How about just not auto-convert everything and keep the integrity of the data unless specifically asked to? Is that so hard?

I wonder how that's going to play out with Apple and their monopoly.

And as an fyi for anyone that may be confused: They mean the patient squeezing a rubber ball while their arm is in a tourniquet (the band that goes around the upper arm while blood is drawn).

(But yes, either type of ball is completely different than squeezing a penis. Just goes to show how screwy perception can get while under anesthesia.)

Don't worry, this was just the Chinese campaign. The Russian one is still going strong.

I’m sure they’ll try to implement some type of DRM BS into the web

Funny you say that:

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/02/googles-plan-to-drm-the-web-goes-against-everything-google-once-stood-for/

Lmao why would you only announce this in an obscure space that 99% of the userbase doesn’t follow?

"All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now."

Not using it helps do that.

Way to be exactly the type of person they are referring to.

To be fair, what they want is to make money off of you, be it through metadata or through advertising. It's just that sending you videos happens to be the model which they use to get the metadata or advertising income.

Your metadata is still extremely valuable to them, and it's not limited to just watch history and likes, but rather everything on how you engage in their services, including where your mouse cursor sits.

If I remember, tech companies are generally those whose primary products are digitally based. And technology these days has essentially become synonymous woth the internet.

Did your elementary school not teach that drugs are bad?

I see, so you think elementary school is valid jurisprudence. This says everything about your ability to form logical conclusions.

So, what specifically makes combating drugs (not specific ones, just drugs in general) good, and how is it comparable to fighting pedophilia? And is it important enough to encroach on individual rights like privacy and due process?

It's also pretty telling that he's conflating the Soviet Union with the current Russian Federation in talking about WWII.

I see, so you think drugs are good. This says everything about your ability to form logical conclusions.

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

My metadata does more than enough to pay for my usage.

Unless it's themselves making it less reliable to push more ads.

According to the article, the school district has a current lawsuit against them for doing the same thing to two other black students in 2020.

The superintendent at the time said, “people want to call us racist, but we’re following the rules, the law of the land." Like, yes, that's one form of racism, setting up and using systems and institutions which disproportionally affect people based on membership of certain races or ethnic groups. I'm pretty sure he knows that but is just covering his ass.

So pump n dump has more than one meaning here.

1. Wait until the news cycle rolls over and implement a similar plan anyway.