Shrug, it’s been a while and I don’t remember which affected my decision at the time.
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Personal anecdote:
When I initially decided to drop Chrome, I moved to Brave because - as a chromium-based browser - it supported the same set of extensions I’d grown accustomed to.
That being said, the crypto stuff weirded me out enough that, once I’d weaned myself off the extensions, I switched to Firefox.
hayes_to Technology•‘Incredibly suspicious’: A union is accusing Google of violating labor law by retaliating against workers for organizingEnglish162·2 years agoEh, you’re both right.
You’re both saying the same thing, but your message was sarcastic/cynical and to an extent, self-defeatist.
I don’t have a horse in this race, but I also observe that comments like the one you made generally result in zero subsequent conversation of the root post’s content.
hayes_to Technology•Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgradesEnglish151·2 years agoMaybe my opinion is dated/anecdotal.
My belief re: critics comes from early days of Tesla, when the concept of a fast ev was very foreign to most auto journalists. So, most of the reviews were something along the lines of “I wanted to hate this car, but goddamn if it isn’t faster than insert critic’s favorite sports car and way more useful too. I’m converted.”
Re: people in general, I’m basing it off of people I know who own them. That’s admittedly a very small sample size (~a dozen), but their opinions are the polar opposite of what you’ll find on random Internet forums. There’s definitely selection bias going on in both directions.
For what it’s worth, I’m very aware of the QA issues and no I don’t own a Tesla myself.
hayes_to Technology•Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgradesEnglish2951·2 years agoI’m not defending this practice (it’s gross), but
people and critics almost universally lovemany people and critics who actually own/drive Teslas love them.So, you’re kind of mischaracterizing them as “worse than other cars.”
edit: it’s unsurprising that this comment is downvoted in a thread hellbent on shitting on Tesla. I don’t know what I expected.
hayes_to Technology•Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problemsEnglish1·2 years agodeleted by creator
hayes_to Technology•Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its bestEnglish541·2 years agoThey moderate rigorously.
Participating in one of their threads is like attending a university course.
Most people don’t have the context to actually participate in the discussions, but the quality is on a completely different level.
hayes_to Technology•Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit | The FTC is getting ready for the big oneEnglish1652·2 years agoDamn this thread is negative as hell.
I’m one of the most cynical, pessimistic people I know, but not in here.
Kinda wish people’s first reaction were “good,” not “yeah right, remember Bell in the 80’s?”
Maybe I’m naive, but this seems like good news to me. Even if it doesn’t actually result in Amazon being broken up, at least it indicates someone is doing something.
“Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress” or something like that.
hayes_to Technology•Spotify’s first US price hike for Premium is coming next weekEnglish6·2 years agoI wouldn’t group doordash in with the others.
They barely provide a service; leach off of restaurants, forcing them to raise their prices to maintain razor thin margins; and lobby for shitty legislation to not pay or give people benefits.
I agree with the general point, though.
hayes_to Reddit•Reddit removes years of chat and message archives from users' accountsEnglish105·2 years agoData storage/hosting isn’t free…
hayes_to Technology•Elon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.English11·2 years agoPet peeve of mine: nothing about this is “ironic.”
If the author really wants an adverb, I’d probably go with “unsurprisingly.”
Cute pup! Get him a seatbelt.
hayes_to NFL•DeAndre Hopkins holds out hope another team will enter the mix, increasing his value1·2 years agoThis seems like kind of a big leap to me.
He probably has a couple offers in hand and is in no rush to sign. I really doubt he foregoes a salary in the hopes that a top receiver goes down mid season on a team that’s willing to pay up.
Time will tell I suppose.
hayes_to NFL•Who’s a player on your favorite team who you expect to take a jump this season?1·2 years agoIt’s ok to feel bad for Lance, but the niners are going start whichever QB gives them the best chance to win.
hayes_to No Stupid Questions•My GF says I look hot when I do chores. Is this just a ploy to make me do more chores or is it an actual thing?852·2 years agoThis message has been brought to you by hydrohomies.
hayes_to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•finally got medicated, part of what got me to finally get around to scheduling a psychiatryEnglish3·2 years agodeleted by creator
Bad company 2 nooooo!
Admittedly haven’t checked in for ~a year but last I checked that game still rips. “Portal” or whatever it’s called in the new one captures none of the magic.
RIP