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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I know this is probably blasphemous around these parts, but there was a time when Instagram was kind of the perfect social media app. No ads, no algorithmic feed dictating what you see, just a nice little neat and simple stream you could open a few times a day and see quick little snapshots of people's lives without all the added weight. It was also a good way to follow updates on things you are interested in, again, without the clutter of Facebook. It grew to be more than just "here's a selfie of me every day" and was a good way to create an account to share your own hobbies and interests as well. IGs enshitification is downright impressive. Their algorithm is mercurial as gently caress, any sort of customer service or assistance is nonexistent and trying to become TikTok is pissing off their user base who, if they wanted to use TikTok, would use TikTok.
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A person I used to know on Facebook used to saturate posts with hashtags and I always wondered if her wall of tags ever got a single additional person to look at her dumb kid. #momlife #momjokes #momlifeforever #lovebeinamom #moms #mom #momcomedy #comedy #posts #facebook #love
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anyone know if there are any good ad blockers still functioning on ios? i currently use adguard and previously 1blocker, and both used to work great but i see ads all over now. i don’t even mind paying 2 bucks per month now or whatever if there’s actually a blocker that’s still worth a drat for mobile devices. on a separate topic, i have found one silver lining to shrinkflation and grocery price gouging. it finally makes sense to do most shopping at costco instead of publix, etc. i don’t have kids, so buying in bulk for 2 adults used to seem wasteful and was way more expensive since stuff would go to waste, but not really anymore. just wish there was a good farmers market locally so i could cut out all trips to the regular grocery store entirely.
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credburn posted:A person I used to know on Facebook used to saturate posts with hashtags and I always wondered if her wall of tags ever got a single additional person to look at her dumb kid. #momlife #momjokes #momlifeforever #lovebeinamom #moms #mom #momcomedy #comedy #posts #facebook #love On Facebook? Nahh. People never used Facebook like that. But Instagram’s Hashtag system worked like Twitter’s and was actually useful. Was.
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I just got my first AI generated image result on google images. I wish to scream
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armpit_enjoyer posted:I just got my first AI generated image result on google images. I wish to scream Goddrat GIS sucks wet, muddy rear end nowadays. Navigation and layout are poo poo on both mobile and desktop, search tools have been unceremoniously crammed into the last slot in a single-line scrollable menu bar (everyone stop loving doing this please), and the reverse image search and similar images features just straight up don't work most of the time. Google has really become the Vanguard of enshittification lately, may their poo poo come to life and kiss them on the lips.
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credburn posted:A person I used to know on Facebook used to saturate posts with hashtags and I always wondered if her wall of tags ever got a single additional person to look at her dumb kid. #momlife #momjokes #momlifeforever #lovebeinamom #moms #mom #momcomedy #comedy #posts #facebook #love
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Bad Purchase posted:anyone know if there are any good ad blockers still functioning on ios? i currently use adguard and previously 1blocker, and both used to work great but i see ads all over now. i don’t even mind paying 2 bucks per month now or whatever if there’s actually a blocker that’s still worth a drat for mobile devices. i don't have a universal one for all apps but for browsers, Brave works. people seem to have trouble doing screen-off youtube streaming so i'll mention i also use brave to do screen-off youtube. go full screen on the video, then swipe to home so it goes picture in picture, then screen off.
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:i don't have a universal one for all apps but for browsers, Brave works. Is Brave still a secret cryptocurrency miner?
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i love the race to get shittier. Thanks "MAX"!
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AARD VARKMAN posted:i love the race to get shittier. Thanks "MAX"! looks like some good new features  thanks to all who helped get these out the door.
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steinrokkan posted:I love frantically clicking the back button in a race to overcome all the scripts and God knows what that are trying to prevent me from leaving a website And I always hit it a couple times too many and end up back here in GBS lol
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Woolie Wool posted:I once got picked up in a Tesla Model X with the gullwing doors and everything and I have no idea how someone who drives Lyft could afford one or why anyone who could afford one would drive Lyft. I got a Lyft from a guy who rented the car they were driving that day. I guess if you can clear the rental fee each day it can work, but it strikes me as a really bad idea.
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Nov 3, 2023 16:48
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Random Stranger posted:I got a Lyft from a guy who rented the car they were driving that day. I guess if you can clear the rental fee each day it can work, but it strikes me as a really bad idea. Lyft will rent you a car to use as your Lyft vehicle. https://www.lyft.com/expressdrive 150-180 a week, you can probably clear that easily in a busy city I guess? Not a great long term plan though.
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You also run into the occasional retired person with a nice car that just really likes to drive around.
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Nov 3, 2023 17:27
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Failson posted:The "New" Microsoft Just let me paste plain text! 
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Nov 3, 2023 17:29
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wash bucket posted:Just let me paste plain text! Sorry, Copy/Paste is now enhanced with AI and powered by The Cloud (And requires a subscription of $9.95 / month)
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Nov 3, 2023 17:33
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wash bucket posted:Just let me paste plain text! No when you’re sending a piece of code or something you need to just put in a text box, what’s important is that the timestamp and sender comes with it too This won’t lead to you having a million notepads open just so you can remove the extra crap
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Nov 3, 2023 17:34
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My smart TV did a firmware upgrade at some point and now it advertises a "hit the mic button on your remote and just tell your TV what you want to do and it will do it!" feature on start-up. My remote doesn't have a mic button and I wouldn't have purchased the TV if it came with one.
