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Comment Re:Why does YouTube search suck so badly? (Score 1) 21

Why? Because this doesn't make them any money. If they could, they would remove Search function completely and only spoon feed you short after short after short, with ads in between of course. Everything to keep you "engaged". Searching and any other brain activities are not desirable.

Submission + - Microsoft now pushing advertising through Windows (techradar.com)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

The notification is labelled âsuggestedâ(TM) and is for the Avowed Premium Edition, urging me to âforge my destinyâ(TM) and click a button that says âBuy Nowâ(TM) (or alternatively, thereâ(TM)s a button to âDismissâ(TM)).

This happens on all versions of Windows, including Pro. Zero surprise that Microsoft is finding creative ways to abuse paid customers.

Submission + - Social Security Administration will only communicate through Twitter (X) (federalnewsnetwork.com)

Submitted by smooth wombat
smooth wombat writes: The Social Security Administration has announced the only method it will communicate with the public or media is through posts on Twitter (X). This change took place after large numbers of communications staff were either fired or reassigned, sometimes to less senior positions. SSA Midwest-West (MWW) Regional Commissioner Linda Kerr-Davis told employees in a call Thursday that those regional offices will no longer issue press releases or “Dear Colleague” letters to advocate groups.

SSA is centralizing its process for responding to all inquiries, except those coming from members of Congress. For non-congressional inquiries, SSA regional offices will send their draft responses to SSA’s deputy commissioner of operations for review.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that SSA technicians received an email that read: “Effective immediately, do not respond directly to any public or congressional inquiries.”

Submission + - What If We Made All Advertising Illegal? 8

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: "What if we made all advertising illegal?" Kodo Simone provocatively asks. "It makes perfect sense. The financial incentives to create addictive digital content would instantly disappear, and so would the mechanisms that allow both commercial and political actors to create personalized, reality-distorting bubbles. [...] I know, it sounds surreal. Yet, many things once thought impossible are now considered basic standards of a decent society. I think there's a world where we'll look back on our advertising-saturated era with the same bewilderment with which we now regard cigarette smoke, child labor, or public executions: a barbaric practice that we allowed to continue far too long because we couldn't imagine an alternative."

Comment Re:who would use it? (Score 0) 216

> if there is a button that people have to push to send the report, they will happily push it.

I'd happily slam that button everytime someone overtakes me in the town. Especially around school. Speed limits are for a reason - if you disagree with a limit in specific place, take it to your representative. There is no excuse to endanger other road users.

Comment Re:Too little too late (Score 1) 43

Same here. I moved to Microsoft after Google started sending threatening reminders. I do have to pay up but they provide service which has more value for a family (unlike G-Suite which was geared towards small/medium businesses). No regrets. With amount of storage I got in the family plan I was able to ditch AWS S3 as a backup solution.

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