“The people that seem to be most distressed by it were the people who had not gone looking for it,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd’s his birth name but he insists we call him Captain Obvious at the office.

The British have all the good luck.

And if anyone wants to discover music, get a scrobbler for a good music network.

Do you have any that you find useful? I haven’t used one in decades.

commenting on random YouTube videos

That’s definitely not new. Comment spam has existed as long as comments have.

Stealing content is also as old as the internet. It would make sense they would use their own music if that’s what they were selling. People that sell affiliate links to stuff paste their logo and domain on the lower or upper part of stolen reels.

I don’t discover music on Youtube so I can’t speak to it’s rise in popularity but things like this get adopted widely when it’s proven to work.

I didn’t understand that, thank you for the clarification.

As one of the “insatiable Americans” the video speaks of, the video breaks down very cleanly what my inner monologue has been getting increasingly uncomfortable with in recent years but truly didn’t understand the magnitude of the problem.

My household is one of those that receive boxes daily. While a lot is household staples(toilet paper, animal food, trash bags, etc.), both my wife and I have gotten more comfortable with purchasing many things that we don’t need. We’re part of the animal that the system feeds and I feel bad about it.

I have recently attempted to try to go without purchasing unnecessary items and I no longer browse suggested or curated shopping items to try to keep from getting pulled into a thoughtless purchase. I think my next step will be to try to fill my needs perhaps by buying used in the area.

lot of YouTubers recommend it as something that looks a bit like Windows (on the surface).

Oh yeah, I forgot that was it’s schtick. Well, best of luck to them, regardless of the cause.

Any idea on what caused the spike? I used Zorin years and years ago and while nifty, didn’t have anything that met a particular need that wasn’t already satisfied by other distros. I checked their site and it looks like nothing drastic has changed.

Perhaps some popular influencer or advertisement type thing?

Filter your content to get the vibe you want.

Blocking the porn and impotently hostile makes it quite the chill platform.

Both YT music and Tidal offer a trial period, you could listen to some examples yourself since you’re the only person that can determine if the differences in sound quality are anything that you notice or care about.

I’m not a kde fan but that’s pretty. Well done!

That was incredible. I love watching Drumeo’s vidoes done in this format.

DM Twinkle, they can hook you up.

My wife loves them but the 31$ pricetag for lobster on a hotdog bun boggles my mind. The last time I bought two for her, I accidentally laughed out loud when the tip screen popped up for my 62$ bill.

BOMBSHELL FACT: I DON’T WATCH CLICKBAIT CONSPIRACY VIDEOS

You could make a sandwich in your lap and it wouldn’t be as distracting as scrolling social media on your phone.

Beware of what? It’s no different than any other instance and capable of being subscribed to, scrolled past or blocked.

Stop advertising for them and let them have their federated echo chamber, just like the communists, socialists, leftists and others have.

It’s someone running a social media bot farm. Each one of those phones is being used to manipulate communities by posting content that’s being sold as from a real human being.

It’s a device that allows your township to record water usage remotely(that’s why it’s got an FCC id). Without it, the meter would either need to be on the outside of the house or you’d need to let the meter reader into your house monthly to record the usage.

6. No US Politics.

Please don’t post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online