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With the recent new features they have been adding, I would consider old.reddit not supporting them as a feature rather than a bug.

As others have said, none of the new features they have added have been desirable.

Simply put, adblockers are antivirus for the web. Everyone should always use one.

But seriously, why would anyone be an early adopter to Google tech anymore. There's a good chance that whatever it is will be killed in a few years, so I tend to just not bother anymore.

I used to be the first to any new Google tech. Android, google Fi, google play music, and on and on. Now, I'm working towards degoogling entirely.

Do you mean youtube music has no chromecast support? Really?

I can assure you that people with very light skin do not agree. Sunscreen is a necessity for some people.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you can upload your music to YTM but it isn't seamlessly integrated into your listened experience like it is on GPM.

Is that right? If so, that is losing the best aspect of GPM.

This is the problem entirely. If I could create a throw away FB account to use for my VR devices and games, there would be no issue for me.

The big difference here is that Google, for now, doesn't care if you create multiple accounts while Facebook requires one and only one account that is tied to your real life identity.

If I could create a fake FB account and not be banned, this wouldn't be an issue at all.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe microsoft doesn't care if you have multiple accounts while facebook will ban "non real" accounts.

This is the part that makes it anticompetitive, I would imagine.

If it had happened only once or only a few times, I'd agree. This type of thing happens at every single convention.

> Are unions in the US really like that, or is it a one-off being used to spread fud?

Yes, they are. I've been working a booth at a convention showing off some tech and asked a passing worker for an extension cord. The response was that they asked on the radio, but the only person available to perform this role was on lunch so it'd be at least 45 minutes until I could get an extension cord.

I have had this happen in many different situations when working with union members.

Anecdotally, I do not want to be a part of any union that has these types of rules.

>There is a similar system in the US, based on skin color.

Is there? It is very easy to find instances of poor black kids that are now multi-millionaires due to sports. Lebron James, for example, grew up without a father figure and in a poor household. He is now a billionaire.

Personally, price doesn't matter, I would not use a FB device.

Absolutely the same for me. Amazon is the new Best Buy for me. Back when online commerce was starting to really take off, it was very common to go to Best Buy to browse then go home and buy it cheaper online. Anymore, I use Amazon for the same thing, I go there to search then go elsewhere to buy.

These days, I only buy from Amazon if I need it quick and it isn't in stock locally.

I'm the same way. Videos either move too fast or too slow and generally both at the same time. That and I hate having to pause a video to view the code.

I've asked this question in other programming forums and always get a mixed response. For some people, videos are the only way to learn. For others, text is the only way to learn. And then there are many in between that choose the form of learning based on the topic.

>However, it won't get new features

From the new features they have been adding lately, I'd call this a benefit... And that is the big disconnect between admins and the old community.

Those 3 along with maps, ads, and a handful of others make up the list of "safe" Google products.

I agree with you though, it is the niche products that get shutdown. My point is that being an early adopter of Google products is a very risky move. Until a product is adopted by the masses and profitable, it should not be considered safe.

Stories like this are why I will never buy a product like Stadia from Google. There is zero guarantee the product and games purchased on the platform will be usable next month (exaggerating a bit) or next year.

This extends to all things Google. When building a new product, I push hard to use any alternative to Google because the future of their products is so uncertain. Sure, there are a few Google products that can be reasonably relied upon, but that list is small.

I really liked the idea originally. Unfortunately it turned into a pretty hard left leaning echo chamber. This was partially driven by mods from extreme left subreddits being very active on the site.

> Their focus on monetizing everybody with advertising hurt their products in the long run.

Absolutely. Just look at Google Maps these days. Google Maps used to be the only map app I'd use for everything. Now it is so littered with ads once you zoom in that I find it useless for anything other than directions.

This is not a new trend for Google, the advertising company that occasionally builds things.

The reason those subs are some of the best is not just because they are strongly curated, but also because they are fairly curated based on well defined, sensible rules.

The unaccountable, power-abusing moderators that are being discussed in this thread remove posts and ban users completely arbitrarily. If these mods had a rule system like r/AskHistorians and applied them as fairly, there wouldn't be nearly as much concern over the issue.

The simple and blunt answer is that software dev is easy, the hours are lax, and it pays well.

By easy, I mean my most challenging days are those in which I have to solve a hard code/architecture/etc problem and solving hard problems inside a simple defined space is fun.

May I recommend using any 3rd party app for reddit instead of the official app. I use relay on Android and it is great. There are many other options, all of them are better than the official app.

> If you mean that Facebook should be regulated as a utility, by all means make that argument - I think you’ll find broad support.

In this case, would Facebook become compulsory for American citizens?

It seems like trying to build a business on any Google property is simply a bad idea. Or, if you do, have an alternative ready for when Google shuts down the product or cancels your account.

This should absolutely be opt-in, not opt-out.

Were people that originally interviewed aware before their interview that their profile would become public at a later date?

It is much worse than that. Some of these mods are on the moderator list for 1000+ subreddits, many with 100,000s or millions of users.

They obviously don't have time to moderate all of these subs.

Additionally, much of that "precious" karma he has is from gaming reddit. He will (re)post something and if it doesn't gain traction in a short amount of time, he'll delete it and repost it. He does this over and over until the post takes off. In the past, it would be fun to watch his profile and see posts jump from "posted 30 min ago" to "posted just now" over and over again.

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