[–] 3 points 12 hours ago

I 'memba having to hover over links to make sure you weren't getting goatse'd.

(Do NOT look this up if you don't know the reference. You have been warned)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    I tried on desktop using Brave (a chrome offshoot), and it gave me the same as mobile: .

    There's no way to bypass.

    Interestingly, when I loaded on Firefox with the same VPN Aus exit, it was operating as previously.

    I seem to have some situations where Private browsing window doesn't work, but a normal browsing window does. Also, sometimes switching to a different VPN server seems to help.

    They probably used AI and vibe coded it 😂

    Seems like they fingerprint you. Eg, After visiting a sub or two, Firefox no longer works either ....

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  • [–] 21 points 1 day ago* (5 children)

    If their spying iw any good, the real question is, seeing as AI has eaten all the nVidia and AMD video cards:

    When cheap Chinese video cards?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago* (6 children)

    It's the unnecessary reliance on apps devices that I'm worried about.

    My old robot vac was relatively dumb. It had an app, and you could control it by that, get some stats and other handy stuff. But you could put it anywhere, press the start button, and off it would go and successfully clean the area. The app wasn't really required.

    My new robot vac has heaps of extra features. But to run at all, it requires the app. So, if the app stops getting updated, or stops working, or is incompatible with an android update (for me), then it's trash.

    Reliance on apps is becoming the norm.

    I'm really concerned about new cars. Many seem to rely heavily on OTA for servicing, diagnosis, updates and functionality. With the shakeup in the car industry, how will things go when the brand disappears? And it seems like a lot of them will, including a plethora of the newer Chinese brands...

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