Hacker News: technobrat

New comment by technobrat in "Oyo's business model is looking a lot like WeWork's"

technobrat — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:18:10 +0000

Startups sacrificing profit on customer acquisition is understandable. But it is a huge red flag when they start losing both. https://oyo-ruined-my-anniversary.com/

Truecaller automatically registers Android users to UPI payments on their app

technobrat — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:27:17 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@jeswinsimon/truecaller-automatically-registers-indian-android-truecaller-users-to-upi-on-their-app-23502e3af467

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20563051

Points: 2

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New comment by technobrat in "Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera"

technobrat — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 01:17:19 +0000

One thing they were right about was this being "Standard Practice". Even spotify is doing it https://twitter.com/braintube/status/1148645026936827905.

So how does one remove these from their machine ? I can kill the process but it will just start again when I restart the machine. Also how do they do this ? I thought all startup items will be shown under Login Items in System Preferences.

New comment by technobrat in "Ask HN: What is the future of publishing in the age of Ad Blockers?"

technobrat — Tue, 08 May 2018 16:58:44 +0000

The "you are the product" model might work, but given that most ad-blockers also block trackers(or dare I say, most people want to block trackers, ads are just collateral damage), you might have to come up with self made analytics/advt tools.

This might work but again how can a small time publishing house keep up with the blockers?

Donations + sponsored content might work as well. Some good youtube content creators use it(eg: Kurzgesagt). But this will work only for very small teams. Even better if you live in cheaper countries with a worldwide target audience.

Doesn't help much when you are a publisher trying to sell some serious news.

Ask HN: What is the future of publishing in the age of Ad Blockers?

technobrat — Tue, 08 May 2018 16:22:02 +0000

Or put it another way, If one were to start an online publishing house what would be the recommended business model? Other than the ad-blocker ad-bocker-blocker cat and mouse game or paywalls.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17022112

Points: 1

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New comment by technobrat in "Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system"

technobrat — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:31:26 +0000

"But many, including Engadget, found the interface to be needlessly complicated and confusing." This and I noticed that the pulley system really slowed me down when trying to accomplish a task with the device. On an iOS or Android device one can achieve frequent tasks quickly without looking but not the same with the pulley system. You can't go too fast when pulling down.