Macaque

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For those who pirate songs, how do you discover new music? in c/[email protected]
[–] Macaque 1 points 1 year ago

  1. Google searches for open directories. One dude found an RIAA directory full of media, but it quickly got secured.

  2. YouTube

  3. Ringtone sites

  4. Asian (Indian) sites, with heavy use of Google translate.

China wants to ban clothes that 'hurt nation's feelings' in c/world
[–] Macaque 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really hope you understand the downvotes. It could change your life.

PR Firm Has Been Paying Rotten Tomatoes Critics For Positive Reviews in c/news
[–] Macaque 1 points 1 year ago

Temu is pretty blatant about buying reviews on play store as well as it's own.

Alabama cracks down on birth centers, leaving pregnant women with fewer options in c/news
[–] Macaque 1 points 1 year ago

Pro baby

Activists spray red paint over billionaire Walmart heiress's superyacht for a second time in c/news
[–] Macaque 89 points 1 year ago (6 children)

All billionaires are ethically in the wrong.

North Korea celebrated its founding with a military parade featuring dump trucks modified to work as rocket launchers in c/world
[–] Macaque 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Uh, have they tested those? That exhaust looks like it would burn up the truck and any unfired rockets.

What the hell is going on with Reddit astroturfing? in c/[email protected]
[–] Macaque 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mods are gone. Reddit is devolving into Usenet.

This is Noki in c/cat
[–] Macaque 2 points 2 years ago

Handsome Cat

Is there any evidence that Reddit has suffered at all from the exodus to Lemmy? in c/asklemmy
[–] Macaque 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you seen the content lately? It's all trash now. Most contributors have altered their posting habits or left?

Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears in c/technology
[–] Macaque 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The platform formerly known as Twitter.

Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears in c/technology
[–] Macaque 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I sure everyone will steal this and posted it on X as if they thought of it.

In light of articles all over Lemmy about Google pushing ManifestV3 onto Chrome and the majority of web users, isn't that an antitrust violation? in c/technology
[–] Macaque 3 points 2 years ago

Chrome became popular for 2 reasons:

  1. Nerds recommended it after installing windows.
  2. It's the default browser for Android.

Number 1 isn't always true anymore but has momentum while 2 is fixed. Until something changes, Chrome is cemented into web browsing.

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