Comment on: Netflix bleeds subscribers in US and Canada, with no sign of recovery | Ars Technica
> AVOD is going to be the winner when the dust settles.
I don't think so. The flattening of subscribers isn't happening to Netflix rivals.
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21 Jul 2021 18:29
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Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon
6 1 comment 19 Jul 2021 04:15 u/Wingo (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Tesla patent reveals Elon Musk's 'table salt' lithium extraction process that could slash costs
Nice! Hopefully they’ll pass the savings onto customers.
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16 Jul 2021 18:16
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Comment on: Elon Musk just now realizing that self-driving cars are a ‘hard problem’
They need to remove the feature from their cars until they’ve done a lot more work - then maybe Tesla won’t have as much bad publicity.
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05 Jul 2021 18:20
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Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
You mean like Odysee?
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27 Jun 2021 09:02
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Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
Why didn't he join Odysee or Bitchute instead? Rumble is, I think, the weakest out of the main YouTube competitors.
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27 Jun 2021 09:01
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Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
Even though Reuters has an account on there!
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27 Jun 2021 05:07
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Comment on: Peloton remotely bricks treadmills for those not paying $39.99 per month
The point is about owning & using the hardware.
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24 Jun 2021 14:39
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Comment on: Peloton remotely bricks treadmills for those not paying $39.99 per month
> libtech
You mean authtech, right?
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24 Jun 2021 14:33
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Comment on: Apple Executive Suggests Users Who Want App Sideloading Move to Android
OK.
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23 Jun 2021 17:10
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Comment on: I shouldn't be surprised at how bad Gmail and Youtube are getting but I am
Reuters, The Independent and the BBC aren't far-left. They do lean slightly to the left, but they're not far-left.
Still, it's worrying to see.
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17 Jun 2021 07:06
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Comment on: Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more
What's the point when some features in Windows 10 don't work?
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16 Jun 2021 06:54
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Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils
2 2 comments 16 Jun 2021 06:51 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyCan a PDF carry viruses and other malicious code?
19 9 comments 13 Jun 2021 14:50 u/Wingo (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Apple Announces iCloud+ Which Combines Paid Storage With Privacy Features Like Hide My Email
That was quick
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07 Jun 2021 18:41
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Comment on: Where Do I Start to Learn?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57101527
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07 Jun 2021 06:16
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Comment on: Twitter launches subscription service in Canada & Australia
Considering there’s 300 million worldwide Twitter users and a quarter of them will probably pay for this, I’d say a lot.
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03 Jun 2021 16:38
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Comment on: Humanity wastes about 500 years per day on CAPTCHAs
Yup. reCAPTCHAs that aren’t for training AI are text-based.
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17 May 2021 14:00
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Comment on: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google became big tech companies by acquiring hundreds of smaller companies
One of which is the Washington Post.
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05 May 2021 15:11
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Comment on: Microsoft to buy Discord for about $10 Billion
If Ruqqus needs a reason to move off Discord and use it's own servers...
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23 Mar 2021 16:26
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Comment on: UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster' - BBC News
If you read the article, you’ll find it has nothing to do with that.
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23 Mar 2021 06:08
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Comment on: UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster' - BBC News
> **The Learning & Work Institute says the number of young people taking IT subjects at GCSE has dropped 40% since 2015.**
As a person currently doing A Level Computer Science, I can confirm that there aren't that many people in our class. Same went for my IT class back when I was doing GCSEs.
> Meanwhile, consulting giant Accenture says demand for AI, cloud and robotics skills is soaring.
> Experts say digital skills are vital to economic recovery following the pandemic.
> **The Learning & Work Institute's research reveals that 70% of young people expect employers to invest in teaching them digital skills on the job, but only half of the employers surveyed in the study are able to provide that training.**
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22 Mar 2021 17:06
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UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster' - BBC News
13 12 comments 22 Mar 2021 16:49 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyComment on: Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up
When I started reading the article, I thought that it would affect ordinary users and make Wikipedia less free - but I now think that it's a good move for Wikipedia to make
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17 Mar 2021 16:04
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Comment on: Google follows Apple in cutting Play Store fees for developers
To be fair, this benefits small developers. Collusion or not, this is a good change, and I hope they keep it.
