I’m curious, in your opinion when does something like this become an ad? Is it an ad if they they pop it up mid-show every hour? No? How about every 10 minutes, is it an ad then?

If you’re getting paid to promote someone else’s shit, it’s an ad…

If you’re promoting something related to your own businss on your own propery and not getting paid by an external party, it’s probably not an ad…

When you use an app from big tech, you’re on their property. They can display whatever they want on their app. They can promise “ad-free” and break that promise if they want… or in this case, most people will agree it’s not an ad

Again, my explanation of our enshittified reality is not an endorsement… hence i choose to avoid big tech where i can and opt for free software.

I welcome you to do the same instead of demanding that amazon follow your view of the world

Marketing departments attempt to bend reality and public opinion to benefit their company. Their efforts have obviously been effective with at least one commenter on Lemmy.

lol, you’re making judgements on people trying to explain reality to you while you’re the one actively giving money to facists

Then cancel your amazon…

I’m just telling you how the world works and why what you’re seeing still counts as “ad-free”

i agree it sucks. So cancel your sucky service and don’t try to compare me to a child abuse apologist

In the advertising world, it’s not advertising, it’s a promotion

For example, if you go to the grocery store, there is a difference between hearing/seeing something that says, “bananas are on special today” vs “go buy [specific brand] of cereal today!”

still sucks though

I tried using the systemd alternatie, run0 or whatever… it’s really weird

Maybe see if the EFF has something in the works and domate to them

TIL: i’m colourblind

How about you take up a full time job on the noble task of “informing the public” but also don’t ask for any monetary compensation

Thank you for your service

#tty
/dev/pts/0

mean…you really don’t need an extensive subway network here

Found the 905’er

The streetcar network is a complete shitshow. Multiple streetcars bunched up, with hundreds of people inside, being blocked by a few SUV drivers and parked cars on the side of the street.

Its faster to bike or walk in most cases.

Same for the buses. There’s a reason the bus lines here have nicknames like “the sufferin’ dufferin”

So instead of falling for nike marketing, you want to fall for vans and hoka marketing?

It’s “kick his ass, seabass”

You’d be amazed how many people have strong sensitivities to most surfactants, or outright allergies to some of the more common ingredients. They can be right beside you in an elevator after years of not using soap, and you won’t know.

Shhhh… Dont let anyone know i havent used soap for years (unless i did something really dirty/greasy)

Wait… This was disclosed before even debian could fix???

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45332

We arent that far behind. I’ve had to pay for tons of private services out of pocket here in quebec.

Basic shit like dermatology and MRIs

No, the CIA was selling drugs in latin america…

Iraq was invaded twice

My guess is iran

I thought i had a pretty good radar for AI slop these days, but this one slipped past my heuristics.

What tipped you off?

On closer inspection, the meteors are a clue. AI doesnt seem to know that the foreground characters should occlude them.

Any other obvious ones?

But my chromecast transports digital signal to my DAC. Probably better quality than the DAC in the bluetooth speaker

I think the problem is that a lot of people are just running flatpaks, dockers, and third party repos which might not be getting timely updates.

I try to stick to debian packages for everything as much as possible for this reason.

I’ve been using NC since single digit version numbers

The performance increase on v30 is VERY noticeable, especially loading photos.