r/A**HoleDesign - Corporate Greed 101 💀

[@TheClick]

HALLOWEEN PLÖSHIES OWU www.makeship.com/shop/creator/the-click

[@kacenkasuku8313]

Hi

[@toomuchBeer]

Plöschies!

[@hdlm6614]

All the plushies always look so adorable, I love it!!!

[@sirius767]

PLÖSCHIS correct swedish grammar

[@BlockyCraft-oo6ji]

PLÅSCHIES

[@dabatman5187]

I stopped paying the subscription service for the Emotional Support Demon, then Click came to my house, beat me up, and took all my plushies

[@karlheisenberg-winters9732]

I mean would a beat up be really that bad of a price for getting a visit from your favorite KZbinr though? xD

[@sugoish9461]

​@@karlheisenberg-winters9732 It was a disappointing fake double who arrived :'(

[@jenniferbailey1580]

He took my Care Bear, which is older than the Click! At least Lil Fella has a buddy. Wait… One Topic is also gone! Lil Fella has 2 buddies…

[@karlheisenberg-winters9732]

@@sugoish9461 oh no :'(

[@curtislane87]

Don't you mean his plushie's?

[@mr_flor]

"If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing."

[@ThingInTheHall]

Agreed.

[@cosmicvoidtree]

No matter what piracy isn’t stealing. But i do agree with the point of this. Pirate stuff anyway tho (especially older media)

[@catedempsey5707]

@@cosmicvoidtree Blame Disney - it alone is the reason that Copyright under the Berne Convention was extended from the life of the author plus 50 years to the life of the author plus 70 years. It's already insane for books, but when you apply this to computer programs it's batshit crazy!

[@oufling2387]

Based Sans Undertale

[@RaVen99991]

Sea of thieves❌️ sea of owners ✅️

[@h4now763]

This past August my husband lost his father. In order to cancel His dads Subscription to Dish network (TV satellite company) it took 2 hours, 2 managers and a supervisor who finally agreed when he shouted "he's dead! He can't watch TV!"

[@AnalogMachine]

I'm sorry for your husband's (and yours, maybe?) loss. I'm disgusted to hear Dish is still on their old bull from 20 years ago.

[@bunnygrace5392]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Having to deal with that mess while you're probably still processing your grief is not fun. A similar thing happened when my Nana passed and we went to cancel her Comcast stuff. My brother was on the phone for well over an hour, with the staff pulling all kinds of weird BS. He ended up putting it on speaker for the rest of us to hear what was being said at one point. I most distinctly remember one representative asking for her death certificate (he told them no, as that's not something they're entitled to), and at one point they tried to pull the "Well you're cancelling before her contract is up, so her credit score will suffer~!" At this point, my brother just point-blank said, "She's DEAD, so I sincerely doubt she gives a f*ck about her credit score." All around, it was a very sucky experience.

[@dianajohnson7337]

When my mom passed I went heard all their BS. I finally got pissed asked if they wanted me to send a picture of the funeral home bill and told them they will cancel quick enough when they don't get their money. I hate Dish.

[@RaineMcLean]

Wow. What jerks. Hope your husband (and you) are doing okay.

[@CherubicLynx]

I once saw a clip from a man in Germany who had the problem the other way around. As there were two men with the same name and birth date, when one of them died, the surviving one got stuff cancelled and had to "proof he's not dead" - as they didn't believe him.

[@papawheely3627]

"Create a problem, sell a solution" is the philosophy of about 80% of companies now.

[@blueStarKitt7924]

😭😭😭

[@ESPRESSO-COOKIE500]

Literally with purses and jeans. „Let’s give women pants with no pockets.Then sell them purses and bags,yay!Free money- wait why are they shopping in the men’s section-”

[@RandomBlackBox]

I would say we add 2% per year to that number at this point.

[@cegicreator2476]

I mean just look at the car industry. absolutely horrid

[@CorgiDaddy2]

Safety items in a car should never ever be monetized. No vehicle should be monetized as the exorbitant cost of the purchase is already ridiculously high.

[@MaticTheProto]

youd pay the same as a car without that feature...

[@ShadoeLandman]

A lot of automatic safety features aren’t really safe anyway. I had a rental with automatic headlights. They would dim from lights on houses and when near a car dealership (I have no idea why) but didn’t dim for motorcycles or bicyclists. Then I’m considered responsible for highbeaming cops or for hitting deer. No thanks.

[@malchedil7821]

"No one forced you to buy a car, so suck it up and pay already." - Probably some higher up from a car company

[@elaineb7065]

@@malchedil7821 US urban planning forces you to buy a car. Lack of decent public transport forces you to buy a car. Those car companies have rural folks & all the Statesiders by the nethers & they know it

[@gfdx3214]

Im pretty sure the story goes that the creator of a safer variant of seatbelts (or just straight up inventor of seatbelts, I forgot) declined to put a patent on his design or monetise it, because he felt that every car manufacturer should use it to save lives.

[@Pantoran_Cargo_Pilot]

'Buying isn't owning' is becoming more and more true every day, that's why I still buy and use DVDs.

[@andrewsawesome]

If you want media you can use forever, buy physical media

[@OhCrapI_He]

​@@andrewsawesomeWhich is weird because I thought that was originally the selling point of digital media

[@andrewsawesome]

@@OhCrapI_He I think the selling point of it is supposed to be the convenience of buying it without getting off your couch and the ability to play it on your phone/tablet.

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

"If buying isn't owning then piracy isn't theft."

[@rikospostmodernlife]

​@@OhCrapI_Heit still is a technical truth that digital is everlasting (as long as you keep a copy). It's just that schyzonomics makes everything backwards so you can't _buy_ the digital format (not legally, that is) so you have to either get gifted a pirated copy or buy said pirated copy

[@Phoenix-the-Poet]

In 2007, Amazon deleted my Farenheit 451, 1984 ebooks AND my entire music catalog. Apple did the same with all my books and music 2 years later. I don't subscribe to ANYTHING as a result.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

ppl will have to literally pull a Farenheit 451 to delete my physical books

[@synthwolfe8906]

years ago, they released the Black ops zombie pack as a new game purchase/download, remember? When they released that, my already downloaded copy of black ops 2 force deleted itself from my system. I was furious. I called customer service and they looked back to see. They saw that I had trophies from the game, that I had previously purchased it digital, but that it was "never available" on their end. (According to what the lady told me, the system flat out said it had never been available on PlayStation period, DESPITE THE TROPHIES STILL ON MY ACCOUNT). So yeah, I only buy physical copies now. And, as far as Sony is aware, I'm still boycotting them (I say, stroking my ps5 that I use with a different account).

[@Bromvolod]

Fahrenheit 451 is happening today. 😔

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@Phoenix-the-Poet The irony is trying to take away 1984.

[@TransCommieFromOuterSpace]

Amazon did a Fahrenheit 451. Literally 1984.

[@wargamesmaster]

If paying for something isn't owning, then sailing the high seas with Jack Sparrow isn't illegal.

[@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339]

🗣️CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, if you please …but I agree, I’ll join your crew 🏴‍☠️

[@justaperson8781]

So I can be a straw hat pirate ??! 🥺

[@duckboiYnø]

​@@justaperson8781 yes you can!

