't call it a "life of luxury" anywhere in the U.S. and I'm from one of the LCOL places in the U.S., the midwest.
You definitely won't starve but you're also not going to retire early.
Most of us consider not living check to check as living a life of luxury.
$50k is still very much working class. Yeah you own a car but it's a 7yr old Nissan sedan, nothing luxurious about it. At $50k you're not missing that many paychecks before it becomes a very real issue I promise.
I was slightly exaggerating sure, but 25 an hour outside of a city is a lot of money.
$25/hr is barely a living wage.
Are you factoring in vehicle payments, maintenance, insurance and fuel?
A lot of people have a cheap transit option in the city.
Yes. When I lived out there I would've killed for 25 an hour. I was making 7.50 an hour and with a roommate I lived pretty okay. At 25 I could've lived alone and still saved
When was that?
When MTV still played music videos.
I'm much younger than you think I am
Three or four years at this point, so technically not including some of the ridiculous inflation, but the cost of living in that area has barely increased. Rent is $900 on average there right now, so if you're pulling in 25 an hour you're making plenty to live alone relatively comfortably
Until you need a doctor and suddenly discover a lot of rural areas don't have any.