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sukispeeler

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sukispeeler··on Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges
I feel like its partly due to our cultural shift for visual media, gags HAVE to be more extreme to get engagement. Back in the day you'd tell the tale to your friends and you could embellish it. Now it's everyone trying to emulate Paul Brother's content to get the reach to FINALLY BECOME AN INFLUENCE. I blame platforms just as much or more than users. Your incentives have driven behavior here.
sukispeeler··on Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colgate's app even bigger..?
What drives me nuts is that gathering user data for data brokers is such a valuable operation. I am sorry, but I can't sit here and be excited about who numbers are going up at conglomerates as they continue to make apps to extract data rather than any sort of good product. I know I have officially passed middle age due to my good old day's rant, but fridges, dishwashers, and toothbrushes with apps... like when the dishwasher loads itself. I'll accept the hedonistic inflation adjustments.