I wonder why I even read these articles. If these do turn out to be useful it will eventually make its way into technologies I use or buy near me. I don't have to hunt them out.

Ah yes, verified news sources courting genocides.

I upvoted, but maybe !comics@lemmy.ml or !webcomics@lemmy.ml

For people lost in dessert:

• https://www.gizchina.com/2024/03/24/lack-of-updates-for-vlc-android-app-with-100-million-downloads/
• https://www.fikrikadim.com/2024/03/23/vlc-and-google-at-odds-whats-causing-the-update-block.html

It's not about a stupid cringe dance sharing app. It's about censorship of social media by vested interest groups.

I upvoted, but is c/Memes just Lemmy general now?

I understand you may not have lived carefree but here's two places with extreme weather that do fine without cars (provided people invest the minimum amount to establish public transport):

Winter (Norway, way below freezing): https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU

Summer (Taiwan, 36C+): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dBk7lq8o1Y

Bugs hitting the front windshield in extraordinary numbers.

Is anybody even using those keyboard/mouse? They all seem like only for show with that distance between operator.

True. But, you can do both

My interest was more on the point that their service was/is used by so many open source projects. Would be interesting to see what alternatives they replace it with.

The reason big studios get better rate is because they have leverage. Just as Amazon has leverage against apple in app store