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It was there 6 months ago, because when I moved and had to switch to comcast in 2021 I found out about the cap after ~5TB/mo


I vaguely remember reading something about their consolidating plans and simplifying pricing slightly. Part of that was eliminating the data cap.

This article couldn't have passed through my inbox more than 6 weeks or so ago so it is a very recent change.


>The EU solution meaningfully changes the offending company's behavior

How are those cookie consent popups working out?


Great, they meant better acting corporations have no click or single click (dismiss-able with simple add-ons to proactively affirm the user's position) ribbons to get get rid of unwanted cookies. Let's be realistic anyone who hates those banners and hasn't bothered to do the google search and 5 minute task to get rid of them permanently (either enabling or disabling consent) is not having their political opinion changed by them, they are using them as an excuse to buttress their position of government bad or corporations malicious.


It is a meaningful change, or you wouldn’t be talking about it.

Meaningful does not mean a solution.


Everything happens on X now.

Even when I’m forced to go back to Reddit, all the niche subs I follow just post back to X links where the actual discussion is happening.


most of the niche subs I follow have banned X links, and every time I get on X I just see a bunch of bots or things I have no interest in


For those OOTL about that last part, a common meme/troll of the moderators/jannies is

“They do it for free”

People would post rule breaking content and say “clean it up janny”


Meanwhile my grandfather went through hell with them when they lost a $250k check they demanded since he had to pay quarterly.

He eventually won but they were threatening him with huge penalties for nonpayment and he had to get a lawyer.


>Since we don't live in a totalitarian society where the govt knows everything about you.

But… we do?


Posts like these reverse cause and effect.


It sounds like… you did get caught?


I don’t understand the bizarre haters that show up in every GLP-1 thread.

America is fat, and the health consequences of that make COVID look like a regular Tuesday.

“If people just X” clearly isn’t working, we need results and we need results fast. The state with the lowest obesity rate in 2025 is higher than the state with the highest obesity rate from 1990.


I'm not a hater (or OP), but I think it's because GLP-1s are often talked about as if they're a kind of miracle drug. And it's very rare that drugs don't have some kind of side effects, especially after long term use. They might not even be universal, and we might not know what they are for years.

Yes, I understand there's an obesity epidemic, I also understand that GLP-1 drugs can have benefits outside of overeating. But with any drug, it's worth being thoughtful about its use.


Whatever we do, we mustn't address the root cause. There's no money in it.


You're absolutely right. As we all know, the perfect must be the enemy of the good, and so we must shun and ban anything that might be helpful until we spontaneously reach a utopian society where there are no problems at all.


They’re not suggesting perfectly addressing the root cause, just actually addressing it at all.


And it's being addressed, but doing that takes a long time. In the meantime, real people are suffering actual hurt that is alleviated by this medicine.


Obesity is self inflicted, which means very low self control. Being obese and taking the easy way out signals zero willpower. It's laughable.


I always say no to all analytics/improvement prompts.

Both the search and photos settings were on for me in both iOS and MacOs. Completely unacceptable Apple


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