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Cake day: October 9th, 2023

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  • And that’s how we end up with young adults entering the work force that can’t

    • type
    • navigate the web safely
    • save something to a specified directory
    • transfer a file
    • maintain backups
    • recognize suspisous websites/news/ads
    • navigate the constantly changing Microsoft UIs
    • troubleshoot anything as simple as turning on the computer screen

    The world is different than it was 30 years ago, if we don’t prepare them for the internet age, then they will fail.

    I do agree, physical books and learning off-screen is very important. Letting kids use the open web all day is not helpful, but bring them the computer lab to teach them the productive uses of a computer.






  • The other lawyer in the case, Attorney Tom made a video going over what they are sueing for and some of the misconceptions.

    https://youtu.be/ItiXffyTgQg?feature=shared

    People have a claim due to lost profits and potentially missed business opportunities.

    Let’s Youtuber A had a sponsor affiliate and a spoken ad spot. Creator makes 2k for the sponsor read and 2% every time someone buys something via link. Honey swoops in and steals the affiliate link (regardless if the user got a coupon or not). The creator no longer getting the 2% and skews the success of the ad.

    The creator’s ad performance (ad to finished transaction) is down, so sponsor lowers the commission to 1% and 1.5k for the next video. Enough people use honey and the metrics are bad enough the sponsor doesn’t renew contract with the creator.

    On the consumer end, which due to arbitration clauses the lawyers aren’t actively pursuing (at this time) (see linked video).










  • For me the downside is the precedent it sets. Yes, most of us agree getting rid of TikTok is a good thing, but how long until they start banning other sites “for the children”? How long until they target federated sites they can’t control “for the children”?

    To top it off, it doesn’t solve the data harvesting problem their so scared of with TikTok. They only care about that one because the data is going to China. Instagram and others can stay because they are American companies spying on citizens.