I used an AudioScrobbler plugin for WinAmp all the way back circa 2005? Eventually they got bought out by last.fm. Last.fm was my primary streaming service from something like 2008-2013... somewhere in there, anyway. And man... it was so good at knowing what I liked based on frequency of listens, and finding me more stuff I would like based on that. They nailed it. So sad when they stopped being the service they were back then - they just weren't making enough money.

Sony gets to stay Sony, but Microsoft has to be "MicroSuck?" What is this, 1999?

Right now even Sony's biggest fans are struggling with the price point. I suspect that as early as Spring they release a disc-based version of the Pro for $650 and it sells like wild.

Hate to tell you, but something centrally managed is harder to defraud and easier to audit. The exact opposite of what you believe.

If tech companies like Google and Meta have taught us anything, it's that amassing all your data in one lump makes sifting through it easier than ever.

THE CONSEQUENCES, on the other hand... you're right, those need to be better enforced.

it might be time to throw them a few bucks.

My bill goes up $5 every single year and my service is internet only and performance is essentially unchanged for the last 8 years. But it now costs me $40 a month more than it used to.

I thought all the old heads had gone. I often wonder what my number would be if I had registered when I first heard of Slashdot... I was a reader, not a poster, so I never bothered... but it was still in the days of dialup!

And then you get "downvoted" for pointing it out.

This was a far different place back when I was on dialup... never should've caved in and registered an account - I went over a decade without one. I never should've bothered.

Yeah, what a shame that your taxes will actually go to help Americans less fortunate than you instead of just helping giant corporations hire more CPA's so they can avoid paying taxes altogether. Man, it's so unfair. I wanted to buy more Patriot Missiles with my tax dollars!!!

You mean the "tax services" that an overwhelming majority of Americans use just to lazily end up claiming the "standard deduction" ANYWAY? Yeah, that's kind of the point. If you have a big enough bankroll that you need an accountant, good for you - this isn't for you and also doesn't have any effect on your life. This is for the half of Americans making BELOW the median household income and losing even more of the measly paychecks to these scammers that only exist because of their lobbying power. Read any of the comments above explaining how much easier it is in so many other countries.

You love paying H&R Block your paycheck that much? Weird flex, but okay.

Just yesterday on my commute home I was I thinking about the spots that I pass by all the time where the police are frequently at, and are even frequently reported by Waze, and wondering why they didn't just have areas circled on the maps just saying "police frequently reported ahead."

Oh, man! There goes Tom, again...

You're* x3.

Also, "security" is not the issue. It's Facebook claiming "security" is the reason they can't make people's Facebook posts, already marked public, as truly visible to the public.

Just minutes before I saw this post, I was thinking about the funniest comment I ever left on a Slashdot post and it was something nobody even noticed... it was just recently on some nVidia news.

This one never even got so much as an, "OH, COULD THIS BE REAL?" out of me... it had April Fool's Day written all over it from the beginning. But it still makes me smile.