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I wish.
New Yorker. Interested in sci-fi, fantasy, online gaming, art, cycling, manga, and mochi.
I wish.
Imagine buying a physical book, reading it, and putting it on the bookshelf in your living room, only to have family members and friends borrow it and read it for free.
Ban yourself and then you don’t have to worry about it.
I have hypertrophy of the turbinate in the right nostril. It’s blocked basically all the time. I was prescribed fluticasone and what’s basically a salt water rinse. Neither really does much. I also have GERD, so I ordered an under-mattress bed wedge to see if the elevation can solve both problems at the same time.
As much as I dislike Meta, the idea that you’d have to pay to present a link to a news article is idiocy. Let the news sites see how their traffic goes without those links.
Did they say what they do want shoved down their throats?
There are fewer ultra rich that need killing though, so it should be easier and quicker this time around, right?
should we just quit using these sites or what?
Yes.
check out a Firefox extension called SponsorBlock. It’s updated by users but is pretty current and can be set to skip past self promotion and in video advertising.
I’m sure there’s a way to get around it, and if there isn’t, then I just won’t be using YouTube anymore. I survived before it existed. I’m getting tired of these companies’ bullshit.
How about a “convenience fee” for making an online payment. Why should I pay a fee to make the transaction more convenient for the company who no longer has to pay an employee to take the payment in person?