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16 Mar 2021 18:31
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Comment on: Gab got hacked again
> Torba and Gab are struggling and they are relatively speaking massive.
They didn't have proper security measures in place. Ruqqus does.
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09 Mar 2021 15:03
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Comment on: Gab got hacked again
I know. But my point was it should be their top priority.
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09 Mar 2021 14:06
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Comment on: Gab got hacked again
Their priorities should be:
1. Get a bank (because without that, they can't fund anything.)
2. Secure the website by hiring top-notch security professionals.
3. Do whatever you want.
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09 Mar 2021 06:17
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Comment on: Gab got hacked again
They really need to get their security together.
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08 Mar 2021 20:49
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Comment on: Firefox introduces extension that automatically censors "hate speech"
*shrugs* I shouldn’t think too much resources were used building that extension.
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07 Mar 2021 15:49
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Comment on: BREAKING: Gab's Torba Looking Into 'Buying Our Own Bank' After 4th Bank Ban In 4 Weeks
> most world leaders look sickly and fuck kids
Most world leaders are old, but there’s Macron and the New Zealand PM whose name I can’t remember…
As for the child pedophillia, there are only a few world leaders who could be… doing that, probably aren’t.
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07 Mar 2021 06:21
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Comment on: BREAKING: Gab's Torba Looking Into 'Buying Our Own Bank' After 4th Bank Ban In 4 Weeks
*shrugs*
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06 Mar 2021 17:05
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Comment on: BREAKING: Gab's Torba Looking Into 'Buying Our Own Bank' After 4th Bank Ban In 4 Weeks
A man in a strange hat and a woman with a deer head?
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06 Mar 2021 16:28
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Comment on: BREAKING: Gab's Torba Looking Into 'Buying Our Own Bank' After 4th Bank Ban In 4 Weeks
Movie studios?
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06 Mar 2021 05:34
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Comment on: BREAKING: Gab's Torba Looking Into 'Buying Our Own Bank' After 4th Bank Ban In 4 Weeks
No, but they’ve been banned by a 4th bank, so, what choice do they have?
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06 Mar 2021 05:34
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Comment on: BREAKING: Gab's Torba Looking Into 'Buying Our Own Bank' After 4th Bank Ban In 4 Weeks
Surely they should have looked into this after the 2nd or 3rd ban?
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06 Mar 2021 05:32
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Comment on: Microsoft Teams is getting end-to-end encryption support
It didn't have this already?
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02 Mar 2021 15:38
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Comment on: Why Is Facebook Going All-Out To Stop Apple's iPhone Update?
Because it will hurt their business model if it goes ahead?
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27 Feb 2021 06:06
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Comment on: Using Your Tesla To Power Your House Will Void Your Warranty
Shame, I was thinking about doing that... /s
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22 Feb 2021 14:41
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Comment on: Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of the web
If it's done by Google, it's probably bad.
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19 Feb 2021 16:42
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Comment on: Parler.com returns online
True, but at least the Ruqqus developers are competent.
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15 Feb 2021 19:31
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Comment on: Parler.com returns online
Parler’s not going to recover. Gab and Ruqqus seem to be the way to go.
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15 Feb 2021 17:31
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Comment on: Only 4 killabutts?!
The peak of storage efficiency.
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15 Feb 2021 08:24
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Comment on: YouTube Continues to Push 'White Supremacist' Videos, Study Claims
Translation: "YouTube Hasn't Censored Enough Videos It Doesn't Like"
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13 Feb 2021 07:09
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Comment on: The Cloud is a Scam
I use both cloud and local storage. The cloud storage comes included with software that I use.
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12 Feb 2021 09:59
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Comment on: TikTok Won't Be Sold After All
Before acquisition: Hasn’t used TikTok, never will.
Acqusition cancelled: Hasn’t used TikTok, never will.
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10 Feb 2021 19:17
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Comment on: SpaceX Starlink opens preorders, but slots are limited in each region
Nice! But won’t all these satellites create a lot of junk circulating in our atmosphere?
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10 Feb 2021 19:15
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Comment on: Why Google's approach to replacing the cookie is drawing antitrust scrutiny
Some of the projects they killed off were successful and had a large, loyal userbase.
