All the apps that collect user data that has nothing to do with the actual function or purpose of the app.

Like–why does this solo word puzzle game need access to my contact list, camera, and location?

Article littered with affiliate links.

And it also doesn’t make sense.

Maybe they’re trying to get potential players of Elder Scrolls VI so hyped that they’ll still play the new game even if it’s sold ‘games as a service’ style

in which case, fuck that

There is no system of government in the world that has been able to stand up to individuals with billions and billions of dollars.

The billions and billions of dollars have all the power and no system can escape that power.

We need to stop the billionaires.

Investigators were alerted to his accounts after finding an unusually high number of log-ins and failed log-ins from an unfamiliar devices, locations, or networks. That information is tracked by Google, per the affidavit. Other unusual activity was traced through Payne’s VPN or network provider.

So, Google stopped him, and his VPN provider. I’d like to know who his VPN provider was.

They’re openly rejecting court order and legal precedent.

Unless someone starts enforcing these court orders, they’re just going to keep doing things.

They’re running the Nazi playbook. Word for word, step by step, just updated with newer propaganda.

This is so good.

1990s TNG had a good heart.

Also making giant rebar craps all over

I’d love to see a user-friendly, easily-implemented FOSS alternative to the entire Android system.

The options that exist now often can’t get past all the defenses that Android and phone manufacturers put into systems to secure their own data collection/revenue. I have an older Motorola phone that I literally can’t install another operating system on.

We desperately need a stable, user-friendly, and hardware-adaptive replacement for Android. I don’t want that shit on my phones any longer.

Now I’m imagining this too.

Anything that gets you to target people with less power than you is a psy-op.

There is only one group of people to oppose. It’s a small group of extremely wealthy people. All their mouthpieces on the internet are irrelevant (and likely bots) and are best ignored/blocked.

There is one small, powerful group who are the only justifiable targets. Everything else is a distraction and likely a divide-and-weaken tactic.

One small group of powerful, wealthy people. That is the enemy. No one with less power than you is worth focusing on.

This game is so good. I hope Larian builds something even better for their next go.

Right there with you.

Fuck Android.

I hope a consistent, user-friendly alternative that works on all Android phones arrives soon. I’ve tried so many with an old phone and they’re always a pain to install and then don’t work quite right. I also don’t want to spend $500USD for a phone designed specifically to sidestep Android.

It would help if Android/Google didn’t consistently try to block every single thing that would allow you to get rid of Android, but they’re never going to allow that.

I hope that something user-friendly and consistent arrives soon. I will ditch Android in a second when that happens.

Under the Far Right government in Finland, homelessness increased.

Now, maybe Finland can get back to having real public options available for housing without asking if anyone ‘deserves’ to have a roof over their heads.

The Far Right, no matter the country, always succeed in turning everything good about civilization into shit exclusively for themselves. If we ever have another national election in the United States, I don’t think the Far Right fascists will be able to win anything.

(and that, admittedly, is an incredibly hopeful view)

It’s 100% fascist rule, pure and simple.

We have a handful of national politicians who are trying to resist while the vast majority of them are simply playing along to preserve their own status and power. Democrat/Republican haven’t meant anything substantial for a while now–you have to look at who’s paying them (via ‘donations’ or otherwise) to know.

We can hope that they start killing each other (which they’d do if they had any backbone). Otherwise, our options are both extreme and extremely limited.

When regular working people eventually win, we’re going to have to reinstitute all the controls that we had for decades preventing single corporations from owning too much of the media. Break it up into little pieces. One of the first things corporations did when they got their first man, Reagan, in power was consolidate the airwaves; they know that’s the tool necessary for them to repeat and spread lies, and without this tool, they’re going to lose.

It’s not an accident that Sinclair owns most of the local tv stations broadcasting to rural markets and that all the AM radio stations are run by a small handful of Conservative propagandists.

We’ve gotta get that shit shut down–a limit on the number of stations any company can own, massive fines for violating standards of truthfulness, etc.

Thank you Germany.

That’s very strange because I’m in Berghain right now.

This fucking orange fascist needs to get got.