I can imagine people being so distraught and apathetic that their addiction feels like the only thing that gives them purpose in life. I think that’s why a lot of people find addiction - to make up for what they don’t have. Or, in the context of younger people with phones, they just don’t know a world without it.

If you live alone, have no kids or pets, and all you do after work is play video games or doom scroll or watch porn; as long as your bills are being paid, is this an “addiction”? Are these the kinds of people you’ve met?

I think we’re only just beginning to see the ramifications of phone / social media addiction and our disinterest or fear in engaging with others in real life. Our devices are giving us all this unnatural dopamine drip we otherwise can’t find in the wild. Is this an addiction and if so, is their reliance on screens going to become a problem as these young people face adulthood? Or is adulthood going to change for them? Not to mention how my 70+ year old mother is 100% addicted to the dings from her phone.

“Addicted” means: exhibiting a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity.

If something is chronically prohibiting you from living a normal healthy life, that would be considered an addiction. If you have set times or you have the ability to responsibly engage with something without it interfering with other tasks or obligations, it likely is not an addiction. If you continue to do something which is more often detrimental to your well being yet you feel you’re getting a rush by doing it, that is likely an addiction.

No. No one is asking if talking to friends or reading the news is an addiction. However, if you find that you are engaging in these activities as a way to absolve or distract yourself from other obligations, you may fit the definition of being addicted.

This really raises the moral question of what are people supposed to do with their time. If you have the means to care for yourself, who’s to judge you for what you do with your time? If you choose to not have a family or not participate in your community or give back to the world in any way, is an addiction really a problem? If you’re choosing to not have a healthy productive life, is an addiction to drugs or gambling or sex or social media detrimental to anything?

I’ve had Verizon Fios for about twelve years. They’ve actually lowered my bill three times and increased my speed once without me asking. That’s why I haven’t switched and will always seek them out in the future.

Have you considered Apple’s Support site?

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-started-with-your-mac-mchl3a2c2cb0/15.0/mac/15.0

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/switched-from-windows-to-mac-mchlbc684e49/15.0/mac/15.0

There’s also https://www.youtube.com/applesupport

Generally, I’d be cautious with what you share for this sort of guidance. The majority of content related to “Using A Mac” is going to be created by people who are already entrenched in the ecosystem. They can sometimes speak over or around the heads of people just getting started.

As humans living in a country called The United States of America, what The People deserve is a form of government that protects its people from lies and disinformation. In the twenty first century, that requires more regulation than the founders of the country had imagined or provisioned for in The Constitution.

The idea that a Free Society is one with less government involvement is a lie. Government exists, ideally, to protect and ensure fair opportunity for The People. The government of the US has, since its inception, always existed to ensure opportunity for the wealthy land and business owners who don’t want to pay taxes.

No person deserves what you’ve claimed. The People have been lied to. They’ve been manipulated and spoken down to. Propaganda and brain washing is not the fault of The People. “Stupidity” (your words) is no excuse for a representative government to take advantage of The People.

Do Not Blame The People.

Blame the founders, blame the courts, blame the corporations, blame Congress, blame Wall Street, blame Reagan, blame Trump, blame Biden. If anyone deserves illness, it’s this group.

What The People of America deserve is a government that represents and works for them. One that ensures equal rights and equity for all. One that earns the trust of The People so when they tell you something good or bad is happening, you believe them. Humans deserve a life free of undeserved obstacles and one free of blatant, verifiably false lies benefiting corporations and political leaders. And, we deserve a free and robust Press.

Axios
Drop Site (Substack)
Poynter
The Intercept
Truthout

That’s funny.

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation - yet they likely still voted for him.

Pro Palestinian groups want to spare Palestinians from genocide - yet they likely helped to support the re-election of someone who has a concrete track-record of being anti-Muslim and heavily pro-Israeli with explicit statements fully supporting Netanyahu’s actions instead of voting for a party who at least meets at the table for peace talks and may be convinced by The People to take a stronger stance in support of peace.

The specific issues are irrelevant (don’t at me about Gaza). It’s how different people understand and act upon issues and politics differently.

My decision to leave was due to the prevalence of misinformation and / or entirely unrelated comments being upvoted to the top. Fuck that place. It’s just an alternate to Facebook now.

Edit: I just think it’s funny that people left because of the API policy. Not to diminish anyone’s preferences but Reddit’s policy change was actually to retain users, run more ads, and probably increase algorithmic engagement and sell content to LLMs. People left as a protest with the belief that it was run by, for, and of the people and that Reddit didn’t understand its core user base. Reddit has only continued to increase its user base and revenue. I’d venture to guess that the core users leaving was actually a benefit to Reddit. Their departure just made it easier for Reddit to accomplish their goals.