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Nov 3, 2023 17:45
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Feels like there would be a market for "dumb" technologies. Dumb TVs, dumb cars, dumb toasters that just toast and don't need WiFi.
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redshirt posted:Feels like there would be a market for "dumb" technologies. Dumb TVs, dumb cars, dumb toasters that just toast and don't need WiFi. If there were a reliable dumb TV manufacturer left in existence I would be all over it. My living room TV is basically the last dumb TV Samsung made and I'm dreading the day it shits the bed.
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Nov 3, 2023 17:48
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Serious_Cyclone posted:If there were a reliable dumb TV manufacturer left in existence I would be all over it. My living room TV is basically the last dumb TV Samsung made and I'm dreading the day it shits the bed. I use a computer monitor and 2+1 computer speakers. Works fine with no issues.
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wash bucket posted:Just let me paste plain text! one note is the worst at this. i use it at work occasionally, and it always wants to paste the text i copy from one note as an image into teams or word i have to paste into notepad++ first and recopy
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Cerekk posted:Create new event or task -> click where it says "do not repeat" -> custom -> every 5 days This is pages ago, but that option, for some reason, literally doesn't exist on mine. The options I have are daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. I feel like I'm being gaslit by a phone. It doesn't make any sense for the option to just be missing. Since I'm in the bitching thread: Why the gently caress are there so many new programs that don't let you just keybind what you want? Freely assigning keys has been kind of a solved game for a very long time, even a lot of indie devs just let you do it. It doesn't matter if it's work or a video game, being able to work the controls in a way that makes ergonomic sense is kind of vital. Keybinding conflicts aren't exactly rocket science to fix, I was doing this poo poo as a kid.
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Bad Purchase posted:one note is the worst at this. i use it at work occasionally, and it always wants to paste the text i copy from one note as an image into teams or word Oh thank God I'm not the only one angry about this. I've just switched entirely to libreoffice because I don't have a job that requires a specific program.
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Apple mail desktop when pasting links in to emails and changing them into “link previews” with some random images (if it finds one) and title We’ve had email for way too long for my brain to understand links in emails as anything but plain text and I don’t trust them
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Cabal Ties posted:Apple mail desktop when pasting links in to emails and changing them into “link previews” with some random images (if it finds one) and title Outlook does this now too. I also can't sign in to work email with a normal email client anymore cause of some azure cloud bullshit.
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My monitors linked via dock poo poo the bed randomly and I need to unplug/replig my laptop mtiple times a day. This is a known problem for years and Lenovo still hasn't fixed it. Definitely won't result in my USB C port getting hosed up.
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Hey Plex yeah this may shock you but I have 0 interest in you turning into a social media platform. Also please stop with the garbage carousals of features I don't want thank you.
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Duck and Cover posted:Hey Plex yeah this may shock you but I have 0 interest in you turning into a social media platform. Also please stop with the garbage carousals of features I don't want thank you.
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I switched to Emby when plex started getting bloaty and premium-y. I just want a local media server, I don’t need to have my own personal streaming service to use anywhere. Although Emby is shittifying too and the good one is now Jellyfin, which forked from Emby. I’ll probably switch at some point e point
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Isentropy posted:No when you’re sending a piece of code or something you need to just put in a text box, what’s important is that the timestamp and sender comes with it too That reminds me. Microsoft upgraded Notepad with tabs. ... It crashed on me for the first time ever. NOTEPAD! CRASHED!
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Serious_Cyclone posted:If there were a reliable dumb TV manufacturer left in existence I would be all over it. My living room TV is basically the last dumb TV Samsung made and I'm dreading the day it shits the bed. Look at business/professional displays if you really want to go down that path. We got some at work and you turn it on and its a menu. No adds, no extra things. But it also costs more then a regular TV, and usually lag on features.
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I'm gonna found the Tech for Dummies company. Where all the tech is as dumb as possible.
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wash bucket posted:Just let me paste plain text! Why is it that when I copy double spaced 14 pt Times New Roman text from one document to another document in double spaced 14 pt Times New Roman, does it come out as 16 pt bold Calibri in an indented numbered list.
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DicktheCat posted:This is pages ago, but that option, for some reason, literally doesn't exist on mine. The options I have are daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. You might not actually be using default Android calendar then. I know Samsung has their own calendar app they force by default, I imagine other manufacturers are the same too.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:If there were a reliable dumb TV manufacturer left in existence I would be all over it. My living room TV is basically the last dumb TV Samsung made and I'm dreading the day it shits the bed. Without data collection ponzi scheme money it would cost as much as a monitor of similar specs, plus extra for the tuner hardware, plus even more for low production volume, and no one would buy it. Just get a big monitor and use your computer, TVs have no reason to exist when we all have computers.
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