I tried Omegle years ago close to when it came out and it was fun entertainment for a short while, though I didn’t stick around because one of the issues was that if you ended up striking an interesting and wholesome conversation, you’d never meet this person again and this bothered me.
Reading its epitaph shows there was a lot of work done on it to maintain it and catch evil users, so I’m much more impressed now.
I’ve never used Twitter, nor liked it, but in 2010 I had to observe that it was indeed useful when it became one of the primary ways for people to communicate during the Arab Spring.
Since then I kept not being into it, but at least I thought it had some important value I had not seen.
Now it’s all locked up, so it really has become useless (and I haven’t even talked about the rampant disinformation)
Look at that shit! Before it was here are your two browsers choose! Now it’s…how about for the letter A? Suppose a website starts with an A, would you choose Edge to be your default browser?.. then you choose chrome or Firefox, and when you click on a link Edge Pops up with some shit like…Are you really sure you wanna use...
It’s not easy to jump ship (because of the network effect) and possibly not being tech savvy enough to know where to land.
I jumped ship from Reddit this year after reading some posts about alternatives. I tried Tildes too, which I found interesting, but more of an experiment, than a substitute.
King (and others like him) may not know alternatives exist and can work just as easily.
Also, even if King knew of Mastodon, maybe his fans wouldn’t jump ship too even if he had said he’s moving there
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
When someone says this, it’s a recurring joke, but when I’ve read your comment, it’s the first time I actually think it may happen.
Well, I don’t expect a takeover at all, but perhaps I envision something like this year’s Reddit migration: I imagine some individuals or companies won’t stand for it and switch to Linux.
So maybe in one year Linux on desktop will go from 2% global installations, to 3% or 4% which would be a colossal uptake!
(I admit I’ve not checked the current percentage of Linux installations, it was 2% years ago, but maybe it’s already higher)
Omegle has shutdown with a thoughtful farewell from the founder (www.omegle.com)
The new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformation (www.nature.com)
Mozillas petition to get an answer from Microsoft, is it using your data to train its AI? (foundation.mozilla.org)
Microsofts new Terms and Service agreement is rather questionable. In short; It does not clarify if Microsoft will use your data to train it’s AI....
MS Edge browser wants really hard to stay (www.theverge.com)
Look at that shit! Before it was here are your two browsers choose! Now it’s…how about for the letter A? Suppose a website starts with an A, would you choose Edge to be your default browser?.. then you choose chrome or Firefox, and when you click on a link Edge Pops up with some shit like…Are you really sure you wanna use...
!Mark! (lemmy.world)
Stephen King calls on Elon Musk to change 'X' back to Twitter (mashable.com)
Hey, Stephen, I love you and all but really? Just join us over on Mastodon instead of sticking with the fascists.
YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers (www.wired.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud (www.theverge.com)
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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”