Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results
comparing them to “bank robbers” and accusing them of sidestepping its controls to scrape its data and get rich off the AI gravy train. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Andrew Curran / @andrewcurr...
In a viral YouTube video, MegaLag claims PayPal's Honey browser extension doesn't show users the best coupons and deals, and steals creators' affiliate revenue
www.fakespot.com [embedded post] Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken.com : It was obvious that Honey was involved in poaching of some sort, but this is a brilliantly-done video. https://9to5mac.com/2024...
Reddit appears to be blocking search engines that don't rely on Google's indexing; Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, and others are not showing recent Reddit results
except the ones that pay Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Reddit Blocked Bing Search & Others But Not Google Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Reddit now blocks all search engines other than Google...
The US DOJ's Apple lawsuit has many parallels to its Microsoft lawsuit in the 1990s, but Apple's monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft's was
“Apple inhibits third-party smartwatches from maintaining a reliable connection with the iPhone.” — To be fair, Apple does that to its own smartwatches too. X: Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur : We t...
While App Store changes apply to all of Apple's platforms, iPadOS, which doesn't meet DMA thresholds, won't get third-party app stores, browser engines, more
but they may not be enough MacDailyNews : EU threatens Apple with ‘strong action’ if App Store changes fall short Threads: Ian Betteridge / @ianbetteridge : Incredible, petty, insulting to its custome...