Nostr notes by Tea

In theory as far as I can see Lemmy is heading for Reddit 2.0, ...

2025-04-23T23:17:21Z

In theory as far as I can see Lemmy is heading for Reddit 2.0, which is way worse.

In my eyes, currently:
- Mods are abusing their powers, as usual.
- Lemmy. World is acting more like a company by day.
- Some instances block VPN and Tor.
- Federation is kinda of not that perfect right now.
- I guarantee that not a single instance will defend their users privacy.

So.. That bring me to my question, Why would anyone who can use Reddit, use Lemmy instead?

> It's damned hard to prove an antitrust case: so often, ...

2025-04-18T13:50:56Z

> It's damned hard to prove an antitrust case: so often, the prosecution has to prove that the company intended to crush competition, and/or that they raised prices or reduced quality because they knew they didn't have to fear competitors.
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> It's a lot easier to prove what a corporation did than it is to prove why they did it. What am I, a mind-reader? But imagine for a second that the corporation in the dock is a global multinational. Now, imagine that the majority of the voting shares in that company are held by one man, who has served as the company's CEO since the day he founded it, personally calling every important shot in the company's history.
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> Now imagine that this founder/CEO, this accused monopolist, was an incorrigible blabbermouth, who communicated with his underlings almost exclusively in writing, and thus did he commit to immortal digital storage a stream – a torrent – of memos in which he explicitly confessed his guilt.
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> Ladies and gentlepersons, I give you Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta (nee Facebook), an accused monopolist who cannot keep his big dumb fucking mouth shut.

> In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer ...

2025-04-03T19:59:52Z

> In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer feel assured that Firefox aligns with our commitment to protect your privacy. This prompted us to revisit the choice of default web browser in Zorin OS 17.3.

> The gloomy sentiment around Reddit Inc. has failed to ...

2025-03-28T14:12:43Z

> The gloomy sentiment around Reddit Inc. has failed to dissipate after its shares fell 50% from a February high, with volatile technology stocks under pressure.

> People still want the TV and movie experience offered by ...

2025-03-26T10:01:12Z

> People still want the TV and movie experience offered by traditional studios, but social platforms are becoming competitive for their entertainment time—and even more competitive for the business models that studios have relied on. Social video platforms offer a seemingly endless variety of free content, algorithmically optimized for engagement and advertising. They wield advanced ad tech and AI to match advertisers with global audiences, now drawing over half of US ad spending. As the largest among them move into the living room, will they be held to higher standards of quality?
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> At the same time, the streaming on-demand video (SVOD) revolution has fragmented pay TV audiences, imposed higher costs on studios now operating direct-to-consumer services, and delivered thinner margins for their efforts. It can be a tougher business, yet the premium video experience offered by streamers often sets the bar for quality storytelling, acting, and world-building. How can studios control costs, attract advertisers, and compete for attention? Are there stronger points of collaboration that can benefit both streamers looking to reach global audiences and social platforms that lack high-quality franchises?
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> This year’s Digital Media Trends lends data to the argument that video entertainment has been disrupted by social platforms, creators, user-generated content (UGC), and advanced modeling for content recommendations and advertising. Such platforms may be establishing the new center of gravity for media and entertainment, drawing more of the time people spend on entertainment and the money that brands spend to reach them.
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> Our survey of US consumers reveals that media and entertainment companies—including advertisers—are competing for an average of six hours of daily media and entertainment time per person (figure 1). And this number doesn’t seem to be growing.2 Not only is it unlikely that any one form of media will command all six hours, but each user likely has a different mix of SVOD, UGC, social, gaming, music, podcasts, and potentially other forms of digital media that make up these entertainment hours.

> New Frequently Asked Questions list in Settings > System ...

2025-03-19T10:32:20Z

> New Frequently Asked Questions list in Settings > System > About hidden in builds 26120.3576 and 22635.5090. Has some questions related to the Windows version and device specs. (vivetool /enable /id:55305888).

[Source](https://bsky.app/profile/phantomofearth.bsky.social/post/3lkmdy5p35s2g).

> Amazon has used tricks, algorithms, and surveillance to ...

2025-03-18T22:29:10Z

> Amazon has used tricks, algorithms, and surveillance to discourage warehouse employees from unionizing, according to a paper published in the journal Socius.

> White House officials said the installation was an effort to ...

2025-03-18T09:58:58Z

> White House officials said the installation was an effort to increase internet availability at the complex. They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed.

> Amazon is consolidating its grocery business after a rough ...

2025-03-14T01:50:53Z

> Amazon is consolidating its grocery business after a rough couple of years for its physical retail stores. The company told Marketplace in a statement it’s eliminating “a very small number” of jobs across teams working on Amazon Go convenience stores and Amazon Fresh grocery stores.

> Indie browser maker asks judge for legal shield against ...

2025-03-13T21:39:46Z

> Indie browser maker asks judge for legal shield against copyright threats over AI summaries

> On the Official Xbox Podcast, Fatima Kardar introduced ...

2025-03-13T15:42:25Z

> On the Official Xbox Podcast, Fatima Kardar introduced Copilot for Gaming, the ultimate gaming sidekick that helps players get to play faster, sharpen skills with expert coaching, and enjoy a more social gaming experience.

> The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a ...

2025-03-12T22:09:47Z

> The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a sprawling antitrust probe of Microsoft Corp. that was opened in the waning days of the Biden Administration, signaling that Donald Trump’s new FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson is going to prioritize scrutiny of tech giants.

> Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by ...

2025-03-12T21:27:10Z

> Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by Amazon after regulators effectively doomed the web giant's takeover offer, has warned investors it may not survive the next 12 months.

> Anora was the big winner at the Oscars a week ago, securing ...

2025-03-10T18:34:39Z

> Anora was the big winner at the Oscars a week ago, securing awards for best picture, actress, and director, among others. This major achievement puts the movie in the spotlight and increases interest through both legal and illegal channels. Fresh data collected by TorrentFreak shows that pirate downloads surged right after the awards ceremony ended.

> - X, the former Twitter, has experienced a worldwide outage ...

2025-03-10T16:26:34Z

> - X, the former Twitter, has experienced a worldwide outage as of 12PM on Monday CAT.
> - This is likely the first major outage of the company since Musk took ownership in 2022.
> - The outage seems to have only lasted for about half an hour.

> Global leap to 4G and 5G would cut off phone access for ...

2025-03-07T11:33:07Z

> Global leap to 4G and 5G would cut off phone access for millions of vulnerable people.
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> - Telecom companies aim to profit from the 2G-to-5G transition as governments worldwide face pressure to free up mobile spectrum.
> - Vietnam is the latest country to shut down 2G by offering free 4G phones to the poor.
> - India and South Africa have expressed concern that the strategy would cut off phone access for millions of vulnerable people.

> - Reddit has begun issuing warnings to users to regularly ...

2025-03-06T09:57:02Z

> - Reddit has begun issuing warnings to users to regularly upvote violent content with a view to taking harsher action in future.
> - The company says that it will consider expanding this action to other forms of content in future.
> - Users are concerned that this moderation tactic could be abused or just improperly implemented.

> The American military has signed a deal with Scale AI to ...

2025-03-06T09:38:22Z

> The American military has signed a deal with Scale AI to give artificial intelligence, as far as we can tell, its most prominent role in the Western defense sector to date – with AI agents to now be used in planning and operations.