Even if they installed a malicious app on iOS, the damage is still limited because of the security model of iOS.

I definitely understand the concern of centralizing everything around one provider, but I’m just pointing out that these systems win because, on the whole, they are a better experience for users. It’s why Facebook wins, and it’s why closed systems continue to crush open ones.

I like where Apple is going and I like the iOS model. Most of all, I know that people like my parents will be better protected from malware and spyware and crypto extortion.

I agree with you that capitalism is the origin of many of these problems, though. Doesn’t mean it can’t evolve.

The environmental impact of industrialization needs to be built into the cost of goods. Capitalism can solve many of these problems, but right now pollution practically has no associated cost to the end price, which is why we use the cheapest materials that cannot be recycled.

America needs to change dramatically before we can make substantial progress here; we can be the world leader in this issue. But I guess I’m not that optimistic considering the politics right now.

Either way, do you find that the Adblock detection / nags are less reliable when you do it DNS based instead of the client?

It’s completely obnoxious and there is no way to stop it. Safari takes control of sound even if the video does not have audio toggled on and pauses your Spotify. Then if you use control center to start it again, it plays iTunes. I can’t believe this hasn’t been fixed.

EDIT: Just tried Brave Browser and this is pretty great so far. Seems to be the best compromise. Thanks!

Many (most?) people in America simply don’t care about this or have any general curiosity about the world outside of them. America is the land of fast food and unsustainable cheap beef; we have a president that denies climate change, so it’s no wonder that there is simply no interest in understanding sustainable fishing by a large portion of the population, regardless of which country is succeeding at it.

That is much different than some kind of conspiracy like that post implied. I think it’s actually worse than a conspiracy because it shows widespread ignorance and no desire to seek out the information or analyze the food we eat and it’s impact on the environment. America doesn’t need a conspiracy to hide this, they won’t seek it out anyway.

Things like adding features to solve a problem, when those problems only affect a small percentage of users, is something I see a lot. Especially in the beginning of a product when you’re not 100% sure what you’re making or who you’re making it for and you want to appease all of your customers so you don’t lose them.

Or the feature added is too complex to be useful for a user without training / tutorials, of which few users will undertake that time investment.

I have yet to be on a team where features were not trying to directly address a customer issue / complaint, but maybe I’ve been lucky.

Seeing more of these large companies (Google, Facebook, Cloudflare) have significant outages has helped my confidence a ton. We are all human and make mistakes and can’t always figure out the fix immediately.

I’m just glad that as far as I know, none of the outages I was responsible for we’re life and death situations. That is stress I don’t want.

I had a shaved head for a while and it has downsides too. I live in a sunny area so I had to wear sunscreen all the time, or hats, which I generally don’t find I look right in. I got a lot more sweat rolling down my head and into my face. I also was treated differently — it can be argued that comes down to confidence, but if the source is the hair, why not at least attempt to treat that?

Head shape and face also plays a big role in how you look bald. Not everyone is Jason Statham.

I don’t understand why vanity has an immediate negative connotation. Everyone is vane to some degree. Or else why aren’t we all wearing the same uniforms and simply getting out of the shower and letting our hair do whatever it wants without comb/brush?

Based on many of these comments, I’m assuming nobody here owns a mirror.

Women have hair loss too. Cancer or alopecia. Although many can embrace their baldness, to dismiss it as just “get some clippers, hair is socially constructed” is so bizarre to read.

This is a good video about a woman who has hair loss and how even wearing a wig is difficult: https://youtu.be/ujvQMpPDq40

I wouldn’t want a stream of Instagrammers at my door “asking for permission” to take a photo either. That’s also annoying.

“Tesla’s secret battery program”

Neither has negative connotation to me.

Like you said, I think it’s because Facebook regularly acts unethically in public view. Anything they do in secret or private will be viewed with even more suspicion.

Either way, like you said, I wouldn’t work for them for the same reason — obsessive company culture, which indicates a poor work/life balance. They clearly want the kool-aid drinkers.

Same reason that recent issue with all the Chrome extensions happens. A lot of people blindly click OK, just like we’ve been trained to do on privacy policies as well.

I use it for incident updates internally too so the discussion is grouped. Much easier than paging through the channel.

It seems Slack has addressed the major issue with their current app with this rewrite — multiple workspaces.