WTF, no way

>> no drug like attention ... help develop the habit....

Mark Z. again ??

legit advertisers ?¿?

Are there any ?? taboola and their ilk unremovable apps ? anybody wants their heads blow up?

>>The survival of legit sites depends on how quickly marketers can level up to stuff

Bonkers. Legit sites depend on reaching financial independence on legit valuable content that people want to read.

It is true that I look to this from an EU perspective. I am biased

Time ago a colleague and I pitched YC for compsate.com, basically a wallet (real money, forget crypto) based system ( no subscriptions ) for news/content micropayments system. The idea was based on no adds, no tracking, read news like you buy a newspaper at the kiosk. Pay 2 orders of magnitude more for each article you read (than what ads provide per page), your choice. Replenish wallet at will.

Logging into a system (acquiring an ID token in the process), then browse freely to any news site and read any content, including pay-walled which would be paid out of your wallet. All near real time. Small amounts would drive down risk of fraud, that could be as well controlled by the selection of news stand that can join.

Pay for what you read, compensate for the value of what you read, make your news source independent (at least financially).

We fail the pitch but I believe it still is doable and preferable for the media if they would set up such a platform together. You know the commons....sometimes wins.

I bough a top of the line Android phone. I spent 800 bucks on HW and I am forced to accept a license agreement allowing Google, manufacturer and my network company (what ever will be as nor Google nor manufacturer know at this point which network I am connecting) to install whatever SW they wish without asking......seriously. it's that or return the phone.

I started the installation and immediately I delete any Meta and Google c..p I saw and could uninstall. All AI c..p go with its head ! All wall papers go to the toilet !! all taboola SW got to the toilet !!! As soon as I connected to network the phone starts installing applications furiously! I mean, never seen anything like this. CandyCrush and all sorts of unrequested c..p. No questions, no permissions. I uninstalled them equally furiously but eventually I loose. The bot is faster than my fingers. I give up. I did a factory reset and throw the phone to the box for return. I finally decide to give it a second try, installing first NetGuard (what a blessing). I do a bit of research and I block all outgoing connections. Uninstalling, disabling every single app that tries to reach the network. It took me a couple of days, but I am starting to be tempted to install my SIM and finalize my transition to the new phone.

I do not mention the brand because I presume the rest of the brands are equally crappy with bloatware.

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I moved to a second hand beefed-up laptop and a terramaster disk pack connected vi USB. Same wattage.

It does take some effort, but now it is done. I like to tinker anyway. I pulled up Proxmox with a bunch of containers doing SMB/SNF per share.

Just like with Synology, I just look a regular emails with successful backups. edit: typos

https://gadgetbridge.org/

off with their heads !!!!

You are not bypassing any firewall as your traffic is actually happening at home. If you access local sites, traffic is coming from home.

This should kill combined cycle role in the electricity mix to counterbalance renewables swings ? am I missing something ?

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We are running the above survey to better target our new product.

We want to analyze many facets of “the need”. From Clayton Christensen’s “what do we hire this stuff for”, to sensibilities around topics that influence our selection of media or willingness and reasons to pay for content.

Moving from a paradigm of mostly free ( or rather I haven’t got a clue of how am I paying for this but the deal seems good ) to I make a choice as to what is valuable for me, I understand this is the hard work of somebody and it deserves to be compensated if I want it to be to the standards I expect.

It is 73 questions. If you think that is going to be exhausting , thanks for reading up to here. No need to continue. We value your time.

Understanding the right levers is paramount for us. It ain’t easy or we ain’t smart enough without so many questions.

Currently 85% of respondents are male...it’s totally unbalanced. I wish some ladies had the opportunity and willingness to fill out the survey.

It is in 5 languages. Choose wisely. There is probably at least one that is right for you :-)

Many thanks to all of you who took the time to read to this point.

For those who will take the survey to the end, may the fairies bless you.

Big Thanks

Julian C.

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Good move from YC to reject us.... 10M,USD backed by NYT and started already 12 months ahead of us....need to improve my google skills.

I love the concept, what can I say. I want to pay for the services/content I get. However I am in no way willing to sell my soul to a bunch of marketeers.

The model is broken, trying to move a printed press model to the web. A new model is required.

Now, coming form the other side of the pond, I have to say that our approach was substantially more privacy minded. This is the Aquiles heel of the proposal on my perspective.

Unfortunately there is no privacy laws in the US or they are simply rendered void by anybody pretending to wear anything better than a boy scout badge. An absolute joke. Maybe California sets the tone for a change.

I wish they succeed. When theinquirer.net closed last year, I doubled down on taking the idea forward. I wish I could have been compensating them over these years and they would be still in business.

JC