

Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates


Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates
Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates
It’s got 'lectrolytes!!


Which adblocker can block Facebook ad posts?


Doctorow’s as usual excellent take also touches on this:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/redistribution-vs-predistribution/#elbows-up-eurostack
TL;DR: it’s not so much only the US, it’s corporate (quasi-)monopolies, and those operate in a lot of countries.


Therac always makes me think of this…


Aware, yes. Interested, no - closed source philosophy, and the way Apple implements it specifically, turn me off hard.


Which - in my considered opinion - makes them so much worse.
Is it because writing native UI on all current systems I’m aware of is still worse than in the times of NeXTStep with Interface Builder, Objective C, and their class libraries?
And/or is it because it allows (perceived) lower-cost “web developers” to be tasked with “native” client UI?
It’s called enshittification for sure.