I don’t even get why companies are still pushing smart glasses. There’s no legitimate use for them on the consumer market. There’s already legislation being put into place to restrict what they can do because people immediately started using them for criminal activity. They’re just an obnoxious annoyance to everyone who isn’t wearing them 99% of the time.

I’ve never heard anything bad about Nvidia but it’s certainly possible that they could also be horrible

It’s so expensive I didn’t really bother to check.

I’m currently looking up how to run streaming services on my Raspberry Pi 5

Great, 3 other ethically terrible companies or a 4th option that costs $150 per television… What a wealth of options!

Great… Now there’ll probably be a $35 monthly fee just for having the damned thing plugged into the back of the TV and it will come with a mandatory enrollment in Truth+ and Fox Nation 🤮

DENTAL PLAN!

I wonder if my insurance considers “not being immortal” to be a preexisting condition 🤔

This sounds like just another way for Reddit’s corporate overlords to control the flow of information disguised as a helpful tool.

I’m so glad I left that disgusting cesspool

Guess they’ll do anything to appease the new self appointed co-dictators of North America…

It might upset copresident Elon

That sounds a lot like when they did the reddit mural wall right after all this Spez shit started. It gave everyone an opportunity to scribble “fuck Spez” while still using the app and engaging with the site and probably making him even more money… The whole thing is just depressing that’s why I try not to think about reddit anymore lol

I’m surprised Reddit allowed anyone to ban X links since both sites are run by soulless corporate monsters

Something run by Facebook is having issues? What a surprise…

I’m still amazed some people want Threads to show up in the Fediverse 🤢

“what the hell’s the point of a diamond if no slaves died to get it and it costs less than a starter home? Now that any one of you disgusting peasants can own one its WORTHLESS!!!”

-some asshole who works for DeBeers presumably

So now instead of “we have an algorithm to suggest what you might like” it’s turning into “you’ll watch what we tell you and like it, and good luck trying to find anything else”

I see the confusion here… You think playing music is something one does to get fame and money. What you’re describing is a content creator, in which case I can see why having an overpriced toy that makes songs for you would be appealing.

For the record I have, in fact, played for a number of audiences and even recorded several albums with various bands that I’ve been in over the years. I’m sure you wouldn’t have heard any of them because they never really made it beyond the local scene. I’m perfectly fine with that though, because I didn’t make them to be famous. I made them because I enjoy the creative process involved in songwriting and performance, because I’m a musician.

Ah, just going straight into troll mode now huh? That’s too bad, I was enjoying our conversation…

I have been playing guitar for nearly 20 years. My family has never been rich, which meant I got the most affordable guitar available (which cost MUCH less than an iPad even accounting for inflation) when I started.

I knew absolutely nothing about how to play it and taught myself for the first year from stuff I found in magazines. When it became apparent that I wasn’t going to just abandon the thing in the closet my parents agreed to get me lessons for this costly sum of $25 a week.

Since then I have have scrimped and saved to get nicer instruments when I could afford them, and they mean a lot to me so I take care of them and play them often.

When making music becomes reduced to a game from WHICHEVER app store, it loses all meaning because there is zero invested in it. I’m sure there will be a few people who actually manage to make real music this way despite the limitations, but for most people it will just be a toy they lose interest in like Candy Crush or something.

If it were easy to play decent music then everyone in the world would have a top 10 hit

So the solution to that is to only make paint-by-numbers music that Apple will allow you to make with their pre approved apps? That sounds like a good way to end up with a lot of mediocre easily digestible music that all sounds the same…

Ignoring things like this is how we’ve ended up with an entire generation of people who Apple thinks are either too lazy or too stupid to create art or music on their own.

Note that I am not calling anyone lazy or stupid, I’m just stating Apple thinks this is a desirable outcome and is pushing forward with that plan

Very true! Good point! I’m sure Elon would be much happier if we all collectively agreed that he is the new God King lol