Using the terms "telemetry" and "spyware" interchangeably makes the former seem more nefarious and the latter less nefarious. I understand where you're coming from but I wouldn't want to see the term "spyware" diluted to include anonymised data about how users are using product features.
That's not to say telemetry data is fine or that a company might claim to only use telemetry data isn't actually using spyware.
One of my favourite youtubers recently quite his job to go full time on his channel. He's been growing his audience and patreon backers and for a long time using the income from those videos to invest in his equipment and the gear he reviews. Eventually he grew the channel enough to go full independent.
It'd be really hard to do that outside of YT's monetisation model tbh. I think most YTbers start of making videos for shits and giggles and any money they get is like passive income. Then they catch a viral video of find and audience and start the consider the channel more seriously, and explore other monetisation models and opportunities. I get the hate towards Google and YT but a lot of the oddballs I love on YT might not have a platform otherwise.
Do you mean lower growth in numbers? Lemmy.world recently posted users for August and it grew by a healthy amount.
It looks like this works like Apple watch on iOS: there's an extra security layer as the watch also has to be unlocked. Smart lock just requires a paired device to be within range.
An Apple Watch locks itself when you take it off, so if someone took your iPhone and Apple Watch from you they couldn't unlock either device. I presume this is the same?
Edit: the article implies that this feature allows verification when you initiate the unlock, whereas Smart Lock actually keeps the deviced unlocked the entire time the paired device is nearby, which in practice is very different and less secure.
From what I understand there is also a risk that pirated copies could count. It's hard to see how Unity can effectively defend against it.
Why that is in an executive order, honestly, there is no good reason for it,
You got it right here but nevertheless missed the point pretty hard. What he said and how he said isn't the point of the article: what he did and why he did it is what is newsworthy.
I just bought a ROG Ally.
There's a lot of stupid stuff written/on you tube about it, but it's great and clearly a notch up on the Steam Deck in most ways.
The comments section... Oh god, the comments section...
They're not the bad guys! They just support the bad guys!
Password managers work perfectly well in popups. Calendars, stickies/notes, and other scensrios where the app isnt your focus but you need the utility of that app within another app.
The 18w mode doesn't run much warmer than 15w and mismch cooler than 25w, so using the 3rd fan profile keeps it cool. I know what you mean though, with the SD card issues o feel the same way 😅
...casually failing to mention that the "one racial group" are the traditional land owners who lost their land and 50,000 year-old culture due to colonisation.