Topic: THE FUTURE IS HERE
+Anonymous A — 1 month ago #68,538
> removal of YouTube's dislike button> YouTube testing “three strikes” rule to block users with ad blockers
> Google's cache viewer removed, nuking Internet history
> Chrome's Manifest V3
> HP and Epson printer firmware updates that brick third-party ink cartridges
> Reddit's Pushshift API change rendering third-party undelete tools like Reveddit dysfunctional
> Microsoft account required with an Internet connection just to use Windows 11 on start up (no command prompt workaround)
> Windows 11 dramatically increased the barrier to entry with minimum hardware requirements (compared to 10 and 8) while RAM prices have gone up due to AI
> Microsoft Recall periodically taking screenshots making it easier to spy on you
> mandatory ID verification on social media platforms and operating systems
> restrictions on Android app sideloading (and Google Play Protect's automatic removal of installed apps that are no longer found on their store)
> “always online” DRM for modern single-player games
> Insteon and Harmony Link abruptly ceased all sales and service operations and shut off their cloud
> Nintendo's eShop shut down
> global CrowdStrike and Cloudflare outages
> Spotify's lawsuit against Anna's Archive
> Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act in 2011 with The Pirate Bay
> UK's Ofcom regulations on free speech online
> Flash's End-of-Life (EOL) and Adobe wanting to discontinue Adobe Animate in favor of AI
> Microsoft issued a DMCA takedown against an indie sandbox game Allumeria with AI
> walled-gardens, rate-limiting, vendor-lockins, encrypted proprietary file formats, subscription-only SaaS, bot verification CAPTCHAs, anti-VPN, AI slop, non-revocable licenses, gig jobs, quantity over quality, forced automatic updates with no rollback or user consent, self-censoring (e.g. “unalive”), IoT Smart devices spying on you, remote kill-switches in firmware, microtransactions, automated takedowns, biometric data harvesting
But at least there aren't any fatal flying car crashes, yet...
·Anonymous A (OP) — 1 month ago, 7 minutes later[T] [B] #679,297
Oh, have you also realized that most websites nowadays require you to have a Google, TikTok, Twitter or Discord account beforehand if you'd like to register a new account, instead of letting you choose an email provider of your liking? Linked accounts is a cancer of modern web.
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+Anonymous B — 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #679,298
If they really wanted to take down 'bad guys,' the billions $$$ they've spent could have gone to tougher financial crimes enforcement and detection rather than torquing down the screws on us all. It's pretty obvious they don't actually care about crime or 'saving the children,' this is all very much for us and on purpose.
+FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[T] [B] #679,299
vote with your wallet+Anonymous D — 1 month ago, 15 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[T] [B] #679,309
> Flash's End-of-Life (EOL)
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
·Anonymous A (OP) — 1 month ago, 3 days later, 4 days after the original post[T] [B] #679,368
I can't believe that swollen lithium-ion batteries are still a problem to this day.
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·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1 month ago, 12 hours later, 4 days after the original post[T] [B] #679,369
@previous (A)
We really should be past those by now. I saw a documentary about 10 years ago about a guy who invented a solid state battery that doesn't lose capacity after powercycling and is stable enough you can literally cut it in half with scissors. I think it was called "Building a Better Battery".
We really should be past those by now. I saw a documentary about 10 years ago about a guy who invented a solid state battery that doesn't lose capacity after powercycling and is stable enough you can literally cut it in half with scissors. I think it was called "Building a Better Battery".
+Dead !Pool..v42s — 1 month ago, 1 week later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,462
·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1 month ago, 9 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,463
·Dead !Pool..v42s — 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,471
@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Back when I frequented the forums on that site, I implored the site owner to embed that animation so I could infact watch flash on my iPhone
Back when I frequented the forums on that site, I implored the site owner to embed that animation so I could infact watch flash on my iPhone
·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1 month ago, 8 hours later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,473
·Dead !Pool..v42s — 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,474
·Dead !Pool..v42s — 1 month ago, 2 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,475
@679,473 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
https://web.archive.org/web/20100706073600/http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/flash-ahh
Does this count?
https://web.archive.org/web/20100706073600/http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/flash-ahh
Does this count?
