YouTube has a pretty strong hold because video hosting and streaming is extremely expensive. That’s why most platforms have strict file limits for them. In the pre-Google days of YouTube, most accounts could only upload <15 minute videos, and that limitation is still in place if you have an unverified account.
I don’t see how we’ll get any alternative to YouTube unless it comes from another large corporation, though I’d love to be proven wrong in that.
Using the tools is fine IMO because the moment those tools stop working, people will move their time to Twitch/Instagram/Bluesky/TikTok/etc. 60-120 second ads will push away all, except for iPad toddlers.
Makes me wonder if Google knows this, and is deliberately adding these ridiculous ads, but not patching those tools, so they can keep their user metrics up while pushing the uninformed/indifferent into YouTube Premium subscriptions…
Completely. And therefore this is an absolutely terrible way to “boost the U.S. population”.
(frantically waves hands in the air) b-but WE NEED BABIES
In Bill Clinton’s defense it was intended for the child, not the parent.
From the article: “I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time,” said Clinton, “so when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to put that down payment on their first home, or go into business.”
Personally I think the policy is a good idea, especially since it doesn’t encourage unwanted children from a short-term desire for cash. It would be great along with medicare for all, free tuition, a livable minimum wage, government housing for all, UBI…
That’s the only way anyone would financially benefit from this bill. Infanticide. And only if they do a home birth.
Free daycare and free healthcare for people under 18 are two social services that would only benefit parents. How about free college tuition moving forward?
This is just a sad attempt making an exclusive version of establishment Dem stimulus checks…
Only if every person votes solely in their own immediate selfish interests. A collective mindset is necessary for a functional democratic society.
the man-child equivalent of a kid yelling “I’m running away” and then not, in fact, wanting to run away.
Hedonism
huh, never heard that term before. but I looked it up, and yeah, I guess that’s it.
I’d extrapolate this priorities conversation from “sex” to pleasure. Hobbies, video games, casually socializing, and sex as you said. Obviously different people enjoy different activities to different extents. But this greater conversation is the hill I will die on.
USAmericans society has retained this conservative/puritanical idea that your work is your life, “idle hands are the devil’s plaything”, and everything else: vacations, video games, hobbies, sex… is a way to “unwind” so you can get back to work. The way we talk about these endeavors is truly depressing. We categorize and judge people based on “What do you do for work?”, and hobbies and other entertainment is reserved for those truly close to us. Steve, who works in Accounting, might hate his job and only live for MTG Arena, but most conversations will steer toward How he survives rather than Why. Even sex and romance has been relegated to a systematic process, talked about and hijacked by consumerism more as a way to advance social standing, than for love or pleasure. Date (buy food), Engagement (buy ring), Marriage (fund ceremony, buy ring). And this is without any legal framework that requires that or prohibits casual hookups/co-habitation.
This whole “side-hustle”, “grindset”, “become the brand” extremist capitalist bullshit grates my sanity every time I hear it. That is what I believe creates the mental health difference “less prudish Europe” and “puritanical US”, as you pointed out. I believe the idea vision of society is where we automate as much of our necessary processes as possible, implement a comfortable UBI, and pay people a good amount for filling those positions. Why the rest of society doesn’t think that is beyond me.
After all, human society is made by humans, for humans. It should not be geared for labor machines.
Yeah thaaaat’s why I was feeling uneasy This would be funny if it triggered my ring doorbell cam. In this context it feels more like the woman who got an audio recording of her cab ride
yeah… :(
okay Switch to Linux if you can and are willing to undergo constant troubleshooting. I chose not to, and this is how I managed that.
I’ve been using my device for well over 5 years and have had zero issues. And there isn’t much of an alternative if you need Windows compatibility.
my two cents - install an older version of Windows 10. I use 20H2. You can find clean ISO files on the Internet Archive. Disable automatic updates, and use services like Blackbird (getblackbird.net) to de-bloat your instance.
Unless something changes, 10 years from now we’ll be hunkered down for Winter recounting the horrors with the Elmo puppet.