[@artsyhoodies]

🎶DO WHAT YOU WANT CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE YOU ARE A PIRATE🎶

[@NonsensicalTrickster]

@@artsyhoodies 🎵YAR HAR FIDDLY DE DEE, BEING A PIRATE IS ALRIGHT TO BE 🎵

[@claireful]

One of the things currently enraging me is shopping apps that send a push notification saying “we miss you. Did we do something wrong? Tell us how we can do better!” How about don’t guilt trip me into supporting predatory corporations thx bye

[@dakzibbon6589]

You can actually leave a feedback and tell that they did something wrong, and it was guilt tripping

[@claireful]

@ I’ve done this and will continue to because it is so gross.

[@FanfictionEnjoyer]

Paying to not have something happen is called blackmail, isn't it? I thought that was illegal?

[@SludgePopsicle]

Extortion* and YES! (blackmail is about holding information over someone, specifically.)

[@FanfictionEnjoyer]

@@SludgePopsicle Ah, fair enough.

[@kyokonightstorm5844]

The US government recently passed a law that will require making cancelling a subscription as easy as signing up is. It doesn't go into effect until early next year, but there is hope on the horizon.

[@derekstein6193]

And I am betting businesses are trying to get it repealed asap.

[@slimetank394]

Too bad bribery is legal in America

[@suburbanmama0062]

​@@derekstein6193absolutely.

[@ThingInTheHall]

​@suburbanmama0062 we need to fight HARD to get it done.

[@CyanideCarrot]

@@derekstein6193 They sued to stop it almost immediately

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

12:40 "No child should have to sleep on the street! Nor should they get to sleep on the most convenient alternative for someone who'd otherwise sleep on street!"

[@PlatinumAltaria]

"No child will be permitted to sleep on the street"

[@Llortnerof]

Because they'd rather waste millions on crappy designs than actually do anything to fix the issue, which would not only make for better inner cities, but also be cheaper.

[@zoompipes_twin2889]

“No child should have to sleep on the street” so let’s remove anything that could possibly keep them from sleeping on the streets!

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@youtubeuniversity3638 They used to say children should get a head start now they're saying no child left behind. Someone's losing ground here.

[@7thlittleleopard7]

Do we think they posted that there after the bumps were made or that they posted that and some asshat went "Oh, we can make sure they don't sleep." and added the bumps.

[@jaylambers6081]

Me, going on r/pirating to pirate reddits in 2025

[@deverashb.4875]

It would be ironic if they oaywallex r/pirating

[@SaphiraThePhantom]

@@deverashb.4875 you ever hear of EMPRESS?

[@matheussanthiago9685]

* INHALES * DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE

[@synthwolfe8906]

ahh, but r/pirating is only accessible with the Reddit++ultra premium mega plan for $150 per week.

[@EggdogGuy]

@@matheussanthiago9685 YOU ARE A PIRATE! YAR-HAR-FIDDLE-DEE-DEE! BEING A PIRATE IS ALRIGHT WITH ME!

[@rainbowtropolis]

I tried to cancel a 30 day free trial. My card expired before the 30 days was up, but somehow they guessed my new card number and charged me anyways. I wrote to them asking for a refund on my expired card that now had a charge on it. They told me all they could do was give me store credit for the amount they charged for the subscription fee, but I had to enter my new card number just to use the store credit they gave me! I filed a claim with the better business bureau and within 2 weeks I got a full refund of the subscription, but now they won't let me close the account on the store I purchased one item from! They're getting WAY out of control with all this junk.

[@Lunarelle1013]

You just reminded me that I wanted to cancel my Photoshop subscription because I can't afford it anymore, and I got the message: "You will be charged a $125 cancellation fee." which... excuse me?! So now I'm switching to a cheaper plan, and will try to cancel it ASAP so that I can just... not have to pay anymore?

[@SpringStarFangirl]

If you need a similar app that's not a subscription, Affinity's suite is supposed to be pretty good. It also goes on sale occasionally, so you can get it for surprisingly cheap. I will warn that it's an upgrade model, so major updates will require an additional purchase, but the software would be entirely usable even without that.

[@lynniewood]

That shouldn't be legal oh my god

[@animeartist888]

You can try contacting your bank/credit card company and telling them to disallow payments to that line from now on. They can keep charging all they want and never get a cent if your financial institution refuses their transactions. Bonus: Adobe will likely cancel the subscription themselves when they fail to receive a payment a few times in a row hehe

[@vanguardangel6912]

I did the same thing!

[@killerbunny7206]

I love how putting the charging port on the bottom was meant to make you buy two mice and made so many people buy zero mice. If you make your product annoying, people will hate it and not buy it.

[@papermonkeyminer8116]

Apple can get away with it because it's such a famous brand. Some Apple users will buy everything Apple branded even if it's objectively worse and much more expensive than most other brands. It's almost a status symbol. Whereas if some random electronics company were to make a mouse like that, people would simply buy from a different company because one cheap electronics brand is much the same as another in terms of status.

[@christophercuston]

​@@papermonkeyminer8116And that's why I say, "f##$% Apple!"

[@goff256]

Do you actually believe that’s why they did it?

[@christophercuston]

@goff256 When it comes to making a profit, I will keep doing it till it's illegal.

[@goff256]

@@christophercuston Cool. I love it when people come out and just say how dumb they are. It makes life easier.

[@AkixNabuca]

When it comes to really annoying, constant, non-consensual ads, I have made it a habit to really remember the product/company and NEVER buy it!

[@TotallyNotIceOwl]

Nah fr. It also doesn't help that I can't afford anything they are offering nor do I want it in the first place

[@susanschubert1222]

Me too! Like the ads for the game Evony that I get on webtoons. They are very aggressive, time consuming, and make you jump through a bunch of hoops to get rid of them. I wish I had the company email so I could tell them how effing annoying they are

[@animeartist888]

Similarly, anytime I voluntarily watch an ad for a boost on an app- if that ad throws me into the play store without any input from me (and before finishing the timer!), I will make it a point to never play that one. It's turned out to be a good thing, as a lot of those apps will collect things like your location and share them with third parties.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Ban advertising, ban subscription services, make corporate executives personally liable for the actions of their company.

[@purerandomnessfan]

Yup

[@Skaterboi-k6d]

Advertising is important. But yes subscription services should have to follow conform to a model like click said. It's one thing if you have servers a dev team constantly working on the product like a mmo. But 95 percent of these subscription services are complete bs. Signed up for planet fitness membership. I moved 650 miles away. I now have to travel back to the branch I signed up with and personally cancel. Their excuse? How can we possibly know its you canceling if you call or email or use the app. Apparently they had a rash of people canceling other people's membership?....

[@yarion4774]

Regulate better, regulate better, yes.

[@r_stair]

Jeff Bezos would be imprisoned until 20024

[@amacot656]

*le gasp* You communist! You dont want the big 0.01% of the world to own everything and decide for us what we want and how to want it?

[@Aghul]

Reminds me of when I set up my new phone and it FORCED me to install at least 5 out of a pre-determined selection of apps I was not interested in AT ALL before I could finalize my settings. I instantly uninstalled all those apps again the second I was able to. What a waste of time.

[@foxinabox5103]

I got a new phone and it comes with their own "play store". Annoying, but i dont mind it. Until i realized that some ads are connected to the app store and if you click on the ads then the "Play store" Will download the app, without consent!!! Worse of all i cant even disable the app to stop that.

[@feuerling]

​@@foxinabox5103 there's definitely a way to disable that app, it will just require plugging it into a pc and using an external program to remove it by entering commands. You can just look it up online. Try to find a way that doesn't void your warranty.

[@feuerling]

​@@foxinabox5103 you can definitely find a way to manually remove that app, it just requires a pc and the right commands. You can find guides online.

