Ulrich
@Ulrich@feddit.org
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
Good thing that’s not the discussion we were having then.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
I have no interest in “gotcha moments”. Just having a discussion about the virtues of streaming music platforms vs. buying.
If you don’t pay for it then you are pirating, which is a whole other discussion.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
What evidence is that, jerkface?
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
LOL you’re suggestion is that they said they’re subscribed to various producers but they don’t listen to them? Now that’s pedantic.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
I have to pay someone 🤷 at least legally, anyway
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
Lots of assumptions here.
you got every assumption wrong.
Zero assumptions here, I just asked a question.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
if I encounter a new track I like in the wild, I’ll buy it.
How do you “encounter” new tracks?
But I’m not seeking out new stuff because…everything feels homogenized today.
If you’re not actively seeking out new music, it will feel that way, because you’re just listening to whatever is on the radio or on TV or whatever. This is the beauty of streaming platforms. In the past you were only ever exposed to whatever music the record companies decided you should hear. And it was almost exclusively homogenous “pop” music, to some degree. With streaming music you can discover new music every day based on your personal preferences.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
I listen to probably at least a dozen new songs every day. If I bought them that would cost me $18/day. Or $540/mo. Not to mention the absolute fortune required to store them all locally.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
Why would I? Pay $1.49 to listen to 1 song over and over or pay $12 to listen to basically the entirety of human creation any time I want? Not to mention custom playlists and whatnot.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 day ago:
Because no one cares.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 1 day ago:
“Better” is subjective, and in this case I would disagree.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 days ago:
The XBOX Ally has all of those too.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 days ago:
Takes 10 minutes to install
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 days ago:
Highly recommend Steam Deck.
- Cheaper/better value than anything else on the market
- excellent customer support
- trackpads for games that need them
- configurable rear buttons
- no other handheld competes on power efficiency or battery life
Runner up would be Legion Go. If you want the SteamOS experience you can easily install it on any other handheld (although I would recommend Bazzite or similar instead). Other handhelds will deliver better performance at the expense of battery life.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 days ago:
This is correct.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 days ago:
It’s a terrible value. Better off with regular Legion Go for a lot less money.
- Comment on Elon Musk is trying to silence Microsoft employees who criticize Charlie Kirk 3 days ago:
“I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I’m also going after their business licenses and permitting, their businesses will be blacklisted aggressively, they should be kicked from every school, and their drivers licenses should be revoked. I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Comment on Elon Musk is trying to silence Microsoft employees who criticize Charlie Kirk 3 days ago:
This is really a much more interesting article:
theverge.com/…/charlie-kirk-death-social-media-ja…
I was going to quote segments but it’s really worth reading the whole thing. Senators shitting all over the first amendment and quotes from Charlie Kirk shitting all over them in return.
- Comment on Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk | 404 Media 4 days ago:
I haven’t. It was omitted from the article in question. I stand corrected.
- Comment on Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk | 404 Media 4 days ago:
You may have seen that MSNBC recently ended its association with a contributor who made an unacceptable and insensitive comment about this horrific event. That coverage was at odds with fostering civil dialogue and being willing to listen to the points of view of those who have differing opinions. We should be able to disagree, robustly and passionately, but, ultimately, with respect. We need to do better.
Seems like it’s exactly what’s being said?
- Comment on Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk | 404 Media 4 days ago:
I mean it seems pretty rational to demand your employees not to celebrate murder. 🤷
- Comment on How ICE Is Using Fake Cell Towers To Spy On People’s Phones 5 days ago:
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
- Comment on best comment under a video about the new iphone 17 5 days ago:
The point is management. As in managing apps and data. On a single device.
- Comment on best comment under a video about the new iphone 17 6 days ago:
But I found it was never really a viable use case to have a desk and monitor and KB+M and USB hub and charger…yet somehow be more inconvenient to have a laptop.
You can get something like a NexDock that has all of that built in. Just 1 cable.
Other than that, that’s pretty much just how I already use my laptop.
Androids don’t have great performance on desktop mode. It’s noticeably slow and kinda less responsive.
How would you even know that? Have you used the new desktop experience? It’s not the impression anyone has given me. I am also not purchasing anything today, I am waiting for a stable release + good reviews.
If I were going to rely on a portable device with me, then I would just use a Steam Deck to actually have a proper PC
Steam Deck does not include any of the things I listed above. That’s like, the whole point.
- Comment on best comment under a video about the new iphone 17 6 days ago:
That’s not a limited use case. Lots of people work that way.
I could use a tablet but then…why not just a laptop?
The idea is to only have 1 device to manage.
- Comment on best comment under a video about the new iphone 17 6 days ago:
but Samsung Dex has never been able to replace a laptop for me
I suppose that depends on your usecase? Most everything I do can be done in the browser. My phone already handles webpages with ease.
Would you care to elaborate?
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 6 days ago:
Same reason any other politician is on the news. Because unfortunately they dictate our collective plight as Americans.
- Comment on best comment under a video about the new iphone 17 6 days ago:
I only want to upgrade to get desktop mode on the Pixel and potentially replace my laptop…
- Comment on Gamers Nexus's GPU smuggling documentary is finally back up after being fraudulently DMCA'd by Bloomberg. Go give them a watch to make up for some of the lost traction! 6 days ago:
I watched it the first time. Too long. Pretty boring. Great that he made it for people who need evidence that Nvidia was smuggling GPUs. I kinda just assumed that’s what was happening. You’d have to be naive not to.
- Comment on The Job Market Is Hell: Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. 1 week ago:
Same