kwirky

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[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's amazing to think how incompetent their management must be that they're charging more, delivering lower audio quality, and paying less to artists than competitors like Tidal, yet still aren't profitable.

[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago

It seems Martha's mistake wasn't the Insider trading, it was not running for office before she did it.

[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago

They do, and things like this are intended to get their voting base to vote for them without having to run any real policies to fix real issues because that would make it more expensive for their donor base.

[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I believe this is the one you're referring to (screenshot because it won't let me see the actual post without an account?): https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines/status/1724918411438805153

Link to actual post he was replying to: https://twitter.com/breakingbaht/status/1724892505647296620

[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Epic already tried and failed with the same argument against Apple, from the article:

Epic in 2021 mostly lost a nearly identical case against Apple over its own app store monopoly for iOS devices, and it is waiting to find out whether the US Supreme Court will hear an appeal.

[–] kwirky@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

It's not about the testing, it's about the SUV/light truck loophole that's allowed automakers to build larger vehicles that aren't counted for CAFE calculations. Here's one article about it: https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-loophole-that-made-cars-in-america