[@whatcanidooo]

Android moment

[@nelissaortiz5405]

I've had to dig through my phone settings once because there was apparently a setting that was allowing new game apps to be downloaded onto my phone without my permission every week!! It took me forever to figure it out

[@SeverusSnape12345]

Amazon prime is pretty rediculous. You have to pay for the service and there are ads you have to sit through as well while trying to watch something. >.< corporate greed is getting absolutely absurd.

[@elphieofkiamoko]

I keep trying to tell my family we could dump Prime with almost no disruption to our lives and they don't believe me 😭

[@gayatriunni549]

now it’s pay for a service, then rent a movie after that, and then still watch ads

[@SeverusSnape12345]

@gayatriunni549 yes it is.

[@azombiecactus]

I've recently had movies on prime interrupted by not even actual ads but just a short clip saying 'after this clip your movie will resume'. like, at this point you're just interrupting the movie for the sake of interrupting it, just to be as obnoxious as possible to get people to pay more, it's insane

[@pinkb9876]

I once got charged 95$ for a pdf editor subscription that I had canceled. Thing is, when you canceled, it redirected you to a page that said that it was canceled, but in a smaller print said you have to confirm the cancellation. Paypal must have been on to this bullshit because they gave me my money back in the blink of an eye....

[@strawberrychangeling]

paypal coming in clutch, we stan paypal now edit: toast owl

[@indigo.volvoxx2933]

@@strawberrychangeling just dont store any money on your paypal account or they might decide to randomly ban you and take all your money (yes, this is an actual issue)

[@pinkb9876]

@@indigo.volvoxx2933 Any other options? I can't send it to my bank because third world stuff, and I can't have it physically because the same.

[@pinkb9876]

@@strawberrychangeling Do not stan false gods.

[@Random-sk6hm]

@@pinkb9876 Exactly, Lucifer is the only one true God.

[@bass-dc9175]

My general go-to attitude is: "Before I sign up, I look up how to cancel the service. If canceling is not simpler or at least as simple as signing up: Then you can go *quack* yourself."

[@gernottiefenbrunner172]

I have a slightly different attitude towards that: Any service that requires constant access to my bank account won't be used. They can lie about how the cancellation process works. Or they can change it. They can't change who authorizes the payment.

[@Gremzon]

Lol, it reminds me how last year, I wanted to download an antivirus. I found this one that was a "one time purchase" of 50 euros and that I could use on several devices. Great, so I take it. Not long ago I got an email of them saying "well, never mind! Now it's 50 euros a year!" and when I went to cancel, it made me go around so many things that I almost gave up on cancelling, and even now, they keep sending me emails like "if you don't buy it again you'll get hacked and lose all your money!!". I unsubscribed from the emails, but they kept sending me new ones with different addresses?? Funny how an "antivirus" company act like such scammers.

[@amacot656]

maybe the product you found was not a real antivirus......

[@darknova9978]

They copied their homework from McAfee lol

[@AnUmbreonNamedRaire]

I think they are a subscription service but I'd recommend Bitdefender or Malwarebytes as an antivirus. AVG, McAffee and Norton are pretty well much viruses in and of themselves

[@SpecialBlanket]

Gotta be Norton

[@randomperson5579]

and then you get a free one (that has a pay option for extra services) that is an absolute pain to uninstall, and it uses up 10-30% of your cpu usage if you try uninstalling it the regular way it just reinstalls itself, you have to boot your pc in safe mode to uninstall properly, at that point, just use virtual machines, sure you might get the odd virus that travels through layers of virtual machines, but that is rather rare.

[@Ariapotatofawn]

“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.” - Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm.

[@pedrovieira4570]

14:30 So if you're in Europe, many countries have a "Nutri-Score" on their food products, which is a ranking of E to A, on how nutritious the product is. I compared 2 instant coffee products from different brands, and one of them ranked themselves as E and the other as A. This happened because the product that ranked E, calculated its score using a measure of their product by itself, meanwhile the one that ranked A, calculated its score using a measure of their product when used with milk.

[@__TK___]

This score is absolute bullshit

[@MrBe56]

I can only speak as an American, but these practices are commonplace because the law supports the company not the consumer. Laws pertaining to advertising practice were most recently updated in 1963. We have over HALF A DECADE worth of changes that the senate won't do anything about. Companies can just get away with this because there aren't any laws that apply to them.

[@WarpigA23]

Did you mean half a CENTURY?

[@wickettunes4781]

Agreed. America has deregulated industry to the point that they can’t be held accountable for anything. Did you know that raw meat that is known to be contaminated with Salmonella can be sold to consumers? Huge corporate meat packers will whine that it’s impossible to prevent Salmonella contamination, but the reality is that they cut corners and are constantly out of compliance with food safety regulations. If these companies spent as much time and effort cleaning up the crapholes they call packing plants as they do trying to avoid responsibility for their actions, we wouldn’t have such an enormous issue with foodborne illness in this country.

[@TheAmethystAngel]

“But everyone’s rights are protected so we’re not _technically_ breaking any laws! 😜”

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@MrBe56 That's because in America a lot is left up to the states to decide individually so you end up with entirely different protections in each state.

[@The_real_Arovor]

Well that’s because the US is a capitalistic hellhole that brings zero benefits to the rest of the world.

[@AnimeLuver0604]

Unfortunately a lot of people who use delivery have mobility issues, so pickup isn't always an option.

[@Rioting-parrot]

Which honestly makes the practice even more predatory and gross.

[@deadheat1635]

that could be a case for a price gouging suit

[@suburbanmama0062]

I don't mind paying a delivery fee and tip, but it sucks that companies add to the price of each item on top of fees and a tip. Having delivery available has been a godsend when I haven't been well enough to go out, but it sucks how much they price gauge.

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@AnimeLuver0604 Delivery where I live is usually around the same price as buying something in person. There's a delivery fee added but the actual item by law can't be a different price.

[@foxinabox5103]

​@@suburbanmama0062 I've heard horror stories of tips for delivery drivers not even going to the driver themselves. Its better to tip in person instead of using apps...

[@GabbieTheFox]

One thing I've noticed over the years when it comes to these BS practices is that corporate / business products usually don't have any of the incovinence that their personal equivalents have. Take printers for example. Do you ever see an office printer bitching and refusing to work because you put an off-brand ink or toner cartridge in it? No, you don't. Because the manufacturers knows that if they pulled that shit on their business and corporate customers, they'd lose all their market share overnight and instantly take a biblical proportion tsunami of bad press to the face. This is why I have a Lexmark office printer at home. Sure, it's a chonky boy. But that thing is built like a freaking tank, the toner lasts ages and it'll take any toner cartridges that fit with no complaining... And the best part, it doesn't even try to connect to the manufacturer's servers ever. If there is an software update for the printer, I have to manually download it, it goes through my computer and I can choose to ignore the update entirely if I want and the printer will happily continue working even if I never install an update. I fucking love this printer. Business / Corporate accounts on online services and social media are also usually excluded from any and all data harvesting by default.

[@suburbanmama0062]

Sadly, that's not always the case anymore.

[@AnUmbreonNamedRaire]

I don't know enough about printers but I know with software it isn't really the case anymore. The amount of data companies like adobe and Microsoft collect on their corporate clients is a lot. A family friend is head of an IT department at a large company and recently they started using chatgpt (ew). He had to make an ironclad contract to prevent them recycling their data, and even then I still don't trust it

[@christophercuston]

​@@suburbanmama0062 You have to actively become a CEO/lawyer minded jerk to get things done. Otherwise, businesses will run you over.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Corporate KFC food boxes are bigger when consumers get tiny chicken.

