almisami
almisami t1_jcnbvcs wrote
Reply to comment by drawkbox in The FTC is looking into Meta, YouTube, TikTok, Snap, Twitter, Pinterest, and Twitch’s advertising practices by marketrent
🎶 In heeeeeeere~
🪘 And the scams keep running-running and running running~
almisami t1_jcnbe9y wrote
Reply to comment by jhachko in The FTC is looking into Meta, YouTube, TikTok, Snap, Twitter, Pinterest, and Twitch’s advertising practices by marketrent
Redditors, or sock puppets from said companies doing damage control?
almisami t1_j9q0vln wrote
Reply to comment by Regular_Ad_7432 in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
>play with Lego or other toys
Do I look like I'm made out of money?!
>why does it always has to be online
Because online has unlimited content so the child will theoretically keep playing forever.
>Kids are not better in school today or social behavior.
As a former teacher I can tell you that, while it does significantly reduce their attention span to a worrying degree, the main culprit of asshole kids are narcissistic and/or enabling parents that neglect/smother their kids to a point where discipline is impossible.
In my entire career I've had maybe 2 kids whose behavior didn't match the parents care and in both those cases some form of mental illness was involved.
> So why keep letting kids be online all the time.
Online is just a faster, more accessible version of the Mall's ball pit playground.
almisami t1_j9pzpuf wrote
Reply to comment by breadfred2 in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
I've seen my godkids' phones and yeah they're being tracked by so many services I'm expecting Cookie Monster to show up every time they open a browser.
almisami t1_j9pzhb4 wrote
Reply to comment by lycheedorito in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
Their data is actually worth a lot. Grooming kids into recurring, loyal customers is the dream of every advertiser.
almisami t1_j9pz8uj wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
Never seen it done with Minecraft, but Roblox in and of itself has a bunch of really fucked up stuff in the app.
At least Minecraft's blocky nature kept the forced pregnancy stuff to the chat box...
almisami t1_j9pyw4k wrote
Reply to comment by KuroiKaze in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
Well apparently all the scam artists figure out how to fill out the mountains of paperwork properly...
almisami t1_j9pyopw wrote
Reply to comment by Dazz316 in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
I still don't get why M$ can't have a linux-style repository... I legit thought that was what the M$ Store was supposed to be.
almisami t1_j9px2zi wrote
Reply to comment by Dazz316 in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202
Even that, they really needed to curate their shit better.
Hell they should have a service, paid by the developper, where you could get your app "Microsoft approved" so that it would be in a different section of the store.
That way I could make it so meemaw and grandpa can actually download VLC on their new PC without pestering me for half a year until I fly over for Thanksgiving.
almisami t1_irk7zth wrote
Reply to comment by Legacy-ZA in Continent-Size Dust Storm on Mars Threatens to Shorten NASA InSight Lander's Last Days by Sariel007
The dust clings because of electrostatic charge.
As for wipers, dragging the dust would abrade the panels like sandblasting.
almisami t1_jebx4ic wrote
Reply to comment by Test19s in It's becoming increasingly clear that fintech has a fraud problem by marketrent
This time will be different! ...It won't just be centered in Florida!