Do we, as an industry, have such short attention span, that we forgot how Microsoft abused their monopoly in the 1990s to force everyone to use Internet Explorer? Now that Google is doing the exact same thing, nobody seems to mind.

Did you even bother to read the article?

Luckily, the creators of the NERV App, Gehirn Inc, have created an app-based alternative for users to get information in real-time, as well as running a Mastodon account

As a European, I am surprised at just how much Trump is allowed to do. In the sense that he’s not being stopped by a riot or something like that.

Where can I see who voted for and against? I want to know if I need to change who I vote for next EU election.

Incorrect. https://gdpr.eu/eu-gdpr-personal-data/ states IP addresses are personal data.

Having worked in this industry for going on 25 years, I long ago learned that there are way too many incompetent programmers in the world working critical jobs. It's best not to think about it.

Good for them! I’ve always wondered when working Americans would decide unions are a good thing.

That was an article without much to say. Might as well have been a tweet.

The question is, what alternative are we going to have, if all auto makers start doing this?

That’s great but all it takes is some of your blood relatives to submit their genetic data and they can calculate your genetics to a degree that is accurate enough.

And everyone is going to buy it just like always. Which proves their strategy works.

has shown 100 percent efficacy in early trials

I am always suspicious of any vaccine showing 100% efficacy.

Which works for some content, but a lot of childrens content is only available through subscriptions to Netflix/Disney+/Max.

I wonder how long before we see laws preventing this practice of disabling games after sale. At least I would expect the EU to stop this.

You don't own a phone?

Not sure what country OP is in, but here in Copenhagen, Denmark they have ticket inspectors boarding busses at seemingly random stops, validating everyone's tickets, and then leave the bus again. Because you can enter the bus through any door now, so you can easily avoid purchasing a ticket.

I’m sure this won’t be abused by law enforcement nor by politicians to spy on their competitors /s

So convience over privacy, got it. That is pretty much what made Facebook rise to fame.

Which is a fork of Firefox. Librewolf lives and dies by Firefox’s continued development.

Calling someone an asshat for offering a free of charge service for you is somewhat entitled.