[@XsaviXander]

I went ahead and bit the bullet on a brother printer. Best purchase I have ever made. It may be a monochrome printer, but it never gave me any issues whatsoever.

[@meepmoopiethe3rd]

This is why I pirate all media I own that isn't physical. This isn't even new. I had Apple steal $200 in songs from me in like 2008. Years of gathering songs on my iPod legally, down the drain with an update. If I'm charged extra to use my phone or car or something I'm becoming a domestic terrorist.

[@lydiaelsewhere1504]

The opposite of a service is an extortion.

[@flaming_avocado]

The one about Amazon deleting Final Space from their list gets worse because they deleted the actual show from existence leaving nothing for the original creator and never letting him finish it. Just the ultimate f you.

[@gabetheanimator_]

The creator was actually able to finish it in the form of one graphic novel through a deal with WB

[@flaming_avocado]

@@gabetheanimator_ I’m glad to hear that at least SOMETHING was made

[@Calydor]

This is why piracy is the morally right option - it's a question of preserving our artistic culture from those who would delete it from existence.

[@elaexplorer]

New law in the US makes 36:09 all of that illegal. It now must be as easy to cancel as it was to sign up. So one click to sign up, means one click to cancel.

[@waffles3629]

Unfortunately that hasn't taken affect yet.

[@__TK___]

Don’t worry, companies will repeal this law real fast.

[@themoabrigade]

company adds AI to chat spam you so you buy premium Me, seeing this and reporting every message from the AI as offensive, spam, and other things that means it needs to be tweaked, to force them to check the ai every time it sends me a message

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@themoabrigade This would only work if the system that checks for reports isn't also automated which is probably is, unfortunately.

[@themoabrigade]

​@@AIHumanEquality true, though that would only mean it would need to be a group effort to get that result lol

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@themoabrigade I doubt you could submit reports faster than the system can process them even with a group effort.

[@Xavier-cv2vw]

@@AIHumanEquality If those [very nice people] keep some data of the report somewhere, even if it gets deleted every hour..there is potential of causing that thing to overload with data. Solution to create issue: teach ai to destroy ai, automatise the process and multiply it.

[@BlazeNStar]

When you're about to tap an item on the menu to order your meal and you end up clicking on an ad. The ad also has an unskippable 30 second timer, and a false x button and when you tap it, IT BRINGS YOU TO ANOTHER UNSKIPPABLE AD.

[@kaylaa2204]

I remember I saw one person argue “but you never owned the games you bought, you always owned a license to use it and never owned the actual content on the disc” and I’m like yeah but you know that’s not what the problem actually is though right? Back then the person who gave you the license couldn’t take the license away once you paid. The problem now is you don’t even own the license, you own a loose contract that says you have a license to play the game.

[@magical_chaos]

Okay soooooo 1. Subscription service to be able to use your headlights on your car should be ILLEGAL everywhere because this is a huge safety concern. Safety should not require subscriptions 2. The more ads I see of something, the less likely I am to get the thing that's advertised 3. I'm more likely to pay for a subscription service if it doesn't feel like it's forced upon me Heck, if KZbin starts removing some ads and makes it so there's overall less ads, I'd donate money to KZbin

[@kaelin_cherise]

Headlight subscriptions mustve been drafted by executives who no longer drive Oh my GOODDD. **I** don't drive and even I remember the laws about turning on your headlights in fog, on cloudy days, and anytime visibility could theoretically be compromised. No, it doesnt help the driver directly, but it helps OTHER PEOPLE SEE YOU.

[@kisslab]

I think it's about the automatic switching of the headlights, not the use of them manually.

[@rolfs2165]

@@kisslab Yes.

[@synthwolfe8906]

the non-newtonian fluid approach. the harder they press you the more you resist. If they make it a nice, gentle option, you'd be more likely to accept it.

[@doomse150]

That 2nd point is something a lot of people tell themselves and others, but is usually not true. The moment you stand in front of a shelf with 5 competing products, your eyes inevitably go to the one that you recognize/have seen before. That's the psychological reason why advertising works, even though everybody always says things like "I'd never buy something because of an ad" or "I'll avoid things that I've seen ads of". The subconscious is a prick sometimes. And regarding your KZbin comment, Premium is a thing...

[@PrototypeSpaceMonkey]

My dad (a retired mechanic) used to have a BMW. Whenever something went wrong with it (which was often) we took it to a local "BMW hacker" that specialized in... getting around BMW's more "creative" electronic design decisions. Couple of years ago he traded it in for a 2005 Jaguar XJ. Dirt cheap, built like a tank, and full of delicious Victorian steampunk cogs and gears. If it breaks (which is practically never) you can just open it up with a spanner and fix it yourself.

[@izzy-wt9sr]

:O I need a car like that

[@jacquelinewright868]

16:21 worst thing is... That's HIS show he made Final space and he can't even access it....

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

Well, now, good on a minute... Just because you MADE something, you think you get to own it? How are you millennial kids so entitled?! 😅

[@jacquelinewright868]

@@geoffreyentwistle8176 I can't tell if your being sarcastic

[@zzstacy_flowerzz9288]

They are, don’t worry

[@jacquelinewright868]

@@zzstacy_flowerzz9288 thank you

[@Aghul]

Reminds me when the creator of The Owl House went out and told people to pirate it. Because SHE HERSELF was pirating HER OWN SHOW instead of giving Disney - who cancelled the show halfway through a running season (and only allowed the creators to finish it after HUGE protests) - any money for it.

[@EngineMusic]

remember, piracy is freedom, and freedom is protest against those that drove you to piracy!

[@fd6344]

Those new headlights should be illegal! Why would car industries install headlights that are as powerful as full night road lights (don't know the english name for it) ? It's so dangerous! It's already an a-hole design to have them on automatic with no way to disable them...

[@_Iemonboy.]

Exactly! It makes me worried to learn how to drive! (And the word is "high beams" but honestly I like yours better - and English is a silly language so meh)

[@asserreiad]

​@@_Iemonboy. I thought they're called streetlights

[@georgeandrews1394]

Yeah, my mother was like 'oh, the automatic lights can't be that bright'. No, ma, someone in the car beside me at a stoplight let me know I had my brights on while I was driving through downtown. They _are_ that bright and whatever sensor they use for the dim option is _dumb_ .

[@_Iemonboy.]

@@asserreiad streetlights are the ones on poles lining the road, if it's on a car it's technically foglights - but brighter ones it's high beams :D

[@ghostrecondelta1741]

Dude, corporate greed is getting to the point where people are going to riot hard. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if people march on Google HQ and break in and trash the place. Like. I have gotten an ad every 3 minutes and half of them have been 30 second unskippable ads.

[@asmariamoon]

28:35 Imagine you start driving somewhere, and you hit a cellular dead zone, and your car immediately shuts off. Now you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with no cell service and a car that refuses to start until it detects a signal again. Can't even call a tow truck because of the aforementioned lack of cell service. Then, your only option is walking along the highway until you get to a gas station that you hope to god still has a landline.

[@rolfs2165]

I remember reading a news story where someone had that happen with their app-unlocked car. The car didn't automatically stop when it had no reception, but to unlock and start it again via the app, they had to have it towed out of the dead zone. I wonder how that works in underground car parks.

[@asmariamoon]

@@rolfs2165 Source?

[@86fifty]

Yup, that's a horror movie plothook right there

[@gernottiefenbrunner172]

"Imagine you start driving somewhere, and you hit a cellular dead zone, and your car immediately shuts off." In that case you walk back a couple hundred meters and your phone will work again, unlike in @rolfs scenario. Either way, the car is still worthless though.

