- 2025: Search removed. Spend a decade crippling the function, then claim the usage data support getting rid of it!
- 2027: Expiring updates. Juice those watch numbers with a new artificial scarcity measure. Marvel Bullshit 49 Theatrical Trailer, available for seven days only! Featuring AI Robin Williams and a Mr B_ast guest ad!
- 2028: Web Environment Integrity inserted. Hand warmer sales crater as mobile viewers relish their new handset functionality.
fosstulate
joined 1 year ago
Zero unrecoverable freeze events per month
The money was actually well spent because the will of Australian electors was ratified. It's a snarky point yes, but one worth making.
These frontends need to introduce a preferred-startpage feature that enables setting Subscriptions as the default. I'd be interested to know from others if there's any technical hurdle, because I'm surprised it's not already available.
No one has a clue what it 'costs' because YT isn't honest about revenue, and being a subsidiary its P&L statements can be adjusted to spread any narrative around profitability it considers useful. In the context of Alphabet its operating cost is probably negligible.
You're already paying them data tribute through daily interaction with much of the corporate web.
No, in fact I struggle to use more than 6 out of 16gb. If I knew how to use dmesg (or any logging functionality) I would pursue it further.