There seems to be little credible hard evidence on either side, so anyone claiming to know the real truth here is just talking out of their ass.

As one of the geeks who built these phone systems back in the '90s, it's one of my biggest regrets that I didn't do this.

They were probably outside meowing until we let them in.

I think if you made billions in tech, you always qualify. To some degree even more after you stop working and still can't find time to do anything beneficial for the world.

As an American living in Europe that travels back and forth every year, I can assure you that this trend is absolutely led by the Americans.

Good luck convincing companies to change anything that won't make them more money. I think the only way it can happen is with UBI, hopefully funded by the hoarded assets of the few biggest companies and billionaires where all the money is getting accumulated.

I did this once on a work trip in the early 2000s where I turned on data roaming to download an important document in a meeting and then forgot to turn it off and it downloaded a system update or something. It was like $7000 or something.

At the very least, it's no better than the alternatives any more. Whenever I put Duck Duck Go up against Google, I get very similar results, other than all the extra ads on Google.

No one fucking asked you Orban! Someone else in the EU needs to recommend cutting Hungary's funds in half.

I use lemmit. That way the reddit content comes here to Lemmy, and I have everything I want here in one place. I just started using a browser plugin to redirect any links that direct to reddit from lemmit to direct to RDX instead. This was only an issue with some videos and stuff that were hosted on reddit, normal links would skip reddit completely by default with lemmit. Now with RDX, I can really avoid reddit altogether!

I can tell you how these are used in Prague because I've almost been hit by them multiple times while attempting to walk on the sidewalk.

They are used by tourists that don't put in the minimal effort to understand the extensive and very effective tram and metro system. They are usually ridden on sidewalks which is against the law. They are ridden without helmets which has caused a huge uptick in hospital visits.

Basically we are all subsidizing the treatment of injuries caused by these fucking rental companies which provide no net benefit and defund our excellent public transportation. Meanwhile we have to play frogger every time we get on the sidewalk because tourists are riding these things illegally all over the place.

Just give me cash for my 16 years of karma so I can fuck off to Lemmy, kthx.