[@janemiettinen5176]

We live in the capital area of Finland and my husband wouldn’t be able to commute very easily, if that was the case. He would need two cars and walk 500 meters in between (along the highway), or plan a small backroads route with better connections (if even possible). Did I mention we live in the capital area? Yeah..

[@cuchulainn6478]

31:45 That's from Humble Bundle. The sliders are for choosing how much goes to the author, how much to the charity, and how much to Humble. It's greyed out because whenever you buy a bundle from them, there's a minimum amount you have to send to Humble.

[@yaronakrayis7291]

From my experience humble bundle is quite the steal, I bought 9 games for 15 bucks, and one of the games on steam cost 30

[@Ryukuro]

I mean, that makes sense. The deals are so good I'm willing to give them some money. Got eu4 and like 10 dlc for like 19 dollars.

[@berndbrotify]

It's actually wholesome design, as they are exactly telling you, which part of the price goes to the author and which part doesn't. Imagine buying a Mars bar or something and the price tag tells you: 0.08$ for the ingredients, 0.42$ for sales and marketing and 0.50$ for company profits = 1$ total.

[@Przemko27Z]

@@berndbrotify It's asshole design on top of the original good design.

[@Narangarath]

@@Przemko27Z Not _really_ since the others come off the Humble slider. I will say it's confusing af looking at a ss, but it makes a little more sense when you're actually fiddling with the sliders.

[@SilverionX]

Having a baby alert message is next level scummy. That would make me unsubscribe to whatever service that was immediately.

[@opal42opal]

My mom had a pension, it was in the lower price tier at around 30-40€ per night, she could not have afforded to give free sodas to guests, but she always had free tee, Coffee and bottled water (tap water was not very good in the area) she keppt it cheap, simple and clean, and she became pick of the editors of lonly planet within a few years. Life is so easy when you just respect people.

[@phaIIicaIIyimpaired]

I boycott subscription based products at every opportunity. Especially when it comes to music, movies and shows. Still buy everything on CD/DVD. No shitty service can suddenly remove my fav album or show from streaming.

[@pompe221]

Nor can they edit your content or get episodes out of order -- common problems with streaming.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Zombie apocalypse happens, you'll be ready -- in style B)

[@LilChuunosuke]

Same. The only subscription I pay for nowadays is Spotify and thats only because I'm one of their top listeners at over 50 hours per week. I feel comfortable staying subscribed only because I know they run my account at a loss. When the day comes that this is no longer the case, I'll be transferring all my playlists to cheaper services.

[@animeartist888]

We have two subscriptions in my household. One for Crunchyroll, which I still think is worth it because I definitely wouldn't want to shell out for a DVD of a series only to get 2-3 episodes in and realize I hate it- those things never have returns available unless the package is severely damaged on arrival. The other one we have is Spotify, which... I'm a little salty about. I feel like I've been forced into it by my car. I have a 2021 Toyota Prius Eco and it legitimately does not have an AUX port or a disc drive. So for listening on the go, my options are: Sirius radio (subsciption, and a definite asshole company), Spotify (subscription, but less asshole company), taking up my entire phone's memory with music to play via bluetooth or USB (which I would have to rip from CDs and load onto my phone manually), or a pretty terrible regular radio (which my area only has about 3 stations around me that aren't Christian talk shows or some shit). Spotify is simply the least awful solution. I miss my 5-disc stereo and my AUX cord and mp3 player from my previous car.

[@nikkafrog]

About the ingredient list one. I have a disorder i am currently trying to diagnosis. But i have to avoid many things that cause allergic reactions. Up to anaphylaxis. But my major triggers are sulfates and linalool ( which is found in most essential oils and smelly stuff). It drives me absolutely insane when products do not disclose all ingredients. Many cleaning products do this. And i have to read every ingredient, not just major ones. Because they do not disclose, i can not buy. Makes buying things so miserable. I sit in the store, looking at the back of every product. And shopping is one of the only time i go outside of my house because of this disorder. Being allergic to scents is very common, but companies refuse to label. Or will just do generic list.

[@tamaratkjenielsen5501]

s but specifically the orange family...(orange, mandarine, clementine, tangerine..etc.) and most soaps or products used in anything at all have "CITRUS ACID" but wont say if it is from a pinaple which is fine or if it is from an orange which will kill me if its even in the same room as me for a split second (i have epi-pen now tho) i hope you'll be okay and that people (corporates will start actually listing stuff so they dont end up killing people with their prodcts, especially since its o darn easy to just write it)

[@suburbanmama0062]

I'm allergic to some weird things too. One of my worst outside of medication is Lysol and similar products. It sucks. I have to carry Epi pens and Benadryl. A lot of people can't seem to wrap their minds around it being possible to be allergic to disinfectants. The pandemic was a major challenge between being high risk and severely allergic to many disinfectants. My kids saw me change colors a couple of times, but I was able to avoid needing an Epi. I was on a hefty steroid dose for an autoimmune disease flare, so that probably helped. I also have migraines and scents can be a major trigger. I've figured out what some trigger scents are, but have no idea about a lot of things. I know cedar and pine scents trigger migraines as well as allergy symptoms. It's hard to figure out triggers or avoid them when companies are allowed to not list ingredients. They can say things like natural fragrances/flavors, proprietary blend, artificial flavors, herbs and spices and other terms that hide specific ingredients. My first cat had severe allergies. We finally figured out the final major trigger item during a major pet food recall. Brewers rice and Brewers rice flour was the trigger we had so much trouble figuring out. She had horrible reactions to the prescription foods we had tried and that finally made sense once we figured out it was the rice. The first listed ingredient in those foods was Brewers rice. We found foods that she did fine with after that. Allergies can be crazy.

[@aliceboss3134]

@@nikkafrog wait is it legal to not state ingredients in the product? Is that in the US?

[@nikkafrog]

@ i am in the us. They have to post ingredients for food, drugs and make up. But cleaning products can get away with posting minimal info. They usually just list the main cleaning chemical. They classify as active and inert and only the active ingredients are on the label. Some says for more info, visit website. But even the website sometimes wont clarify ingredients I am looking for. At work, i had a full anaphylaxis and was rushed by ambulance to the er. At the time, i didn’t have an epi pen due to my insurance denying it. (Which is another bs situation i will not get into here). All from old english furniture polish. We had a msds sheet that didn’t say anything that i should have been allergic to. That was the last straw for my disorder and i started getting all sorts of tests and seeing specialist until i got referred to u of m since nothing was being flagged. I have a rare disorder we are trying to narrow down, but until then i can’t go out in public since i cant control what is around me. Even outside with large crowds is not safe. You would thin after the pandemic, people would more concerned about being actually clean and not so much about smelling good, but they just started adding more and stronger smells, even in cleaning products. Trying to find a disinfectant that doesnt have a scent is impossible. I have to get one with a scent that doesnt contain linalool. They love adding essential oils to everything now, not just parfum.

[@aliceboss3134]

@@nikkafrog that sound really horrible, i'm sorry!

