nameless_prole

I don't really understand reddit's angle here... Why would they provide zero cost API access to an app, as long as the developer of the app isn't making a profit? Are they trying to act like that was the issue they had with these third party apps? That they e profitable?

How does it make sense for them to allow an app for that reason?

I think it would be incredibly naive and foolish to believe Meta has any kind of pure motives for this.

One of the biggest corporations in the world reaching out to its competitor to try to get them to talk "off the record" about "confidential details"... Sounds like a pretty blatant scheme to get them to reveal confidential details about their competitor's product.

Or maybe Meta has broken with decades of its own conduct, and several centuries of capitalism, in order to reach out in good faith to their competitor. LOL.

This is super naive. Facebook/Meta has zero interest in "playing nice" with competitors in any field. Their intentions with the fediverse are not pure, and you're a fool if you think otherwise.

This is capitalism, and this is one of the most profitable corporations that has ever existed on the planet. A corporation who has made those profits almost entirely from the private data of its users (and even some users that aren't subscribed to their service. That's how much data they have).

They don't "work together" with competitors "for the good of everyone." That's a pipe dream.

Unfortunately, she's dead which means she will never even have the capacity to understand what her decision meant.

Was bound to happen when average people started creating cults of personality around billionaires.

Tankies make us all look bad

Nah, horseshoe theory is bullshit. Militant far left, and militant far right are shitty for very different reasons.

I don't know, I like Sotomayor. And Brown-Jackson seems alright. And I really don't have much opinion on Kagan aside from the fact that I usually agree with her rulings. As for Conservatives, I disagree with all of them almost always, but Gorsuch at least seems to care about consistency, and I think his views on Native affairs is admirable.

And who are they going to have take over mod responsibilities (for free) in all of these communities at once? This is why mods need to call their bluff and force them to try to replace them.

Anything good Facebook/Meta has ever or will ever possibly make, immediately becomes garbage due to where it came from.

Fruit of the poisonous tree.

The beauty of this fediverse thing is, that... if you don't like it you can make your own instance and do the thing you want there instead. Bye.

It's time for people to stop ignorantly railing against nuclear.

I try to, then someone says some shit that I couldn't understand and I get pissed off and angrily turn them on. I've been making a point (in games and in TV/movies) to try to keep my eyes on the top half of the screen while people talk, only glancing down at the words if someone says something I didn't catch.

It's a hard habit to break.

I think there is no evidence that corporations are going to do what you all say they're going to do

My friend, learn some history.

Fucking thank you. Are people really this gullible? Maybe I have a different perspective because I've been free from Facebook for like 15 years now, but do these people really think that Meta/Facebook wants to be nice to its competitors? Suddenly they're going to give up the business model that has made them one of the biggest, most profitable corporations that has ever existed on this planet, and do the exact opposite of what they did to get there? LOL.

No incentive other than good faith? This is one of the most profitable corporations that has ever existed, talking to one of its competitors. If you think this is how corporations operate, I've got news for you. This is like Capitalism 101.

You got paid, because it’s required by law that you do.

That's not true. Maybe it varies from state to state, I dunno, but I live in an otherwise very blue state, and there's no statute on the books saying that a private employer must pay for time missed for jury duty.

They are required to allow you to go if you're summoned, but beyond that, it's their choice. Obviously, most (if not all) choose not to.

Before they know it, they'll find themselves in a sea of shit content and ads, and realize what they lost.

Right, they will do a cost/benefit analysis to see if the amount of traffic and engagement that they lost cost more or less than what they made or saved by forcing log in.

Yeah, when are they going to start clawing back all of those forgiven ppp loans?

Because Republicans would rather break the system than allow it to work as intended. Because they know that's the only way they can ever have an advantage.

Maybe not screenshots since the text isn't selectable or searchable.

Let's not pretend that he conservative justices didn't already know how they were going to rule on this. They just needed to do a little parallel construction before issuing their opinion.

Everyday Twitter erodes its worth for short-term wealth.

This is, and will always be, the main push of capitalism. This isn't some cute new term like "enshittification" or something, this is just good ol fashion rent seeking and it's capitalism working as intended.

It helps rich white kids. A group that we really need to think about helping more because they have it so tough.

I'm sure everyone supporting this decision is also for making legacy admissions, college prep, and AP courses illegal too. Or is it only racist when the outcome favors people of color?

Also... Quora just seems fucking wild

You don't smoke ketamine. And it definitely would not be responsible for the type of behavior he exhibits.

That's just called "extreme avarice," and "sociopathy."

Oh wow, your pedantic argument really swayed me!

Trash-tier

Oh yeah, that's what this case has always been. Cynical conservatives used a group of well-meaning Asian students to push their hateful, bigoted agenda. Exploiting minorities is what these people do best.

This is my thought exactly. As it becomes easier and easier to use these sites, with apps and everything, we will start to see more crazy and stupid conservatives.

They're too stupid to figure it out at the moment. Most of them at least. And the ones who aren't, are the ones who are aware that they're ideology is trash, but they are using it for financial and/or tax reasons.

The opening song and credit sequence for Succession always got me SO HYPE.

The part after the bridge where the kids are riding on the elephant, and the piano part comes back in and strikes three times instead of two... chills every time.

He only cares because it's not him that's doing the pillaging.

Well that's the only reason the party still exists, so...

They don't need plausible deniability anymore, they are open about it.

Now, if only the ~40% of the population that votes Republican could openly agree with that (and actually mean it).

"Landed gentry"... Because that's what I think about when I think about unpaid employees.

Oh edgy... Keep going, I'm almost there honey ;)

Trying to create equitable outcomes for people who our great grandparents ripped from their home, deleted their cultural and familial history, tortured and raped them, bought and sold them as property, and forced them to work for free essentially at gunpoint, for generations, is not racism.

Words have meaning. Pushing back against the results of 400 years of systemic oppression to try to create equitable outcomes is the opposite of racism.

People like yourself don't even understand what affirmative action is in reality. Either that, or all of the talk about undeserving minorities "stealing" positions from white people is in bad faith.