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  • Brisketexan
    Brisketexan

    3.  Shaggybevo.  Truly the most enshittened enterprise in intergoogles history. Literally a scat site. How you left that off the list, I'll never understand.

  • hayden_horn
    hayden_horn

    so i've been meaning to make a post about this. i've likened it the great chiseling. i think that's where we are. i feel like everything described in this thread is very true and depressing

  • And pay the removal fee?!

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#2353
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1759641388

 

#2362
22 minutes ago, immamac said:

This is how you stop things. The problem is the NAS market are THE people who subscribe to Corey Doctorow so they are immune from the railroading. 

https://www.guru3d.com/story/synology-reverses-policy-banning-thirdparty-hdds-after-nas-sales-plummet/

Accountability works and is the only antidote. 

Thought this was about the lovable rascal from Queensbridge.

#2364
Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett has become one of the market’s loudest cautionary voices. “‘At the end of the day … this is not going to be pretty’ if and when the generative AI capital expenditure story falters, she said.” @fortune.com https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/ai-bubble-cisco-moment-dotcom-crash-nvidia-jensen-huang-top-analyst/

 

#2366
18 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett has become one of the market’s loudest cautionary voices. “‘At the end of the day … this is not going to be pretty’ if and when the generative AI capital expenditure story falters, she said.” @fortune.com https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/ai-bubble-cisco-moment-dotcom-crash-nvidia-jensen-huang-top-analyst/

 

 

4 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I mean what could possibly go wrong?

You mean besides masking the overall rotten state of the economy outside of data center build-outs?

#2367

The DoorDash experience now is full on insanity. I just tried to order two items and it asked/forced itself upon me to keep adding other items, some not even remotely related to what I wanted. I had to click through at least two extra screens to get to where I wanted. 
 

 

#2369
6 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Still don't understand the fascination with Doordash / Uber Eats.  Talk about a couple of gigantic scams.

This.  "Hey, here's my pitch to you, consumer: pay $60 for $20 worth of food that you could go pick up in 15 minutes yourself."

My son drove Doordash for a while for extra cash, and he'd regularly come home shaking his head, like after he'd just delivered a single slice of cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory to a shitty apartment.  A $9 slice of cheesecake that ended up costing the customer $30.

I mean, as a former hard drinking idiot, I DO get some of the appeal of "I got the munchies, can't drive anywhere, and I'd like two orders of pasta, a slice of pie, and a bloomin' onion."  But Doordash has a much bigger customer base than drunks with the munchies.  It's a lot of "lazy asses who make bad decisions."  Or, in shorter terms, "Americans."

#2370
2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

This.  "Hey, here's my pitch to you, consumer: pay $60 for $20 worth of food that you could go pick up in 15 minutes yourself."

And I’ll be cold, and take an hour. And invariably will be screwed up, so you have to whine to the store and DoorDash about it. Instead of just picking it up yourself and checking the food before you leave

I don’t pay delivery fees for food. My lazy ass can go pick it up. Plus the dog likes a short car ride to the pizza place

#2372
1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

Stopped at the McDonald's in San Marcos a few weeks ago

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#2373
12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
21 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

 

This.  "Hey, here's my pitch to you, consumer: pay $60 for $20 worth of food that you could go pick up in 15 minutes yourself."

My drunk brain thinks this is a good idea.  And it is much better than me driving while intoxicated.

#2374
3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My drunk brain thinks this is a good idea.  And it is much better than me driving while intoxicated.

That's poor planning on your part.  It's advisable to always have some good snacks available before commencing a solid drinking session.

#2376
27 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Still don't understand the fascination with Doordash / Uber Eats.  Talk about a couple of gigantic scams.

You don't like paying twice as much to get cold food delivered, all while the company takes money from the restaurant, too, without providing any reasonable wage and protections to the drivers?

You sound like an asshole. 

#2377
6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My drunk brain thinks this is a good idea.  And it is much better than me driving while intoxicated.

That's the only viable and reasonable market I can see for it.  Shit, my son and his buddies have been over playing video games and whatnot, and consuming various beverages and such, and they decide they need to order $60 worth of Taco Bell.  I get it, and they aren't driving anywhere.  But the bulk of Doordash traffic is just lazy dumbfucks.

1 minute ago, bolverk said:

90% of the time I've used either is when I'm in a hotel and too tired or lazy to leave my room.