[@melonyreece4195]

So fun fact...I woke up a couple weeks ago suffering from a UTI. If anyone has dealt with this you know that as soon as that pain hits you it needs to be treated. Holding off makes it worse and is super painful. This happened on a Sunday so I was forced to seek out an Urgent Care in my area. My partner and I make the drive and as I'm filling out the paperwork work, in massive pain, the last page states they need to keep a card on file that they can charge in case your insurance doesn't cover your full visit. Now we all know that even when you pay your copay ( which SHOULD BE all that you have to pay for the visit out of pocket) there are still other changes that come to you later in a bill. There is always something else insurance doesn't cover....and they could perform anything on you in the justification that it was an emergency. We are all broke as fuck and for my family and I even the grocery bill has to be carefully planned so that we can pay rent. So when I explained to them that having a random amount taken from me, with no way to plan for it, wasn't something I could afford, they looked at me like I had three heads. Then said " well I can give you the number to our financial aid department and you can talk to them about the charges" but that won't put the money back in my account or keep them from taking it out, again at random! We had to leave and go to a hospital where we paid $50 to be seen and they assured us they would send us a bill and give us a chance to file for assistance. Asshole healthcare....way to go 'Murica!

[@Kittynater89]

I recently went to Urgent Care because I had this thing on my armpit that I wanted checked out. The Urgent Care I went to told me that whether I have insurance or not, I have to pay 120 dollars to even be seen. I just went home and it went away on its own. Cherry on top was the guy behind the desk told me to go to the ER since I couldn't pay 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@melonyreece4195]

@Kittynater89 I'm so sorry to hear that! Cherry on top for me is happening rn.... I'm having a mild allergic reaction to the second round of antibiotics. So I try to call to get something different prescribed and despite having been seen twice elsewhere ( ER) with the same diagnosis they refuse to change the meds I'm on unless I come into the office. That's ANOTHER $100 ( up front) and a trip I can't make bc of their hours and my family only having one car( which is w my partner at work rn). So then they said we'll go back to the hospital then, sorry we can't help. Great, except I have a sick kid at home w me and again, no car....fuck this whole system. Either the infection kills me or the meds do...but fuck me right?

[@toxicbavariankitten]

​@@melonyreece4195Well, just dont be alergic to your meds???? (sarcasm btw, healthcare is a scam.)

[@suburbanmama0062]

​@@Kittynater89that's how they work in my area too. Healthcare and insurance systems are such a mess. Well, really most of our systems are a hot mess right now. It's scary. :(

[@suburbanmama0062]

​@@melonyreece4195try calling the pharmacy that filled the prescription. I don't know if they will be able to help, but it might be worth a try.

[@EonityLuna]

4:13 It just so happens that Apple just released a new version of that Magic Mouse that now uses a USB-C port instead of Lightning, and it _still_ has that charging port at the bottom.

[@Helixneek]

Honestly still confused on how Apple bootlickers still exist after all the shit they've pulled

[@EonityLuna]

Heck, while I do use Apple products myself (I’m on my iPhone 16 Pro here right now), and while I do find their products to generally be of better quality than their competition, I’m not above criticising them for the shit they pull when they deserve it. The Magic Mouse charging port here is just one thing. That $1000 monitor stand, their locking down of the App Store, forcing all payments on their platforms to go through them and forcefully taking a 30% cut of it, and that’s just off the top of my head.

[@DibsAtraiyu]

I'm so glad the "click to unsubscribe" law is being pushed through... Course ATM they are trying to sue the new law... They being the cable and advertisement that do the "call, mail,or come in person to unsubscribe" and make in subbing as hard as possible

[@transnightwalker7973]

I worked for a call center where, if customers took time to give feedback, anything less than a perfect score was a “coachable” event. It was a call center. Who leaves feedback for call center employees? Not happy people. The few happy people that did leave ratings seemed to always be the types who refuse to give a 5 (top possible rating) because ‘no one is actually perfect’ so it was incredibly rare to get even one 5 rating in a feedback thing let alone all of the scores being a 5. It was supposed to keep us motivated to go for the perfect scores but it just made me care even less.

[@rannvamacdonaldarnskov4794]

I kinda terrified the lady at Postnord's customer service last time i called. I was furious because the postman had blocked the stairs in our apartment building with packages by one door, which, ya know, is a fire escape hazard. "I understand that you are upset and called to leave a complaint, but would you say youre satisfied /with the call?/" "Oh yeah. Im pissed off but not at you. Not taking it out on you, you get full score." You could hear the immense relief in her voice, poor thing. I hadnt raised my voice or anything, just told her how dangerous it all was.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

I've heard it theorized that some companies pull stuff like this as an abuse tactic -- the actual goal is to tear down their employees' self-esteem, so they'll be less likely to stand up for themselves and more likely to settle for lower wages. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised. Self-care is an act of resistance. Never forget that.

[@leruetheday377]

My mans unplugging the speakers legit went "want a break from the ads?" and followed through!

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

The hero Bonnie Tyler was holding out for.

[@crwydryny]

That ad screen on the pump. If they had that where I live the screens would all be smashed within a week

[@lynneconklin917]

The 24 hour, unmanned, card only gas station near me has the ads running on the big screen front of the pumps. You can't preset how much gas you want, so get distracted and you go over your intended amount. Really sucks on a budget. Especially if they do that asshole hold on your account for 24 hours to guarantee that their payment goes through

[@lulolie]

​@@lynneconklin917 the 'Hold" are so unnecessary and annoying

[@suburbanmama0062]

My mom used a card in a vending machine when visiting me in the hospital last year. They put a hold on her account for several times the cost of the soda she bought. It was kinda crazy. The hold was released the next day, I think. Still crazy for a vending machine to do that though.

[@SpecialBlanket]

@@luloliethe hold thing doesn't make sense to me. If they can charge yr account to do a hold how come they can't charge it for the gas?

[@schrodingerscat3741]

@@SpecialBlanket the hold is to make sure you have money in your account before they let you start pumping. They don't know how much to charge you until after you already have their gas, thus the hold.

[@lilharm]

I’ve never been so glad that the threat of lawsuit is constantly over corporations’ heads car manufacturers absolutely would’ve added that joke about emergency breaks randomly cutting in if you don’t pay a subscription to turn it off if it weren’t for the fact that causing car crashes would get you sued into the bedrock

[@johnprice6271]

18:01 Very simple solution to this: Contact your bank and request them to prevent any charges from [Insert Company], they'll usually be happy to do so as it keeps the money in their bank- and by extension your accounts. The company trying to charge you can't do anything about it except cancel whatever subscription you may have been (or not have been) using.

[@tealkerberus748]

There have been cases of companies claiming the unpaid subscription is a debt and going to debt collection and trashing people's credit ratings on that sort of scenario. Check your local laws before doing this!

[@ajaxtorbin]

With that gas pump, I bet the number of people who 'accidently' leave the handle in the car and drive off would dramatically increase.

[@animeartist888]

Sadly (or maybe happily, depending on context), those pumps are specifically designed to not damage anything in the event of a drive-off. They have a breakaway segment at the top where the hose connects to the rest of the pump. That snaps, the pump is automatically disabled, and an employee calls in a tech who simply snaps a new one on. Source: Worked at gas stations in multiple different areas for about 6 years in total. Saw two or three get replaced and specifically asked one of our fixit guys if it was a pain to replace them.

[@Steve_SBU]

25:35 my local gas station has these, but I don’t mind it because instead of generic ads it shows actual weekly deals that the gas station has for products, so it’s less so “CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME” and more so feels like “hey if you’re interested in saving some money on something you might be buying anyways, check it out!” Ads are predatory in nature sure but this at least feels like it has a purpose that the consumer may benefit from

[@dudono1744]

The weekly deals would usually be displayed in the station itself, so people just taking gas wouldn't see them otherwise.

[@Salicat99]

I just got a new computer, and the most annoying thing is there was a pop-up that took quite a while to find out how to remove it. What was the pop-up you ask?? Ad-Blocker.

