Square acquired Credit Karma's Tax business, probably folding it into CashApp [1] https://squareup.com/us/en/press/credit-karma-tax [2] https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/c...
You should be able to block those elements with uBlockOrigin or similar browser extensions. I blocked a bunch of the "trending" stuff since it never really contributed positively to my site experience.
The other comments provided a great overview, but I would really recommend read ProPublica's reporting about them [1] Some very brief highlights: - They use dark patterns and other trickery to prevent people from filing…
But they also have to live without an office and may not have meaningful stakes to make the tradeoff worth it for most.
Presumably this was an office job? It might be a little different with a warehouse job that has very productivity targets set from above.
I don't know if this is a recent trend, or if I've only experienced negative things in the past year or two, (perhaps in the lead up to their IPO?), but I ended up switching away from them. They closed my account…
The whole presentation I was wondering how much Verizon paid as well. Between the pricing reveal and the conflation of their 28GHz deployment as a standard 5G experience, it seemed like it was the iPhone sponsored by…
Is Spotify on Airplay 1 still?
With Amazon I do like that I talk to real people, but half the time they try to give me money instead of actually trying to solve the problem. It's great that chat is empowered to send $5 or $10, but oftentimes I just…
For sure. Like many younger workers, I didn't move into a ultra-high COL area to spend all day in my shared living arrangement. There isn't a lot of room to optimize for a WFH world with those kinds of spatial…
fwiw the Adobe Photography plan requires a 1-year commitment (paid monthly) and has an early termination fee if you do try to cancel, so it's not as straightforward.
Yes, whoops!
That's correct. It's a very big difference if you think about it. Under the normal arrangement, a customer has to retain for 12 months before the 15% rate kicks in. Depending on the product, you could be losing a…
Amazon. It may be true that they A/B test the shit out of things, but it feels super clunky every time.
Funnily enough, I was doing research one day and came across a local ISP co-op in one of the Dakotas that was selling rural, symmetric 1/1 for $70 per month. Much better service at a lower cost than in SF (been trying…
They must massively oversubscribe their services, far beyond ISPs. The advertising probably brings in a lot of profitable users who aren't pushing tons of BitTorrent traffic as well. With the insanely high affiliate…
I would add the standard caution when looking at averages, that symmetric 1/1 fiber may be pulling the upload value up significantly. Or that Speedtest users have higher internet speeds. But I really want that stat to…
And don't forget the middlemen that monetize your de-identified data in exchange for providing the service :)
Totally understandable, but I'd strongly recommend challenging yourself. Of course I'm a little biased having done a CS/humanites major at a liberal arts college but there are so many great reasons that people have…
True, but it also is the case that younger folk/non-devs are more likely to live in smaller spaces with housemates. Speaking personally, I made some optimizations, but there's only so much that can be done with the…
Interesting take, and it does track with my experience as a data nerd. Also, my first time looking at myself on the leaderboards was throughly depressing
This is pretty disappointing. Recently Strava seemed to be turning the corner, releasing new features that users wanted. Totally understand their need to make money, seeing that they've raised 5 rounds from VC. However,…
Got it, this makes a ton of sense, and explains why Grubhub was able to do the impossible, make money.
Definitely agree that they're winning (the Second Measure blog is fascinating), it just seems like they bought their way to the top at a very high cost. DashPass is definitely keeping me a DoorDash user, it's benefits…
This is absurd. Can someone explain to me why DoorDash exists? They're #1 in share, but I get the impression that they basically bought their spot. Grubhub has been operating in the space forever, is public, and…
Square acquired Credit Karma's Tax business, probably folding it into CashApp [1] https://squareup.com/us/en/press/credit-karma-tax [2] https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/c...
You should be able to block those elements with uBlockOrigin or similar browser extensions. I blocked a bunch of the "trending" stuff since it never really contributed positively to my site experience.
The other comments provided a great overview, but I would really recommend read ProPublica's reporting about them [1] Some very brief highlights: - They use dark patterns and other trickery to prevent people from filing…
But they also have to live without an office and may not have meaningful stakes to make the tradeoff worth it for most.
Presumably this was an office job? It might be a little different with a warehouse job that has very productivity targets set from above.
I don't know if this is a recent trend, or if I've only experienced negative things in the past year or two, (perhaps in the lead up to their IPO?), but I ended up switching away from them. They closed my account…
The whole presentation I was wondering how much Verizon paid as well. Between the pricing reveal and the conflation of their 28GHz deployment as a standard 5G experience, it seemed like it was the iPhone sponsored by…
Is Spotify on Airplay 1 still?
With Amazon I do like that I talk to real people, but half the time they try to give me money instead of actually trying to solve the problem. It's great that chat is empowered to send $5 or $10, but oftentimes I just…
For sure. Like many younger workers, I didn't move into a ultra-high COL area to spend all day in my shared living arrangement. There isn't a lot of room to optimize for a WFH world with those kinds of spatial…
fwiw the Adobe Photography plan requires a 1-year commitment (paid monthly) and has an early termination fee if you do try to cancel, so it's not as straightforward.
Yes, whoops!
That's correct. It's a very big difference if you think about it. Under the normal arrangement, a customer has to retain for 12 months before the 15% rate kicks in. Depending on the product, you could be losing a…
Amazon. It may be true that they A/B test the shit out of things, but it feels super clunky every time.
Funnily enough, I was doing research one day and came across a local ISP co-op in one of the Dakotas that was selling rural, symmetric 1/1 for $70 per month. Much better service at a lower cost than in SF (been trying…
They must massively oversubscribe their services, far beyond ISPs. The advertising probably brings in a lot of profitable users who aren't pushing tons of BitTorrent traffic as well. With the insanely high affiliate…
I would add the standard caution when looking at averages, that symmetric 1/1 fiber may be pulling the upload value up significantly. Or that Speedtest users have higher internet speeds. But I really want that stat to…
And don't forget the middlemen that monetize your de-identified data in exchange for providing the service :)
Totally understandable, but I'd strongly recommend challenging yourself. Of course I'm a little biased having done a CS/humanites major at a liberal arts college but there are so many great reasons that people have…
True, but it also is the case that younger folk/non-devs are more likely to live in smaller spaces with housemates. Speaking personally, I made some optimizations, but there's only so much that can be done with the…
Interesting take, and it does track with my experience as a data nerd. Also, my first time looking at myself on the leaderboards was throughly depressing
This is pretty disappointing. Recently Strava seemed to be turning the corner, releasing new features that users wanted. Totally understand their need to make money, seeing that they've raised 5 rounds from VC. However,…
Got it, this makes a ton of sense, and explains why Grubhub was able to do the impossible, make money.
Definitely agree that they're winning (the Second Measure blog is fascinating), it just seems like they bought their way to the top at a very high cost. DashPass is definitely keeping me a DoorDash user, it's benefits…
This is absurd. Can someone explain to me why DoorDash exists? They're #1 in share, but I get the impression that they basically bought their spot. Grubhub has been operating in the space forever, is public, and…