screamingninja

> unnecessarily verbose way

What are you referring to? I just see two words in the title: "Cow Magnets"

Have you considered wireguard / tailscale?

Good to know that Apple does not collect and store this data. The original issue, however, is that the banks continue to share this data with wallet providers. I have seen notifications on my phone wallet when using the physical card, which I found suspicious.

> Do you have a citation for this? I see no evidence of this in the user-facing parts of the Google Wallet app, nor do I see something like that in the terms.

No, this is from my personal understanding. Please feel free to correct me if you think this is incorrect.

> As the only bank-led media platform of its kind, Chase Media Solutions combines the scale and audience of a retail media network with the exclusive advantages of Chase’s first-party financial data, institutional credibility and precise targeting capabilities.

This seems to be a first, though a lot of transaction data is already leaked to wallet providers (Google, Apple, Samsung) when you add your cards to those digital wallets in exchange for added convenience or offers. Note that these wallets get access to ALL card transactions, including physical card swipes, and not just those conducted via their platform.

> Surely they'd at least notice a decrease in installations of the new "too big to download" version?

You are referring to a hypothetical scenario where A/B testing took place.

Do you watch those movies / series more than once? I have always thought of Blu-ray disks like books. You consume it and then lend it to a friend. I get that this is not what the media companies would want, but purchasing media/books and not using them more than once just feels wrong.

Does not work for me in Firefox: `Uncaught TypeError: c[b[k]] is undefined`. Opens normally in the other major browser.

You make some terrible straw man arguments.

Thoughts about Les Pas?

https://github.com/scubajeff/lespas - comes with built-in two-way sync with Nextcloud server

(no affiliation, just a curious Nextcloud user)

You're correct, it is a brand. The point stands though. Comparing "Apple" to "Android" does not work. Perhaps a comparison between iOS App Store and Google Play Store would be more apt, but that is another discussion.

I cannot say that it will, though in theory the businesses that want to compete would want to pass the savings to the consumers while staying profitable. But I can say with certainty that increasing the commission will increase the prices. Companies do not pay this fee/commission out of their own pockets.

> I don't care if the developer pays

I think you, as the consumer, are the one who pays.

How does it favor the users?

> https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/

> https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/

On the contrary, secure computational infrastructure furthers national security. US happens to have a very large footprint of vulnerable infrastructure as compared to other nations that tightly regulate their Internet. Believe it or not, more secure devices are actually good for the US. There have been several articles and discussions around it and the government has been working closely with the industry for years to improve the security posture.

Market adoption is more than a function of ecosystem openness. Blackberry commanded a large chunk of the market back in the day, maybe or maybe not because of the value they generated for consumers, but definitely because of the network effect. Several factors at play here.

Worth a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act

You use the term Android like it is a corporation or a brand. Are you comparing iOS to Android OS or Apple to Samsung, Google etc.? I agree that Apple commands a relatively small share of the US mobile ecosystem, but where do the competitors stand?

> Why?

Cannot answer for parent post, but can share personal perspective. I love Atom / RSS because it allows me to aggregate all the information that I care about in one place. It greatly improves the signal to noise ratio and spares my communication channels for direct human interactions.

Related: https://xkcd.com/917/

I commute a lot.

Your point stands in case of any browser, but I am still curious: Why use Chrome at all?

How will I know when this extension changes owners?

Something like Steam Deck? https://www.steamdeck.com/

Here are some articles that specifically discuss what is wrong with Apple's approach in allowing alternative app stores.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/

https://proton.me/blog/apple-dma-compliance-plan-trap

> Introducing the Core Technology Fee (CTF), a junk fee that serves no purpose other than trapping popular apps in Apple’s current shakedown scheme. By charging a €.50 fee for each install after the first 1 million, Apple effectively uses a popular app’s scale against it to prevent it from using an alternative payment system or app store.

> If you decide to use anything other than Apple’s in-app purchase system, you’re forced to display a “scare screen” designed by Apple, which you cannot modify.

> Once you choose which policy you want to implement — the current App Store policy or Apple’s proposed new policy — your decision is permanent. So if you decide to take the risk of trying out alternative payments and it ends up working worse for your business, Apple doesn’t allow you to go back and instead traps you permanently.

Agreed; this will further devalue these standardized tests when the results cannot be fully trusted and stop correlating with academic success.

>> consider upgrading to Mullvad

> all of these third party VPN and DNS type services are literally NSA honeypots

https://mullvad.net/en/help/privacy-policy

It is up to you to decide what you believe, but Mullvad is a swiss company that does not ask for your personal information for signup and even allows payment in cash. You hurt your own credibility each time you make an unqualified claim without looking into it.

I setup Pi Hole with tailscale on an inexpensive cloud server. It is configured to serve DNS requests over the tailscale interface. Also added tailscale IP address of the Pi Hole to tailscale DNS override to ensure that all devices on the tailnet use it without any additional reconfiguration. For redundancy, I have multiple DNS servers on my tailnet. Family and friends can use it without worrying about portability and be protected at all times, especially on cell networks.

Reference: https://xkcd.com/538/

That's the punishment for ad-blocking and/or tracking mitigations.

> analysis showed it had marginal effect

What analysis? Care to share some of your insights?