·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,476
+Anonymous F — 1 month ago, 7 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,477
@679,298 (B)
> If they really wanted to take down 'bad guys,' the billions $$$ they've spent could have gone to tougher financial crimes enforcement and detection rather than torquing down the screws on us all. It's pretty obvious they don't actually care about crime or 'saving the children,' this is all very much for us and on purpose.
it's annoying how so few people seem to understand this, even the fact that they were noted to wanting to be exempt from these invasive privacy laws didn't do dog dick to convince them
> If they really wanted to take down 'bad guys,' the billions $$$ they've spent could have gone to tougher financial crimes enforcement and detection rather than torquing down the screws on us all. It's pretty obvious they don't actually care about crime or 'saving the children,' this is all very much for us and on purpose.
it's annoying how so few people seem to understand this, even the fact that they were noted to wanting to be exempt from these invasive privacy laws didn't do dog dick to convince them
·Dead !Pool..v42s — 1 month ago, 14 hours later, 2 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #679,482
@679,476 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
I was honestly amazed that they had an archive of that particular artists page around the time he posted that video
I was honestly amazed that they had an archive of that particular artists page around the time he posted that video
+Anonymous G — 2 weeks ago, 3 weeks later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,813
It's kinda depressing to think how we're wasting away our lives on apps for the sense of establishing genuine connections where these companies eventually just keep everything for themselves, as if you don't even own your own data, treating memories as property to be rented. Old websites dying off, friends disappear silently (you can't really tell if they've passed away either), creative works uploaded in private that would then be lost to time, everything goes dark without a word, and stays inaccessible. I really don't feel that good when I simply compare my current life as it is right now to what it were several years ago, it used to be more fun. I don't think joking around about the situation would cheer me up in the slightest either when it has clearly gone too far, it's just way too sinister and parasitic. They're using you for their own benefit, you're just their training data, nothing else, and then… off you go… POOF! Just like that, as if you never belonged there in the first place. We are literally providing the labor (our community, our art, our connections, code, resources) to build someone else's land (Big Tech), that will later only be kept for themselves. Can't anyone see how fucking wrong all of this is? None of this is natural, you're also a complete fool if you give out your biometric data, as it was never meant to combat bots.
·Anonymous G — 2 weeks ago, 56 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,814
I don't understand how society still accepts technofeudalism (e.g. having to use surveillance-based proprietary apps to communicate with your close friends and family members, or YouTube for tutorials and guides interrupted by minutes of multiple ads where every update tries to bypass adblockers while they also shove irrelevant clickbait recommendations on your screen) as if it's normal (justified with thought-terminating clichés, “that's just the way it's always been”). Making excuses such as “I hate Mark Zuckerberg but I still use Facebook Messenger”, “I hate Elon Musk but I still use Xwitter”, “I hate Microsoft but I still use Winblows for /v/idya gaming”, “I hate Google but I still use their services for e-mail and document editing”, “I hate Apple but I still buy their products”, etc. They're not the fucking be-all and end-all, you know? The only reason these corporate giants are able to thrive is because of our collective complacency, and simply for its convenience of use, remaining completely unaware of any FOSS alternatives, decentralized and community-driven services deemed as “too sketchy” for some reason. The idea of tech being free is in itself incompatible with the closed-source ecosystem. “It's free to use, as long as you're the product.” They've automated the ability to spy on millions of people, mass collection of sensitive information, censorship, media manipulation, IoT cameras in family households, where every AI glowie agent is watching over every human being, now completely possible… we're already livin' it®
·Anonymous A (OP) — 2 weeks ago, 19 hours later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,823
https://keepandroidopen.org/> Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID. Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.
> Google has announced that, soon, anyone looking to develop Android apps will have to first register centrally with Google.
+Anonymous H — 2 weeks ago, 1 minute later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,824
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·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 2 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,825
@679,823 (A)
I don't see user backlash alone stopping this. I think we'd be better served by spreading tutorials on how to install alternate OSes. It's been obvious for years that "don't be evil" has been replaced with "don't hurt the bottom line".
I don't see user backlash alone stopping this. I think we'd be better served by spreading tutorials on how to install alternate OSes. It's been obvious for years that "don't be evil" has been replaced with "don't hurt the bottom line".
+Anonymous I — 2 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,826
bugs.winehq
org/show_bug.cgi?id=59704
org/show_bug.cgi?id=59704
+Anonymous J — 1 week ago, 22 hours later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #679,837
So Termux is done?