OMG Google 🙀

#meme #software #mute #microphone #fail #surveillance #advertisement #economy #bigbrother #nerd #humor #just4fun

#Apple lied to us about #AI 😱

source:

The #feature shown in the #advertisement does not exist and Apple had to withdraw the advertisement. Apple promised #customers AI features that don't even exist yet.

#economy #future #fail #technology #siri #problem #software #development #promise #news #lie #smartphone

I like #ViTune for playing #music on the #smartphone: github.com/25huizengek1/ViTune…

The most important features for me are (and it is #floss):

• Play (almost) any #song or video from #YouTube Music without #advertisement
• Cache song for #offline playback
• Manage your #playlists locally

#Software #Playlist #entertainment #android #app

GitHub - 25huizengek1/ViTune: An Android application for seamless music streaming

An Android application for seamless music streaming - 25huizengek1/ViTune

^GitHub

#EU fines #Apple €500M and #Meta €200M for breaking #Europe’s #digital rules

source: politico.eu/article/eu-fines-a…

Apple faces a €500 million fine for breaching the regulation’s rules for app stores, while Meta drew a penalty of €200 million for its "pay or consent" advertising model, which requires that European Union users pay to access ad-free versions of #Facebook and #Instagram.

#internet #online #news #law #economy #advertisement #monopoly #user

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules

The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

^{Jacob Parry (POLITICO)}

You won't believe what they have found out:

apnews.com/article/google-ille…

#google #monopoly #economy #news #advertisement #internet

Google's digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly

Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.

^{Michael Liedtke (AP News)}

Social media is being transformed from an advertising platform and subscription trap into a toxic, inhuman democracy-destroying machine.

#socialMedia #internet #advertisement #democracy #politics #future #economy #problem #ethics #quote #wisdom #transformation