Ukraine is not a serious country, nor are it’s leaders serious people.

What do you mean by this?

That’s why I’m confused by this article. It just seems like attacking Apple for the sake of attacking Apple. I say this as someone who used to be a Apple hater because Apple products were far more expensive than their competitors (now everything is just expensive) and I couldn’t afford them back then.

People expect constant revolutionization, but 1) that’s not feasible and 2) what are they looking for exactly? What do they want to see done?

People say how bad the software has gotten on Mac, but I don’t see it. Sure, they have bugs around the time the next big OS update rolls out (much like any other OS including both Windows and Linux), but 1) you don’t have to upgrade to the latest version as soon as it updates and 2) they fix the bugs soon after that.

The only good point the article seemed to have is the Apple Vision Pro VR part, I will agree with them on that. Other than that, it seems just like an attack article, and done by anger, and like fair enough, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have good products.

I dunno, this is probably an unpopular opinion anyway, and I never expected I would be an Apple defender in this sense, and I don’t even have an iPhone because I prefer Android’s development ecosystem, and on my PC I have been daily driving Linux for the past 9 years anyway.

More than $1000 for a console is absurd, but, my gaming PC plus Steam Link is free and looks great on my 75 inch TV. I don’t have to worry about “backwards compatibility” either because basically my entire library of games is playable.

Sony is making it so easy for Xbox to take the crown again. I really hope Microsoft can follow through and don’t fuck it up, we need competition, not for Xbox to take themselves out of business and turn Playstation into a monopoly.

I think it’s controversial but I feel like retired people should be allowed to have their cabins.

That’s scary looking but also really awesome.

When will people switch away from Chrome to other browsers? I get it, Chrome sets the standards and it’s hard to switch away from them, but it’s necessary to ensure the survival of the Internet.

Probably when something better replaces it, unfortunately. I depend on the Internet for my job as well as all my socializing, so it would be pretty hard for me to live without it.

In a sane country, a terms of service doesn’t waive your rights to your legal minimum protections including privacy rights. In USA, I’m not so sure.

More users in smaller niche communities. Lemmy has less users in general, so smaller niche communities are practically non-existent here.

To be honest, I thought they already required that. They just want to keep killing their site, but people refuse to switch over to Lemmy, so niche communities only remain on Reddit and Discord. It’s very disheartening. People are morons. There, I said it.

Yes, definitely. I’m afraid that AI is going to keep advancing and companies will keep laying off even more employees then I get laid off and then I’m out of work and unable to find my next job. I’ve already been laid off once before and it already took me half a year to find a new job and that was even before the explosion of AI. I’m also afraid my shingles infection pain isn’t going to go away and I’m going to be stuck with long-term nerve pain, despite my relatively young age, because I started antivirals like 168 hours after onset of symptoms because I was almost misdiagnosed twice in a week.

Yes, plenty of things to be afraid of, I think that’s part of being an adult.

Well yeah, they say that data centers create jobs just so that it sounds like a good idea to people. Thankfully, people are starting to realize just how horrid data centers and AI is for the environment and daily life etc. I say that as someone who uses AI for work daily, and unfortunately I do find AI useful outside of work too…

Self-hosted is unfortunately the way to go.

So which part is unhealthy behaviour exactly? Calling them multiple times, or expecting that if you called them constantly they would report you for harassment?

Literally all you have done is throw around accusations, there’s zero chance you are speaking to me in good faith. All you have done is insult me and misrepresent what I am saying.

If you called an MP every single day, and they keep hanging up on you, do you really think there’s zero chance you would get reported for harassment?

The only person who said my week was bad is you, I actually had a great week, not that it’s any of your business? You’re literally just a stranger online, you’re trying to psychoanalyze me, and you’re failing at it.

Maybe you should be the one seeking help instead? It certainly seems like people don’t agree with you and they do seem to agree with me.

I’ve wasted enough time talking with you, I’m blocking you now.

Ah, that’s all you took away from all I said. Very cool, I can see you’re clearly conversing in good faith.

Is it okay to assume a bad outcome after it has happened? What about while it’s happening?

Please psychoanalyze me using only a couple sentences, that will definitely help.

The truth is, we obviously don’t know for sure what will happen, but it’s also not likely to be surprising if it doesn’t go our way. It’s the most likely outcome and pretending otherwise is disingenuous. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight, though.

I’m certainly not surprised anymore with all the shit I’ve seen over the years and how the enshitification seems to be unavoidable these days. People, companies, etc are not held accountable and it shows. It’d be nearly impossible to not become jaded after enough things go wrong.

Phone their office, demand to know why you haven’t heard back from them. Make them search through their emails and pull up every message you ever sent. Make them uncomfortable. Be a problem.

The part of me that is pessimistic (that part seems to be growing these days…) thinks they would just hang up on you and if you call them back enough times they’ll call the police on you to report you for harassment.

Not to discourage people, but it’s just frustrating.