alteria

At least one news website threatened to shut my (expensive) paid account because I was using a "generic" email address, and as such, was likely sharing my credentials.

They insisted I change the email to [email protected], which was enough in their books to prevent credential sharing.

You should be able to block those elements with uBlockOrigin or similar browser extensions. I blocked a bunch of the "trending" stuff since it never really contributed positively to my site experience.

But they also have to live without an office and may not have meaningful stakes to make the tradeoff worth it for most.

Presumably this was an office job? It might be a little different with a warehouse job that has very productivity targets set from above.

I don't know if this is a recent trend, or if I've only experienced negative things in the past year or two, (perhaps in the lead up to their IPO?), but I ended up switching away from them.

They closed my account because they suspected commercial use. If I wanted to re-open it, I would need to send in a picture of my ID, and sign some legal documents attesting to my continued non-commercial use or something.

They might not care about personal users because we don't pay, but I did end up switching to different software for the commercial projects I use remote access software on.

The whole presentation I was wondering how much Verizon paid as well.

Between the pricing reveal and the conflation of their 28GHz deployment as a standard 5G experience, it seemed like it was the iPhone sponsored by Verizon.

Is Spotify on Airplay 1 still?

With Amazon I do like that I talk to real people, but half the time they try to give me money instead of actually trying to solve the problem.

It's great that chat is empowered to send $5 or $10, but oftentimes I just want to have my problem solved.

For sure. Like many younger workers, I didn't move into a ultra-high COL area to spend all day in my shared living arrangement.

There isn't a lot of room to optimize for a WFH world with those kinds of spatial restrictions.

fwiw the Adobe Photography plan requires a 1-year commitment (paid monthly) and has an early termination fee if you do try to cancel, so it's not as straightforward.

Yes, whoops!

Yes. I volunteered at an aquarium for several years, and we spent a surprising amount of time learning octopus etymology. It was a top 10 question for adults to ask.