Edit: Apparently, it was caused by me being logged into YouTube. But I would really like to be. Because that's where all my subscriptions are. If anyone knows of a way to have it both ways, please let me know.

Edit' : It was my Ghostery extension that was causing ruckus. I don't really like the idea of having to switch it off but at least it's nice to know the cause. Anyway, everything is working now. Even when I am logged in ^^

Also to anyone reading this, keep clearing your cache and update in UBlock Origin!

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[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Recommendation: report the pop-up as a bug with the provided link. Just act confused and claim to not be using an ad blocker. Muddy the waters and make life hell for their devs.

[–] rush@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, the devs probably don't want this either, only because it means they'll keep their job are they doing this

I vote for making the executives' lives hell instead

[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a SWE you have responsibility for what you do. "Golden handcuffs" isn't a cover to help wage wars against users. If it becomes an undesirable posting, they'll either have to pay more or worse engineers will end up working on it.

[–] rush@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Judging from how many SWEs are in the US, its basically this or loose your job. And that'd be a bit bad because of how many different pricing crisis there are at the moment.

[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Judging from how many voters are in the US, it's basically a totalitarian dictatorship or die.

That like of reasoning is kinda broken. We need people to take responsibility before things go too far. Google engineers can get jobs anywhere, they don't need to be doing this shit if they don't want to.

[–] rush@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I would wager a guess and say that many joined long before they got this bad, probably because back then their visions and values were a lot more aligned

Nowadays I rarely see more than hectic startups and Big Tech, both of which have massive downsides which affect people outside of their field too.

Additionally, especially at the HQs of Google and others, many SWEs live in vans on the street because rent is too high, they cannot just work somewhere else as that won't actually change the situation

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The devs aren't the ones making these decisions. That's like chewing out a customer support rep because their CEO did something you didn't like. Aim your anger more carefully.

[–] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How, though? Just like chewing out a customer support rep, the goal is to make it so either the employees constantly bring it up to their managers or they quit and the company can't find workers because it's so miserable.

Are the SWEs responsible for the decision? No. But if they find it too miserable to continue, they will quit and the people responsible will eventually have to respond.

That's really the only way to direct your anger at a CEO... Through the pocketbook. It's unfortunate that it's through the front line, but that's part of the job.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

You're okay with putting somebody out of a job because of something somebody else did?