[@andeeharry]

That reminds me. I left a few groups in FB because I didnt need them and the site wanted to know my reason for leaving, and then giving me a bunch of questionaire options before I left completely. it is weird. The sites are happy to ban people for no reason, but when it comes to fakes, they can't do anything about it. on Twitter, I had 3 impersonates and the site wouldn't do anything about it, because ''the original owner''' never complained, despite me being the original owner. I went through a lot of stuff to find that they would ''review it in 6 months lol.....ooo....and yet, they can ban someone in seconds for using certain words. It is so weird.

[@AlbertaGeek]

I have an Epson printer that doesn't use cartridges, but rather has ink reservoirs that can simply be refilled. One can buy the colors separately or as a pack. I had no idea all this nonsense was going on with printers that use cartridges.

[@digapygmy70]

I work for a publishing company, and we have a fairly regular problem with scammers plagiarizing some of our authors’ books on Amazon. These aren’t even popular books, they’re local history books, and these people will take the entire text and create their own new version on Amazon. It baffles me because surely it can’t be worth it!

[@sk_187]

I have an idea for bingo: "would have been wholesome" When they (like insane parents) say something that would have been wholesome but ruin it at the end with something absolutely crazy (versuch 9)

[@SlyHikari03]

I second this recommendation

[@yarion4774]

Why is this the eleventh try?

[@skip-4259]

Such a great idea for a bingo card for an idiot see that’s the joke

[@sk_187]

@@yarion4774 I cant remember could be 9th 10th

[@sk_187]

@@SlyHikari03 yo, Englisch is my second language. I didn't know you could say "second" in this context. Thanks :)

[@fleridanfox6150]

KZbin ads are refusing to tell me which ones are skippable AUTOCORRECT I SAID NO

[@Kaisermormof9646]

Cool art mate!

[@radioactiveferrets]

Yes! I hate that it's now "watch the little yellow line go across the screen and *then* we'll give you the skip button or not"

[@aedaniammx7559]

I use the mobile browser version and it literally NEVER shows you the skip button if you’re in miniplay or full screen

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@fleridanfox6150 If you can afford it just get KZbin premium. It's not that expensive for what you get with it. No ads, the ability to download videos easily, and full access to KZbin music at no extra cost.

[@lazykbys]

This is why I only watch KZbin videos on my PC with adblock up and running.

[@idc_21]

5:31 i have this at work. They have questionnaires to fill every month about how you are feeling at work and bellow 8 is considered bad. Very annoying

[@josephthiel9695]

The issue behind the Ad screen built into the pumps is to distract you, most people have gotten to the point with prices of only getting what fuel they need to get by for a couple days or a week, but the stations want you to fill up all the way. SO they installed the Ad screens as a distraction, because if you are looking at the playing ad you are not looking at the amount ticking over and most people will end up paying for more fuel than they initially intended.

[@CatsLilaSalem]

I bet that ai is really good at supporting ahole design, you can do some really complexer shady things with it. Ai can do some good things, but there are so many risks of things going wrong with it on top of that it is easy to abuse and use for smamming for example

[@QueenOfCavies]

8:38 I have this problem when ordering from a coffee place near me. The menu board constantly changes to an advert at the most inconvenient time and I end up looking so befuddled infront of the cashier when I'm trying to order. It's embarrassing.

[@vukkulvar9769]

If reddit become paywalled, it may become illegal to make videos about what people post on reddit.

[@Skaterboi-k6d]

And reddit would crumble seemingly overnight.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

I wanna see they try to enforce that

[@bradiedean7466]

Just reposting would probably be, but if you add commentary to it like Click does, it would probably fall under Transformative Use and then therefore be legal.

[@lulolie]

Nope, they don't own the copyright to user posts. They could try enforcing it, but given more people use and pay youtube and they'd both be owned by Google, I doubt they'd cripple youtube just to make a pittance off reddit

[@MattTOB618]

26:09 "People deserve a break from this BS" (Gets an ad before Click can even clap)

[@LinksKat]

Love how in the first minute of the video, Click went completely off the deep end and I'm all for it.

[@ginsi936]

0:54 IT ALMOST HIT THE CORNER

[@PabloNeves26]

You gotta have faith, it's gonna happen!

[@tuliotonheiro]

As a Brazilian, I find it ridiculous that such things happen. Here, local laws prevent such things

[@casfletcher4076]

i've worked in a few call centres that use 'Net Promoter Score' as a metric, where we're rated on whether or not a customer would recommend the compant to a friend. 1-6 is a 'Detractor', 7-8 is 'Neutral' and 9-10 is 'Promoter'. We all hated this because even if we were great on the actual call, that generally doesn't tend to impact whether or not the customer would recommend the company, and our scores affected our bonuses.

[@alexreid1173]

Tbh I’ve mostly stopped using streaming services, and now I get many of my movies and tv shows from libraries. Also, all of my audiobooks. Audible doesn’t seem that impressive when I can get literally hundreds of thousands of audiobooks for free (I know it’s paid for with taxes, but still). And if my libraries don’t have what I want, I can request that they buy it, and they often do… PS: I have a couple dozen library cards because I can. Highly recommend it. It lowers your waiting times, and you have access to more things. My local libraries also hand out free tickets to local places (parks, museums, zoos, etc.) Use your local libraries!!!!

[@silverghostcat1924]

9:11 actually you're paying for an "assistant" to switch to and from high beams automatically, when you can do it yourself for free.

[@thatlilly]

Honestly a monthly plushie subscription sounds genuinely great. It would probably be pretty expensive, but I would totally sign up for one.

[@Moon_x_sun]

I Saw a sticker subscription and was seriously comtiplating it for a while. But i was also just what if i dont like them then i just wasted my money yk

[@osheridan]

Like tinker boxes

[@GirlinGarlicBread]

DON’T ENCOURAGE HIM 😭

[@osheridan]

@GirlinGarlicBread well it wouldn't be like he described-

[@elllang1577]

On the one hand a plushie subscription would be awesome to get a new plushie every couple of months, but I think if Click in particular were to do a monthly plushie, he would put a lot of effort into it and then get burnt out really quickly. I do think it would be awesome if one day Click had his own plushie company.

[@Salicat99]

It took an entire minute to notice a Click video? Unacceptable!!!

[@vixithespiderling]

i was in the shower so it took me 43 minutes 😔😔😔😔😔😔

[@Salicat99]

Well, I bet that you now smell amazing, at least. ​@vixithespiderling

[@vixithespiderling]

@ thank you, i needed that 🫶

[@tamaratkjenielsen5501]

i was getting an MR scan for my left knee (i cant walk and had to take a bus..and i missed the first one home) so it took an hour...🥺

[@Salicat99]

@tamaratkjenielsen5501 I only hope the MRI results will help speed your recovery ...at not seeing Click's video within the first hour.

[@robertiams4198]

I asked the copilot AI on my laptop for the current presidential poll numbers for my state, the response was, "Let's not talk politics", I replied that the AI was useless. Like I'm going to argue with a chat bot, I just wanted data. It responded, "this conversation is over". Dear god my ex-wife is living in my laptop....

[@jordan_cagle]

28:20 there is only 1 reason a printer needs to be connected to the internet, wirelessly sending something to the printer to be printed. That is the only reason, but companies abuse it.

[@pompe221]

I miss my plug-in printer. I print so rarely that literally putting a cord into my laptop from the computer was no big deal. (I'd probably still have that printer if it hadn't gotten knocked onto the ground and cracked.)

