For me, it’s really two things. The first, the app is a bloated mess. Between videos, podcasts, and just tons of promotions, it’s become a chore to just open up the app and start playing music. Secondly, it’s just been getting expensive honestly. Annual price increases are crazy to me when the service is getting worse. Their lossless roleout was also a let down between delays and lower quality than competing services.

Who asked for this? So much for user led design.

There are privacy preserving biometrics, as well as ways to determine age without breaching privacy or requiring identity, but you’re right none of the big platforms are using those methods.

Saw what you will about blue laws, but this os a great example of “laws are only worth a damn if we’re willing to enforce them.”

I loved him in Home Movies as the bully.

This tracks as shelbyville always advocated for cousin marriage, leading to the eventual rift with Jebediah Springfield.

Crypto gambling, ftfy :)

Until it has contextual ads right in the bar it’s worthless to me.

Worth noting (and mentioned several paragraphs in to the article) he is running for mayor in the democratic primary.

Curious what the European Union guidance says.

Needs to fit in Handmaids Tale here somewhere too.

Cadillac Desert should be required reading for anyone involved with California water.

Likely to settle so the DOJ allows their acquisition of Discover to go through.

Clearly hasn’t read Cadillac Desert.

It’s the computing equivalent of muscle cars

It’s the computing equivalent of muscle cars

The verge does this thing where they republish the same article with different headlines over and over which results in this. They also do these “preview” articles before the actual reviews I’m assuming to “maximize engagement.”

Banks charge higher fees for credit transactions to fuel the loyalty programs (flyer miles, cash back, etc) on those cards. This is why you no longer get any loyalty benefits on debit cards but you still do on credit. The fees don’t cover the risk on credit cards , the interest does.

From the federal reserve directly : https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/boardmeetings/frn-reg-ii-20231025.pdf Also, I guess what I meant is, the cap used to be 45 cents, and when it was reduced to 21 cents, there wasn’t some massive reduction in prices of products for consumers. Merchants just pocket that difference.

Check out FedNow. Basically a domestic government run payment system. Still pretty new and growing.