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So many corporate bootlickers here, damn.
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So many corporate bootlickers here, damn.
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Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.
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The rights holders are the record labels. As much as artists want to complain about Spotify they should direct their criticism to their record labels.
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I choose to believe your post is finely crafted satire.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake
Serves them right for what they did to Nokia.
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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
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In the US it does.
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Fulton County DA says work is done in Trump probe and 'we're ready to go' | CNN Politics
Hopefully they bring this mobster down before he manages to wreck democracy in the US.
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The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters
I hope she goes to town on the orange turd.
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How Signal walks the line between anarchism and pragmatism
I use Signal with a few of my friends. It has enough features to replace Whatsapp, but most people just don't care about their privacy enough to change what's convenient and already works for them even if they have zero privacy.
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Europeans over 65 will outnumber those under 15 next year
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I'm from Portugal also and it's not immigration that is driving high rent prices. That's a disingenuous position. Golden visas and Airbnb have contributed MUCH more to this as well as the liberalization of rents coupled with low new housing projects.
The workers that accept low salaries are mostly seasonal workers and they don't compete with locals for decent housing and if you were honest you would mention that most of the time you have plenty of them living in the same space. Again, not occupying a lot of the housing destined for locals. I don't see locals eager to go live in Odemira in the houses occupied by seasonal workers or in Martim Moniz in degraded housing.
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Portugal’s bid to attract foreign money backfires as rental market goes ‘crazy’
Portuguese here. The rental market in Portugal is completely separated from the reality of portuguese wages. As an example, minimum wage is 750€/month per 14 months. Meaning 875€/month if you count 12 months.
Rents in Lisbon for a bedroom usually start around 500€. And the situation in the other cities with somewhat decent jobs is getting as bad as in Lisbon.
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Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider
As an European just do it! This will spur a move from a lot of people to the fediverse.
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Trump Forgets His Own Lie By End of Rant — Says He’s Blowing Off Fraud Trial for Golf After Complaining ‘I Have to Be Here!’
The guy probably has dementia.
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Looks like Lemmy is climbing up to the 2023 exodus days numbers again
I came back to Lemmy as in trying to avoid American corporation owned social networks. Reddit falls into that category.
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The reason CEOs want workers to Return To Office is because they want you to quit
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It can be both.
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‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue
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They seem less annoying now. Just wait until you have pause ads coupled with regular ads!
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Polish election: Right-wing ruling party to lose majority - exit poll
So good. It's great to see that the slide from democracy was stopped in yet another country.
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‘What the f*ck did you do?!’ Video contradicts DHS claims about killing of Alex Pretti
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Oh piss off. We have legislation against hate speech. You know because it led to millions of deaths in our continent. The disgraceful state of your country is a direct consequence of your asinine interpretations about free speech.
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Russia sends in elite troops to halt Ukrainian counter-offensive
They still have elite troops? I would say at this point "russian elite troops" are mythical creatures akin to unicorns: they don't exist.
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Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized
Nice. They need to keep going.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake
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Yes, they were. These bastards destroyed the biggest European tech company for nothing. And Nokia had all the services required and the technical know-how to rival Google.