The other issue is that I had intended on sharing family movies and pictures with my family using Plex. It would be nice to share holiday playlists too. As it current is, Plex would be an awesome platform to do that. I often show up to a family event, install Plex on their Apple TV or Chrome stick and have family movies and photo slideshows playing in the background.

Now it seems the future of using Plex to share media with family is no longer going to be feasible. If I have to tell them to install and sign into three different apps - one of them now primarily focused on being a streaming service - there’s just no way that’s going to happen.

But, as I said in my comment in the forum, the mobile app is the least of my concerns. I just hope they don’t mess everything else up.

I don’t mind the streaming services. I use Pluto and Tubi a lot, mostly because the service in Plex is slow and low quality. If this update improves that service, I’d be happy to use it.

I’ve never actually seen someone write out “pacific” in such a way and it’s quite plausible that people mishear something and presume it to be true based on other context - such as an issue as big as an ocean. Yes. It happens a lot.

I’m more concerned about the future of the Apple TV and web apps.

I tired the iOS beta. Aside from a few minor UX issues, I think it’s totally fine. If you rely on the existing tabs on the bottom of the app (Trending, Activity, Friends), you might not like the update.

Otherwise, what they’ve basically done is taken the streaming service stuff out of the Library and put it on the bottom. This kinda makes sense to me. Unless of course you have no interest in that and you wish you could hide it all together.

They’re stripping Music and Photos out to their own apps. While PlexAmp is great, it’s missing some organization features I prefer in the Plex app. And the beta Photos app is just trash at this point.

I tried the iOS beta. There’s a Libraries tab on the bottom now. Honestly, I haven’t used the mobile app enough to tell if it’s better or worse. I think it might be better?

Current App - Home Tab > (top left) Menu > choose a library.
Beta App - Libraries Tab > (top left) Menu OR Libraries again > choose a library.

I guess the difference is that on the current version you can access your libraries right from the launch (Home) screen but on the beta you have to tap the Libraries tab first.

“Pinning” 📌 is now “Favoriting” ♡.

I find the Home and Libraries tabs to be confusing. They’re too similar.

any decision about whether the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision applies to Trump’s criminal hush money case.

IANAL but I’m also not a fucking moron - he was a candidate for president, not president. This case has nothing to do with presidential immunity.

On Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys argued in a letter to the court that the criminal conviction must be dismissed “to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power.”

The incumbent president has no responsibility “to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power” but some criminal case judge in NYC does?

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I was actually being dead serious.

I’m making a comment, not a review. But you’re very welcome. I hope you enjoy the film for what it is and watch it repeatedly as we all should to absorb the artist’s intent.

Given the context of your post, I would suggest starting with the basics. Taking the time to learn how to write properly may give you some ability to speak properly.

I have a really pacific issue

I don’t know if this is typo or if you think your issue is as big as the ocean.

copaganda

Nice :)

I genuinely enjoy messy fever dream movies.

Could a better movie be made to drive home the same point? Sure.
Do audiences want to see that movie? I highly doubt it (see: Don’t Look Up).

This is the terrifying part. Coppala presents dire warnings with historical precedent. They’ll go over the heads of a lot of people while many will make a choice to ignore them. People don’t want to be told their comfort system is broken and they need to break free of it to progress. The masses want status quo and to be sheep – as long as they have cheap gas and eggs. So even if the movie were less messy, the warnings still wouldn’t land any harder.

I think it’s fair to comment separately on the narrative of a movie and the production of a movie. I’m a regular (American) person, not a film maker. With Megalopolis, I’m far more interested in the narrative than if the movie was edited proficiently. To be fair, Coppola probably didn’t do us any favors by distracting us with the “fever dream” of it. But I also don’t think it’s fair to the artist to have to meet the audience where they are. There’s good debate to be had there.

Fiction writers have been sending us warnings for hundreds of years. It’ll never be enough to bring change. Coppola believes humans are capable of infinite progress and utopia. I think it’s evident that the whole of us aren’t intelligent or shit-giving enough to pick up on or act upon the warnings.

Who needs another big chain?

For the same reason we want locally owned hardware stores as well as Home Depot - the selection. The big chains can afford larger real estate and book sections as large as some book stores. Especially for technical and reference books. Sure, you could buy that stuff online but I’d rather shop in person. Sometimes I need something now and sometimes I don’t know what I need until I’m walking past it. I love the curation and personality of small stores but there’s still a reasonable argument for big chains. I would love to see some sort of beneficial collaboration between chains and indie shops across all industries.