Just give them 10 lines at a time from the 500 lines one. Is this how micromanagement was born?

Maybe you should read up on coping mechanisms. And maybe empathy in general.

I still had the app installed on my iPhone because I wanted to learn a new language a few years back. Just recently checked their App Store page and saw extensive data collection, monthly subscriptions and some kind of “gem” currency. Immediately deleted.

This is by design. It’s called dark patterns.

I feel for me it’s more like:

A problem is presented to me that I haven’t encountered before but I feel like I’m expected to help. So I start talking while my brain works its way through all possible scenarios leading to me rambling on until I maybe possibly arrive at a conclusion which will hopefully make the whole thing make sense in the end.

Of course later, once the situation has long resolved, my brain will have completed a few other calculations subconsciously and I will know for sure that I was an idiot and you, the person I tried to help, will probably think so too. 😆

When I was working retail in a technical environment I had a customer come in wanting to buy product X. Since I’ve always just wanted to help people I suggested product Y for its superior quality and longevity at a slightly higher cost. The customer started raging at me how dare I try to upsell him something he didn’t ask for. Other customers turning their head and all. He left fuming saying he’d go to another store.

A day later said customer came back into the store and I was already bracing myself. Turns out he compared the products on the website and read some reviews and realized I was right. He apologized and bought the product.

It was not really satisfying, just turning a negative into a neutral I guess.

Is this the adult version of “the dog ate my homework”?

I just recently tried to log into my old icq account. It didn’t let me unless I provided a phone number so I noped the fuck out.

Why does anyone or anything need to be useful?

And maybe usefulness depends on the perspective. Maybe this axe could be used to demonstrate the importance of material choice in products.

Reminders + timers are key. I have a recurring reminder that says “Laundry? Set timer!” That I check off either if there’s no laundry or once the laundry is on the drying rack. It is set to remind me every 3 days once checked off.

It will stare at me every time I check my phone until it’s done. Works pretty well.

I thought you meant mouse wheel as in hamster wheel and I was really confused at the end of your post title.

And where would you store your Bitwarden login TOTP if you used their service instead of self hosting?

KNOWER - Knower Forever

Kim Dracula - A Gradual Decline…

Kadabra - Umbra

Mammal Hands - Gift from the Trees

Atsuko Chiba - Water, …

Archspire - Bleed the Future

Twelve Foot Ninja - Vengeance

All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal

Between the Buried and Me - Colors 2

DARKSIDE - Spiral

Vola - Witness

Sleep Token - -both albums-

Lucid Planet - ll

Kimono Drag Queens - Songs of Worship

Woodkid - S16

Algiers - There Is No Year

And of course… most of what King Gizzard released.

For just the albums I’ve listened to extensively and probably many more that I really enjoyed I think it’s been a good few years.

That’s not quite correct. At least for Netflix I know that you can browse, add to watchlist etc. without a sub. Just need an account. So you can do something, just not watch anything.

And then what? Carry on until we need an even bigger/thicker blanket?

I think what’s even worse than ads is many channels now require verification through a phone number if you want to write something. Not sure when that became a thing but I just recently ran into this roadblock and noped tf out.

Didn’t read the article but I wonder how many people will now sub for a short period and cancel.

Like say you have a group of 3 and 1 person subbing indefinitely before and now there might be 3 people subbing for 2-3 months each. For a period of a year that’d be 12 months vs about 9 months.

So right now they might have increased their subs and revenue but it might change over a longer period of time? Or maybe people are just too lazy and will keep their subs. Who knows.

Thanks for taking the time to explain it so thoroughly. It’s appreciated!

TIL, thanks.

Although now I wonder what the difference and purpose is of having these two formats:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WjABILVAz5Y https://youtu.be/WjABILVAz5Y

I guess it’s a little shorter but the regular link isn’t long by any means.

Last I checked you cannot sub from within the Netflix app.

Can someone tell me what channel the video is from?

The post is a tracking link and I can’t find the video searching for the title.

Since you took the time to leave such a lengthy response I’m going to reply, although the discussion here is pretty much over.

It’s not the single parts but the culmination of all three points; data harvesting, subscription and paid gems (yes you can buy more). Everyone has to make their own decision but for me it justifies never wanting to have anything to do with a company.

Some additions to the list you might consider:

Password Managers

• Strongbox (Mac/iOS)

Messengers:

• SimpleX

Browsers:

• Mullvad Browser

Ok, now I want a game that mixes Dorfromantik with Dwarf Fortress.

When have more options become a bad thing?

You can log in without having a sub. You just need to create an account on the web.

The OP is about not being able to do anything without paying. Not about not being able to do anything without an account.

Have you checked in the actual app? The App Store page often shows legacy info. I know it was possible before, but afaik they changed it some years back.

Maybe that’s a recent change. I know I was able to log in, browse and add to watchlist a few months ago without having an active sub.

Your „free“ option just requires buying hardware that enables all of it and an intensive setup process and knowledge which might be quite time consuming.

It may be a good solution but it’s far from free for many people.