Streaming platforms are all joining in on the enshitification process.
Soon, people will join one service for one month then switch to the next.
After that, they will all begin contracts to “lock in the price.” Possibly in bundle agreements with multiple providers.
That’s when the full transition to $120+ cable costs returns, but in streaming format.
It’s like everyone loves inflation.
I still cannot understand how anyone decides to have 30% of their programming to be ads AND decide to pay for it.
DDG is essentially Bing though. The results aren’t the greatest. If Bing decides to ban a site, it’s banned on DDG.
How many millions in umbrella severance for this? Remember kids, just get the highest position in any company ignoring your morals and no matter how badly you screw it up, your rich!
There’s a way to install it where you use a non-America language and it causes it to not install all the junk.
I read about it a couple weeks ago and once again, I said to myself, “ORRRR, I can just stay on Windows 10…”
My rig is outdated but plays all the games I play. I can’t afford a gaming rig update just to get Windows 11 with start menu ads and junk.
That’s alright. A decision to release billions to Iran to cause a war is so much worse.
I’m fat. I saw a rib roast at first.
YouTube is WHY I have adblockers to this day. I was Ok with the ads at the beginning and end. When they started cramming 2-3 ads in the middle of a 10 minute video, that’s when I started looking for a solution.
Their greed is why they make $0 from me many years later.
I think it’s rich they aren’t happy with people using them when they’re the ones that made the standard viewing experience awful in the first place.
Finally, some truth. Micromanagers can’t show their worth because they can’t micromanage.
Micromanagement needs to be fired. It’s old school and outdated.