Mr_Blott

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago

Every time I see a Linux user's criticism of a problem with Windows, it's the kind of thing your grandma asks you to fix for her and takes ten seconds 😂

Calling Windows unstable in this day and age is fucking laughable too. If your installation is unstable, it's either you or your hardware

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's what I was aiming at

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

wanting to fight a fast food employee for forgetting sauce

It's incredibly telling that this statement proves not what colour your skin is, but which country you live in

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

It takes just slightly longer to work out how to bypass paywalls as it does to type "pAyWaLl"

The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.

The European Commission said the US tech titan also abused its dominant position by imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers that advertise on its platforms.

“This is illegal under EU antitrust rules. Meta must now stop this behaviour,” the bloc’s competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, said in a statement.

Meta said it would appeal, alleging the decision ignored “the realities of the thriving European market for online classified listing services.

“Facebook users can choose whether or not to engage with Marketplace, and many don’t. The reality is that people use Facebook Marketplace because they want to, not because they have to,” the firm said in a statement.

Among the 10 largest antitrust fines ever imposed by the 27-nation European Union, it is the latest in a string of hefty penalties slapped on Big Tech companies in recent years by the commission, the regulator for the bloc. ‘Abusive practices’

Detailing what it termed “abusive practices” by Meta, the commission said that because Facebook Marketplace was tied to Facebook, the former enjoyed a “substantial distribution advantage which competitors cannot match.”

“All Facebook users automatically have access and get regularly exposed to Facebook Marketplace whether they want it or not,” it said.

Additionally Meta imposed unfair conditions on competitors in the classified ads service who advertised on Facebook and Instagram, the commission said.

This allowed it to “use ads-related data generated by other advertisers for the sole benefit of Facebook Marketplace”, it said.

Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, contended it did not “use advertisers’ data for this purpose” and has “built systems and controls to ensure that”.

“It is disappointing that the Commission has chosen to take regulatory action against a free and innovative service built to meet consumer demand,” the company said.

Meta’s dominant position in the market for personal social networks comes with a special responsibility not to abuse it by restricting competition, according to the EU. ‘Duration and gravity’

The commission opened formal proceedings into possible anticompetitive conduct by Facebook in June 2021, communicating its concerns to Meta in December 2022 — and receiving the firm’s response in June 2023.

The EU fined the company 797.72 million euros ($840 million), a sum the commission said took into account the “duration and gravity of the infringement”, as well as the turnover of Meta and Facebook Marketplace.

Meta’s total revenue last year stood at around $135 billion.

The European commissions has had several run-ins with Meta as part of a broader clampdown on abusive Big Tech practices.

Its policy arsenal has been beefed up over the past two years with major twin laws, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, that carry massive financial penalties in the event of infringements.

In July the EU accused Meta of breaching the digital rules with its new “pay or consent” system. It meant users had to pay to avoid data collection, or agree to share their data with Facebook and Instagram to keep using the platforms for free.

Bowing to pressure from EU regulators, Meta announced this week it was offering non-paying users in the bloc the option of receiving less targeted ads, as well as cutting subscription rates for entirely ad-free services.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He seems to have astonishing balance for someone with one leg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I know! It's not like they have some of the best chefs on the planet

If you knew about cooking, you'd know slow roasting is better for caramélisation than frying

Recipes can be improved upon in other ways than adding butter and high fructose corn syrup

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

I never thought I'd see the day

When someone writes a poem

The first thing that we say to them

Is "Did you use an LLM?" :(

If a poem neither rhymes nor scans,

Sorry for my spite

It's no longer poetry

It's someone talking shite

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A bit more of a de-developing country

And no, I don't have a stutter

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Doesn't get much more slappin' than Partystarter

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

60% keyboard

Im j st im g n ng yo r typ ng loo s lik th s

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An entire country of fucking cowards 😂

 
 

I get most of my stuff from 1337x but fuck me, it's just all Hallmark TV films and wrestling series now!

Edit - sorry I'm not actually living in the UK; I fell asleep and missed the answers lol Thanks everyone, I'll do a bit more investigation into your suggestions

 
 
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