[@dakzibbon6589]

@@pompe221 You still can try to look for one Or even better, buy a Brother from Europe and have it shipped. It's an ink printer, that you can refill with ink from bottles

[@LeSarthois]

Laser printers, even the "home" models with colour, are usually no-nonsense devices that just works. cheaper options may not have networking options but high end ones have at least Ethernet... and it's only for printing.

[@sazz1975]

I was shocked that Amazon sold a doorbell camera, for only to find out that you can't see your own videos unless you pay for a subscription service! I paid for a product that does half the job. What is the point. I won't pay for a subscription service like that. It's pure greed.

[@vykyr]

Me watching the bouncing ghost mango waiting for a corner hit

[@killerbunny7206]

If buying is not owning, than piracy is not theft.

[@Ace_AloneWolf]

With the popularity of Reddit readers on KZbin, Spotify, and everywhere else, I’m not surprised Reddit would do this paywall thing

[@lulolie]

I am, they already saw how people modded the app when they added ads and are using Lemmy as an alternative

[@EspeonMistress00]

Which makes no sense, more people will flock to smaller number of people who actually pay for these services Like I watch Reddit so I don't have to bother reading it so who cares if they have their pay wall LOL I am not givinv my m ok money to them

[@darkstarr984]

I’m on a lot of Reddit reading KZbin because I don’t have time to sit and read on Reddit. My sitting and reading time is for other things.

[@Ace_AloneWolf]

@ same. It’s the only way I can make it through 8 hours of a job I hate

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@Ace_AloneWolf I doubt it's real because it would backfire immediately. Reddit is also designed so that the creators of each subreddit has near full control of that subreddit so unless they gave a subscription to access all of Reddit it wouldn't really be possible to have one per subreddit.

[@HeyJay404]

I noticed that with every place now having those little terminals you can order at, they no longer list every menu on the board behind the counter. If you order at a terminal, you always get the menus but some cashiers put in your order as separate items if you don't specifically say it's a "medium menu" making it more expensive

[@leylavandriessche9976]

I have an old printer, new enough that it claims to care about cartridges, old enough that I can just say I don't care about brand cartridges (which is lucky because HP doesn't make the cartridges anymore)

[@AberrantChibi]

Same here. Though mostly I used it for the scanner function.

[@trulyunknowable]

After seeing that post about LaGaurdia, I am so thankful I never intended to buy anything at the airport when I went to New York for the first time last spring. Airports should not be as bad as they are

[@LMBillingsley]

I'm calling it now...subscription car brakes. Dystopia achieved.

[@__TK___]

No no no, you need a subscription in order to turn the motor on.

[@j4ck_0ff_j1ll]

stupid 5 second ad making me 12 seconds in instead of 7 seconds can’t believe this I’m suing youtube

[@hoopa6477]

I wish thee the best of luck

[@claratalbot7613]

5:29 Yep. I used to work customer service & this annoyed me so much. What is the point of the scale if the only thing that matters is top & bottom of the scale? Have the rating just be like good, bad, or meh/middle because if I'm having a customer who is happy with the service but then the overall survey is like an 8 & the company doesn't count that then it makes the me as the service person look like I'm not doing my job

[@Van-dq4sw]

That HP one with the internet connection even misspelled the word "cartridges". The main product they're trying to sell you. They don't even quality control their condescension.

[@owngamesgamer4030]

11:41 that reminds me. I was on a flight recently visiting someone and on the flights the drinks bar was free. In economy class you had free beer, red and white wine, water, tea and coffee. In addition they gave us all the pastries and nuts as well. If i chose to fly with ryanair i would end up paying like 85% of the ticket price but would have to go that additional distance from a different airport leading me to pay the same amount, plus the flight itself would suck ass because they stuff as many seats as possible in the plane, plus the seats have a horisontal meral bar in them stabbing you though the entire flight. last time on ryanair I slept on my knees because of those seats.

[@theworkshopwhisperer.5902]

Parents lost the back catalogue of some Star Trek seasons. They were bought outright not rented before the paramount plus prime merger fully solidified but it's only the most popular seasons to get locked off behind paramount plus despite purchasing through Amazon prime. I mean we knew it was coming but I'm not subscribing to paramount plus to nibble on a back catalogue of old Star Trek.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

you need to torrent your parents some seasons of star trek

[@toomuchBeer]

Plushie Subscription should be a thing (one plushie a month not the other thing

[@katascendant]

5:32 that’s exactly how the review system for the store i work at is. we’ll get marked as low scoring and get alerts about negative surveys and the survey itself will be “8/10 had a great experience.” to a normal person 7+/10 is positive with 9 and 10 being reserved for the best experience ever, but for us 8/10 is treated exactly the same as 0/10. had to respond to a survey alert today for a “critical detractor” because all of the ratings in the survey were 10/10 except “likelihood to recommend” which was put at 6/10 and explained as none of the customer’s friends really having interests that would align with our store

[@xanperia]

I'll give you one example I recently experienced. I needed a new phone ASAP and I checked the local Samsung website. The campaign discount code didn't work so I wrote to the live chat there. They said that they were sorry and that the code was no longer valid. Next day there was a new campaign: buy the phone and you'll get the tab for FREE. Since the price of that phone was suspiciously higher than in other stores, I asked them if they could lower the price if I didn't want the "free" tab and they said no. Couple of weeks later they had added an option: "Choose the phone without the FREE tab and save 200€!" Which was basically the tab's own price. So much for the FREE tab. I couldn't believe my eyes.

[@rolfs2165]

I remember when Samsung added the Bigsby(?) button after Siri became a thing, and if you wanted to use the button for _anything else_ you had to pay a subscription. That was the day I decided there's enough other smartphone brands.

[@John_Weiss]

My husband used to work in the semiconductor industry, and Samsung was so notorious for fscking-over its vendors and doing corporate espionage, that Samsung products are _banned_ in our house.

[@xanperia]

@@rolfs2165 Whaat? That's insane. I had the Bixby button too, but I didn't have to pay for changing it

[@spruce-ui2eh]

We installed solar panels on our roof to save money last like 5 years ago, but now they're charging us for the energy that the panels bring up. Having solar panels is now more expensive than not having solar panels. Installing a digital counter is required so the company can see how much money they can charge you for your own electricity.

[@pflanzenmuddi2019]

How is that legal??

[@spruce-ui2eh]

@@pflanzenmuddi2019 I seriously don’t know, and it’s a bit more complicated than I explained, it’s got something to do with when you overuse energy or something? But either way it is just messed up. I just hope the company gets enough backlash from all it’s clients that it changes.

[@wartgin]

Where are you located and what company did you use to install the solar?

[@spruce-ui2eh]

@@wartgin I'd rather not share my location and stuff on the internet- I'm sorry! But why do you need that info?

[@wartgin]

@@spruce-ui2eh I didn't mean for you to be too specific but country and state (if in the US) because I was wondering if it was an issue with how your state or utility is allowing or encouraging people to finance installation. I'm looking to get ours installed in the next year or so and will take any tips for avoiding pitfalls I can garner.

[@lampekartoffel]

Damn. 11 seconds! Thank you for this blessing KZbin notifications! 1 plushie a month sounds great, tho😂

[@evanwoodward6376]

These butthole designers could learn from the internet’s favourite plushie salesman. Manghost is peak design!

[@everogersdownunder1242]

What if it turned on your high beam lights when going towards oncoming traffic? You have to turn your high beams off if someone is coming the other way over here in Australia. So that's why we all have manual on and off for high beam lights as we quickly have to turn them off on dark roads when a car comes from the opposite direction so we don't blind them and cause an accident. I can see this auto feature not being a good option