Im saying legitimizing the behavior that leads to these class action lawsuits is the downside to joining them. Companies do not see them as any more than the cost of doing business since the settlements are insignificant. With no real consequences for the behavior, and both sides considering the matter settled, joining them is an endorsement of the whole, corrupted process. We're the ones enabling law firms by signing up to have then "represent our interests," when really no class member ever gets anything anywhere near compensation, companies aren't deterred from their actions, and the only people who profit are the company that gets away with bad behavior and the lawfirm which continues to look for more lousy settlements for income. We should be demanding more, or refusing to join.
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"Compensation" you mean probably a pittance of maybe an hour's wage and some "identity theft protection" from a credit rating company that's also suffered data breaches?
these class action lawsuits are nothing but performances that line the pockets of law firms (and the lawyers at the companies) while allowing investors, c-suite executives and board members to direct employees to penny pinch when it comes to keeping private data safe, respecting existing laws and regulations or really caring at all about anything but maximizing quarterly profits.
no one should be initiating or joining any of these class action suits- firms always settle, don't give two shits about the size of the settlement (so they are never large enough to actually discourage companies, nor compensate those affected), only caring about getting a company to pay their salaries and bonuses while denying theyve ever done anything wrong.
If you qualify, maybe take a moment to contact the law firm and tell them to either actually try to win these cases - seeking penalties that actually deter behavior - or be labeled as obviously complicit in the shitty behavior of the breached company by accepting a settlement that does nothing but pay the law firm and allow ATT to continue to do more of the same. don't be a willing participant in their sad grift passed off as justice
I just gave up
at some point, I realized I don't ever want to be their idea of a perfect person to loan money to (read: perfect person to drown in debt and make as much money as possible from), and I wear that "unworthiness" as a badge of honor
only there to disadvantage poor people
it's awesome how much money I'm paying various apartment management contractors to pull exactly the same data from exactly the same government agencies and credit bureaus. sometimes multiple apartments use the same application/screening contractor, but they wont re-use the data they pulled without charging me again - it's not even a week old! some of these are public records they're pulling! and I already have a current copy of my credit report I could provide them! they tried to legislate a 'comprehensive reusable tenant screening report' here (washington state USA), but it's not mandatory to accept it 🤦the whole thing is scam after scam, double- and triple- dipping
how much do you want to bet some people own apt management companies AND application/screening companies? if my finances were tight, applying for multiple places would be out of the question
After being a vanilla vi then vim user for a long time before switching to neovim, I find folke's which-key plugin to be very helpful. If i begin a key shortcut combination (or press my leader key), it shows me all the keys I can press next, and again after each additional step of a multi key sequence, and what each key sequence does. it works for mappings Ive added (usually basically the defaults for a new plugin) but also the standard built-in preset keymappings (see the 'built-in' plugins for which-key) for things like window mamagement and motions, using/viewing the registers (what did I just yank?), even spelling corrections, which helps you learn and build muscle memory. Often I dont use a specific mapping for a while and this helps me find it, especially when I group mappings by plugin, and/or prefix all mappings for a particular plugin or task with an additional prefix letter, so they all appear as options when I get as far as rembering "all my debugging mappings start with my leader key, followed by d." By grouping tasks and plugins that way, I can press my leader key and see a list of where to go next, almost like browsing a menu hirearchy. "i dont remember which button to press after leader and d to toggle a breakpoint, but I know that's where I'll find it"
FYI they sell one that can be reprogrammed. It's still USB PD, but that covers most use cases.
They also sell a kit of compatable barrel jack plug adapters of many shapes and sizes.
"Could not find a suitable release"
but I see the apk there on the page when I open it in a browser. maybe youve added some extra apk link detection, or your setup is different from mine. can you confirm the shared link works for you as-is when added again to obtanium? Im using v1.1.52
ed: FYI there is an app config listed for peertube in obtanium's "crowdsourced configurations" link that works for me, even if the version string is a bit wonky (but that frustratingly happens often with obtanium). it downloads the same v1.0.1 apk
FYI it does work, but be aware youll need (sandboxed) google play services installed on at least one profile of your phone to connect a wearOS device
I searched for one of these md data drives for a while, but could only find them as part of a sony desktop
LGR is such a gem
my favorite thought exercise about advertising:
"without it, we would have to pay out of pocket for ad supported services!"
ok but when a company pays for advertising, where are they getting that money from? an added cost on the products we're buying! so we're paying for product A, we're paying extra for product A to pay for product B with advertising spending AND we're funding product A's marketing department to make the ads on top of that
remove the advertising and we would pay less for product A, we could then afford to pay for B directly AND we would all pay less overall because we take ad department employees and costs out of the equation. we're literally all paying more for everything overall by having some things "free with ads" than if we just paid for everything in the first place with no ads
in some places, funds are used so people on food assistance can double their produce purchasing power at farmers markets, which increases the percentage of already allocated food subsidy spending towards fresh fruits and vegetables. Ive also seen low income subsidized community garden plots (where individual plot fees go towards the water bill, bulk fertilizer etc)
If there arent enough people to sign up, the settlement wont be large enough for the law firm to bother pursuing a small settlement. If enough people only signed up for these if the firm was willing to seek actual punitive damages, theyd have to do that if they wanted the case at all.
If the firm is only going to get 100 people to sign on, ATT wouldnt agree to a $177m settlement in the first place. "So a mass movement to force a fundamental shift in this system? that'll never happen" - Im trying to point out that we're the ones enabling the system to fail us as consumers, and we collectively have the power to force law firms to seek higher settlements (or actually try to win cases), which would deter companies from cutting so many corners when it comes to our private data.