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04 Feb 2021 13:26
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Comment on: Why Google's approach to replacing the cookie is drawing antitrust scrutiny
Who wants to bet this'll be one of those projects they shut down within a few months?
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04 Feb 2021 11:33
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Comment on: Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, will step down as CEO
He's moving to become "executive chairman", where he will spend more time "at the Washington Post."
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03 Feb 2021 07:10
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Google is shutting down its Stadia game studios
11 5 comments 02 Feb 2021 15:49 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyComment on: Why Everyone Should Build Their Own PC and Stop Using Macs
Nice article. I haven't thought building my own Windows PC before (I use Windows because of Adobe software and for web development) but I'll definitely consider it once my current one is past it's best (which I hope isn't for a long time yet!)
Just a question: can you build your own laptop as well?
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31 Jan 2021 18:17
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Comment on: Battle inside Signal as some employees demand a "content policy"
Isn’t this the whole point of platforms like this?
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27 Jan 2021 15:11
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Comment on: Pied Piper's New Internet Isn't Just Possible—It's Almost Here
I was just rewatching this and then I saw this!
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23 Jan 2021 19:08
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Comment on: UK says Big Tech is "manipulating lives", launches investigation into its algorithms
If only they replaced “Big Tech” with “government” and “algorithms” with “policies”.
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22 Jan 2021 16:17
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Comment on: Major project starts in Europe led by Nokia and Ericsson to develop next generation 6G networks - eeNews Europe
Why do we need 6G?!
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04 Jan 2021 18:03
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Bitcoin tops $34,000 as record rally continues - BBC News
22 12 comments 04 Jan 2021 07:10 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyComment on: World Economic Forum claims that some solar projects offer ‘cheapest electricity in history’
Wind projects: Am I a joke to you?
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03 Jan 2021 07:43
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Comment on: Signal: Cellebrite claimed to have cracked chat app's encryption - BBC News
But NOT open-source.
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23 Dec 2020 15:23
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Comment on: Should We Use Search History for Credit Scores? IMF Says Yes
Why haven’t you done so already?
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22 Dec 2020 09:42
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Comment on: Italy's antitrust fines Apple 10 million euros for misleading commercial practices | Reuters
What are the bets that Greece'll be next in doing this?
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30 Nov 2020 15:27
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Algorithms: UK public sector urged to be open about role in decision-making - BBC News
5 0 comments 29 Nov 2020 07:18 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyComment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
But aren’t they the ones advocating for it, if I’m correct?
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20 Nov 2020 17:45
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
Bitchute, Vimeo...
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20 Nov 2020 17:32
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
Speaking as a person with the word “Jew” in their username?
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20 Nov 2020 16:22
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
Fair point
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20 Nov 2020 16:21
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
Yeah, I'm considering moving my kid-friendly content (which isn't eligible for any advertising money on YT) to Bitchute as well.
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20 Nov 2020 16:19
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
> the normie would rather a thousand ads over observing National Socialist propaganda on the front page.
Pretty sure that kind of thing is against YouTube's policies. Unless you're referring to Ruqqus?
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20 Nov 2020 16:17
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
Errr... still think they should loosen rules to make more creators eligible for a cut. If they don't, then YouTube may be separated from Google.
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20 Nov 2020 16:16
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Comment on: YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
Depends if creators that aren't eligible under the rules for a cut decide to move to BitChute or another alternative.
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20 Nov 2020 16:03
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YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them | Engadget
88 44 comments 20 Nov 2020 15:34 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyComment on: Apple slashes commission fees to developers on its App Store
$99 per year, I think you have to pay?
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18 Nov 2020 18:40
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Apple slashes commission fees to developers on its App Store
13 2 comments 18 Nov 2020 17:13 u/Wingo (..) in g/technologyComment on: DOJ Moves To Break Up Google; ‘Most Important Antitrust Case In A Generation’ | The Daily Wire
I think you’re talking about tax *relief*, not money being transferred from the government to the company.
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20 Oct 2020 17:07
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Comment on: DOJ Moves To Break Up Google; ‘Most Important Antitrust Case In A Generation’ | The Daily Wire
Wait, why do they receive subsidies if they're massively profitable?!
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20 Oct 2020 14:41
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