[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 70 points 5 months ago

You guys trusted MS before this???

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 78 points 5 months ago

It doesn’t seem like they give a shit. This is the company that strong armed NexusGaming with their repairs and have scammed a slew of people thru their warranty system.

If you search for “ASUS repair scam” they have a sorted history of this kind of douchery.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 68 points 11 months ago

People still use that malware of a client???

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 65 points 11 months ago

Sony has always treated its customers like absolute trash from the get go. As a kid, I had a stereo that ended up dying. They weaselled out of the warranty. Flash forward to my Sony headphones where one ear died and they did the same. Forward again to my Ericsson phone whose screen died due to “water damage” (the markers were triggered by a friend who worked in their repair department said all phones on high humidity zones were always triggered because back then phones weren’t even dust proof). They sent it back refusing to fix it.

Since then they have been on my embargo list. One of the worst companies for caring about their customers.

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[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 79 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why are people weaving social media and the internet into a single thread? The internet is so vast, social media makes up a tiny sliver of it.

The real problem with the internet isn’t Facebook or Twitter or Reddit, it’s the fact the entire experience is pretty much controlled by Microsoft and Google. As they shape your content, lock you out of areas and generally dictate what’s “legal” or even what gets found during your searches.

It’s no longer an information superhighway but rather turning into a giant storefront. And that’s the problem. I search for anything and the first 3 pages are Amazon link backs. Or fake websites with AI generated content used only for ad impressions.

Facebook and the like definitely erode some parts, but as a whole, there is way more fuckery going on by big tech.

And this isn’t even mentioning the tracking and fingerprinting and violations to privacy and security we are all promised.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chances of getting caught are next to nothing.

If you do get caught, you’re fucked. Like fucked. The legal headaches and costs going up against Adobe or MS will ruin you… forever.

With that said, pirating tools is one thing, but using other people’s loops or artistic work without approval is another matter altogether. And that kind of stuff will land you into all kinds of trouble, not to mention curb your work as talk will quickly get around in the community.

If you’re serious about becoming a musician or artist or a creative selling their work, reputation and community standing is like 90% of it.

And if you’re wondering how can an artist tell? We know our work. And people talk. Share stuff. Sooner or later, it’ll get around. The internet is still powered by people.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 82 points 1 year ago

You say that like that would be bad.

Who fights for having people in braindead jobs, working unsafe conditions, Christ almighty. Check please.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 year ago

This is what honestly sold me on streaming. The access to music is unprecedented and so is the discovery.

To put it in perspective, I have added more 5-star songs to my library in the past 4 years than the previous 20. About 30% of most of my favorite songs were recommended by the system.

I love music. Unless I go deaf, I can’t see my life without it. And I’m glad on some level that it’s not as lucrative as movies so I’m not upset shelling out the monthly fee. Likely the only service that that’s good piracy can’t even come close for me on this one.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 73 points 1 year ago

They just went from we love you guys to we don’t even give a fuck bend over boy in like 6 months.

Twitter has also shifted into a dystopian QQ wannabe.

Meta has been a dumpster fire for a decade now.

Tik Tok. heavy sigh

This kinda seems like end of times.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 year ago

Oh man there is so much to this case. First, she asked for like $40k, enough to cover the cost of the medical bills. To be clear, she received extensive burns as the coffee was so hot that it would burn in seconds (the wiki had a breakdown of the times/temps and they were illuminating). Moreover, it wasn’t even the hottest coffee available. Starbucks was serving much hotter coffee at the time (the hottest I think recorded). In the end, she got paid, but McDs never cooled their coffee (nor did anyone else), all they did was make better lids lol.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mfers talking like they were out in Europe totally unaware of what the US branch had been doing all this time, like what! Also what’s with the third person, who else is there with you calling the shots?

It was you. You were there and you knew from day one. Lots of allegations were directed at you, specifically. What is happening.

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[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 72 points 1 year ago

Only your carrier has the ability to block a call. And when they do that, the caller would receive a brief message letting them know that the number is blocked.

Anything outside of that simply doesn’t answer the call. If you have voicemail active, obviously the caller will be given the option to leave a message.

There is no service that will give you a true number block outside of your carrier.

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