I don't get how people expect services to stay free while also being against any kind of subscription or ads and barely donate to support these projects.

This isn't an essential feature they're paywalling. I don't even remember the last time I sent a voice note, let alone get one from a stranger. Feels more like a thank you from the devs for supporting them

Please do NOT do this to your cat! Cat can learn to pick up human behavior and once the cat becomes too familiar with the mic, they'll invite a couple friends over and start a podcast together

holy shit, imagine spending $44 billion just to use a domain you've been squatting since the Netscape era

Elon is a genius! He removed the bird, symbolizing the loss of freedom for its user and his company's inability to soar to great heights.

The bird leaving indicates an impeding catastrophe about to hit his company and the new symbol "X" is just as clever, because that's the sign people will click on when they go uninstall the app. Soon, the relationship between Twitter and its users will be nonexistent, just like Musk and his "X" wives

Just like clicking on floppy disk save icons everyday when you've never held an actual floppy disk

I mean, TikTok was already bad to begin with but what did they do to deserve a spot next to Twitter? Did I miss something? Surely they can't do worse than trying to make their paid only, right?

Hyphen (-) means you don't want to see this word, while words surrounded by quotes (") means you want these phrases exactly.

Most symbols are also ignored, which is great for an average user but terrible for programmers.

I wonder how it'll work on sites like Reddit. Imagine paying for verification only to get downvoted and "silence brand"ed by people

it's more amusing than sad to watch these out of touch CEOs burn their company to the ground in an attempt to find extra pennies in the couch cushions.

I'll miss Reddit, but federated social network is the right step forward and I hope we can rebuild what we had

Don't be too harsh on yourself, big corporations are the main cause of climate change. Unless we all collectively decide to give these companies a wake up call, I'm afraid there's very little you can do alone

What happened to owning something you've paid for forever?

These companies need to realize if they keep fucking over their paying customer, it'll be more convenient for people to just pirate their product. At least FitGirl won't knock on my door and demand me to delete his repack off my hard disk just because I haven't visited his site in a while

I open Lemmy, "oh still the same top posts from 6 hours ago", goes back to doing whatever I was doing

Is there even any advantage of using Chrome instead of Edge in 2023? They're basically the same since both use Chromium and are ridden with trackers and telemetry

Do billionaires actually have billions in real money sitting around? I've always thought the billions were in stocks and couldn't be taxed until they cashed it out and they could technically lose everything if the stock price falls. That's really fucked up if true

'L' would be more fitting since that's the only thing they've been taking

This is VOICE MESSAGE we're talking about, not calls nor chats. You can already block calls from non contacts and create a folder to only show chats from your contact.

How many voice message spams have you received that you feel like this is a deal breaker and how is Signal an appropriate alternative in this regard, when it doesn't even have as many privacy options including this one?

I mean, there are also production offices, editors, post-production supervisors, and Universal's contract with DNEG involved.

If he missed it, then so did dozens of other people. Though the fact that DNEG just laid off like 8% off their workforce in London makes me think that it was a deliberate decision from the studios rather than "Nolan forgetting to do it"

is it really hologram or simply a miniature covered in glass?

I do Top Hour or Top 6 Hours, because commenting on newer posts increases the probability of getting virtual internet points and I love virtual internet points