They had this restriction in the UK where the networks would prevent hotspots from actually working. You had to buy a special additional package.

Restriction has now vanished and there are no such limits on usage. Not sure if the Regulator intervened but it was most certainly a cash grab.

These days they still manage to rip us off by annual contract increases of RPI+3.9%. That applies even during a 2 year contract.

Company laptop which is pretty much hardened so no chance of installing anything that is unapproved. No idea how people survive without an adblock.

I know what you mean.

Browsing the Internet at work is a horrible experience. I’m actually shocked at the ad intrusion that I am usually saved from!

Some rental places don’t allow you to mess with walls and it would require repainting if you move.

So not always an option.

We were told that Teams was the bees knees and it would massively enhance collaboration and productivity due to its fantastic integration.

Well, let me tell you that my disappointment was immeasurable.

It is so slow, so inflexible, so unpolished. I despise it for anything other than a quick chat.

People too busy pumping music into their heads to have any time to actually silently think.

Critical thinking is such a rare commodity.

The minute something injects ads is the minute I pave my exit strategy.

I hate ads with a passion.

Amazon about to lose my membership. It won’t hurt them but what it’s done is made me consider whether it’s something I want to support.

Companies need a new era of marketing because this generation reversing all their gains.

Back in my day, universities used to pay me a grant to attend.

How the times have changed.

It’s what,at least £9k per year plus an expectation that if your parents are “richer” than the norm, they contribute to maintenance costs to keep you going.

It’s a sad state of affairs. Education is the crux of society and them paywalling it by making it prohibitively expensive has been shocking.

Turning education into a business is a mistake.

Indeed. I read somewhere that men are no longer wanting to go to university because of the prohibitive cost.

You animal!

Your proxies are nothing compared to my wall of fire.

Heh, the 2 days will become 3 and then 4.

These idiots are totally destroying work life balance but honestly, they do not care about our welfare or mental health. We are just human machines that they think they own.

What is completely laughable is how they have become advocates of the environment and reducing carbon. Yah, my unnecessary shitty commute is really not contributing! They turn a blind eye to that yo.

Yah, I just get Google to block these sites from ever being recommended again.

This is why the whole Stop Oil crew need to take a deep breath.

What do they think is going to happen if we suddenly stop using oil? It is phased approach but, no, bank’s are bad for funding them.

Reliance on oil and coal is an immediate human need but it will diminish.

Likely scum moves from reddit patriots to destroy or weaken the fediverse.

I remember when Murdoch hired that Israeli tech company in Haifa to find weaknesses is TV smart cards and then leaked it to destroy their market by flooding counterfit smart cards.

They are getting desperate along with those DDOS attacks.

Yah, I jumped ship recently to No One Broadband. Holy upload speed on 900mb is massively noticeable!

No One also don’t crank up prices mid contract. Been massively impressed with them.

It’s such a shame when great talent leaves the organisation because of the continued primitive traits. It must be so exhausting.

Yah, I never leave home without my bot.

I don’t even know how anyone copes with that. I get 30 days plus public holidays.