I've done it once or twice in that circumstance.  But usually, I either 1) want to get out and get some air, so I can eat somewhere or pick something up, or 2) I picked something up on the way to the hotel because I was thinking ahead.

#2378
48 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

That's poor planning on your part.  It's advisable to always have some good snacks available before commencing a solid drinking session.

Yup. Going out drinking? There’s gonna be cold pizza or Chinese food in the fridge waiting for me when I get home.

Drinkin at home? I picked up snacks, real food and shit earlier in the day/week and am ready to go. 

#2379

I spend an absolutely embarrassing amount of money on doordash but I'm a lazy pothead 

#2380
1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Stopped at the McDonald's in San Marcos a few weeks ago, and there was a Door Dash guy there picking up stuff.

There are always people on the internet crying about their finances while they DoorDash fast food 4x a week.

Fat, lazy and stupid 

#2382
Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda — a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/kohler-unveils-a-camera-for-your-toilet/

 

#2383

we're gonna find that fucking watch!!!

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#2385

I sometimes complain about posts that are off-topic, but that is 100% on topic. You literally* could not be more on topic.

 

*for you grammar nazis, I am using that term correctly in this case.

#2388

who wants this shit

DraftKings said it will launch DraftKings Predictions, an app that will allow users to trade contracts on the outcomes of events in finance, culture and entertainment on.wsj.com/3JnOlL6 https://on.wsj.com/4717jAm

 

#2389
3 hours ago, Chopper said:

who wants this shit

DraftKings said it will launch DraftKings Predictions, an app that will allow users to trade contracts on the outcomes of events in finance, culture and entertainment on.wsj.com/3JnOlL6 https://on.wsj.com/4717jAm

 

 

 

"trade contracts on the outcome of events in finance, culture, and entertainment." 

I thought this was what stock markets are for

 

 

#2391

the betting apps( and their ads) just subsidize my enjoyment of sports.

I'm carrying an enormous burden of guilt here...

#2392

Installed a new screen protector on my phone. I decided to scan the QR code for the installation video, on the off chance I was missing something. I scan the code and it asks for phone number and email to continue to the video. 

Get fucked. 

#2394
On 10/19/2025 at 5:18 PM, HenryJames said:
Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda — a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/kohler-unveils-a-camera-for-your-toilet/

 

The year: 2026.

Today, I was unable to take a dump because of a 12-hour AWS outage.

#2395
2 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

867-5309

getfucked@muledick.com

Then how do I get the code they send so I can watch the video?

#2396
On 10/8/2025 at 8:19 AM, Captainant said:

Speaking of Doctorow, he just did a long interview with Adam Conover on the subject of enshittification 

 

 

Watched a good bit of this. 

I'd  loosely summarize Doctorow's position as the path to enshitification was laid by changes to anti-trust law and regulatory enforcement.  Related to that he explicitly states removal of individuals like Zuckerberg isn't the solution and whomever comes next will likely be "worse".

 Obviously being anti tech boss is a popular position.  Lina Kahn drove a hard anti-trust position at FTC and was hated with the power of a thousand suns by tech world.

 

So who has a solution to stopping/slowing enshitification?  and what is it?

#2397
2 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

 

 

So who has a solution to stopping/slowing enshitification?  and what is it?

Nuclear winter?

#2399
11 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Watched a good bit of this. 

I'd  loosely summarize Doctorow's position as the path to enshitification was laid by changes to anti-trust law and regulatory enforcement.  Related to that he explicitly states removal of individuals like Zuckerberg isn't the solution and whomever comes next will likely be "worse".

 Obviously being anti tech boss is a popular position.  Lina Kahn drove a hard anti-trust position at FTC and was hated with the power of a thousand suns by tech world.

 

So who has a solution to stopping/slowing enshitification?  and what is it?

Well, the Rule of Law is dying a quick death.  And there is apparently no more obscene word in the English language than "regulation."

So, yeah....the nuclear winter suggestion remains at the top of the "most likely solution" pile.  Kinda seriously.  The only thing that can stop the tide is complete, total, and catastrophic social failure.  Good news: we're headed there at breakneck speed.  Bad news: we're headed there at breakneck speed.

#2400
3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, the Rule of Law is dying a quick death.  And there is apparently no more obscene word in the English language than "regulation."

So, yeah....the nuclear winter suggestion remains at the top of the "most likely solution" pile.  Kinda seriously.  The only thing that can stop the tide is complete, total, and catastrophic social failure.  Good news: we're headed there at breakneck speed.  Bad news: we're headed there at breakneck speed.

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