#baitandswitch — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #baitandswitch, aggregated by home.social.
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anyone take a selfie and you look fine in the screen then after take the photo, you get the worst photo ever ? every single time ! no, give me that thing we were looking at #baitandswitch
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anyone take a selfie and you look fine in the screen then after take the photo, you get the worst photo ever ? every single time ! no, give me that thing we were looking at #baitandswitch
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The Bait‑and‑Switch is not about generosity.
It is about control through inconsistency.The promises were never the point.
The leverage was. #baitandswitch #controlhttps://survivorliteracy.com/2026/06/04/narc-move-13-the-bait-and-switch/
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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes
https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
#HackerNews #AMD #Linux #Vivado #baitandswitch #licensingchanges
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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes
https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
#HackerNews #AMD #Linux #Vivado #baitandswitch #licensingchanges
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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes
https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
#HackerNews #AMD #Linux #Vivado #baitandswitch #licensingchanges
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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes
https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
#HackerNews #AMD #Linux #Vivado #baitandswitch #licensingchanges
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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes
https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
#HackerNews #AMD #Linux #Vivado #baitandswitch #licensingchanges
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https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
AMD changes the pricing for it's Vivado design suite, to a tierd subscription model, and suddenly yanks Linux support from all the lower level tiers. Until this change, even the free their supported Linux, now the minimum subscription to get Vivado on Linux is $1200/year.
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https://itsfoss.com/news/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users/
AMD changes the pricing for it's Vivado design suite, to a tierd subscription model, and suddenly yanks Linux support from all the lower level tiers. Until this change, even the free their supported Linux, now the minimum subscription to get Vivado on Linux is $1200/year.
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So is the only way to solve homelessness in #seattle to give the wealthy more money to do what they have bee doing?
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The bait and switch of the ballroom plans seems to represent the bait and switch of the Republican ideology since the 1980s.
#maga #trump #ballroom #billion #baitandswitch -
If I'm reading the tech news correctly this morning, the slop machine vendors have all pulled the classical bait-and-switch tactic of the drug dealer: the first one's free.
It pains me, a little, to see so many people/small businesses/not for profit enterprises etc being burned now having gone "all in" on those products.
Publicly funded bodies such as universities are going to get whacked hard, too, even if they do exert control on that side of IT.
Oh well.
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👀 Oh dear, the world is absolutely SHATTERED to learn that Claude Code is missing from the Pro tier, proving once again that even tech giants can't resist a good ol' bait-and-switch. 🎣 Meanwhile, #JavaScript remains the internet's cruel #overlord, demanding allegiance from confused #Bluesky wanderers. 🌐
https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mjzxwfx3qs2a #missingClaudeCode #baitandswitch #HackerNews #ngated -
👀 Oh dear, the world is absolutely SHATTERED to learn that Claude Code is missing from the Pro tier, proving once again that even tech giants can't resist a good ol' bait-and-switch. 🎣 Meanwhile, #JavaScript remains the internet's cruel #overlord, demanding allegiance from confused #Bluesky wanderers. 🌐
https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mjzxwfx3qs2a #missingClaudeCode #baitandswitch #HackerNews #ngated -
I saw this truncated CBC headline and was expecting a different ending...
#RenewableEnergy #oil #headlines #BaitAndSwitch #CanWePleaseFocusOnRenewableEnergy
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I saw this truncated CBC headline and was expecting a different ending...
#RenewableEnergy #oil #headlines #BaitAndSwitch #CanWePleaseFocusOnRenewableEnergy
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*said in allegro*
♪ Content, content everywhere.
Bait and switch and shovelware.
Farmers cranking out the wares.
AI multiplying spares.
Content, content everywhere. ♪© 2026 by Big Blue Gnu. Some rights reserved.
#AISlop #baitAndSwitch #clickbait #content #contentFarms #listicles #poem #shovelware
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*said in allegro*
♪ Content, content everywhere.
Bait and switch and shovelware.
Farmers cranking out the wares.
AI multiplying spares.
Content, content everywhere. ♪© 2026 by Big Blue Gnu. Some rights reserved.
#AISlop #baitAndSwitch #clickbait #content #contentFarms #listicles #poem #shovelware
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No, the Freecash App Won’t Pay You to Scroll TikTok
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/no-the-freecash-app-wont-pay-you-to-scroll-tiktok/
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No, the Freecash App Won’t Pay You to Scroll TikTok
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/no-the-freecash-app-wont-pay-you-to-scroll-tiktok/
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This week's penguin: It does work, so what's the problem?
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This week's penguin: It does work, so what's the problem?
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Ford's #F-150 #Lightning pulled the ol' bait-and-switch, briefly outshining the mythical #Cybertruck before getting the axe for "poor sales" 😆. Must've been a real barn burner if outselling a vaporware truck wasn't enough 🔥. Maybe next time, #Ford, try marketing it as a #hoverboard for extra flair 🚀.
https://electrek.co/2026/01/13/ford-f150-lightning-outsold-tesla-cybertruck-canceled-not-selling-enough/ #baitandswitch #poor #sales #HackerNews #ngated -
Ford's #F-150 #Lightning pulled the ol' bait-and-switch, briefly outshining the mythical #Cybertruck before getting the axe for "poor sales" 😆. Must've been a real barn burner if outselling a vaporware truck wasn't enough 🔥. Maybe next time, #Ford, try marketing it as a #hoverboard for extra flair 🚀.
https://electrek.co/2026/01/13/ford-f150-lightning-outsold-tesla-cybertruck-canceled-not-selling-enough/ #baitandswitch #poor #sales #HackerNews #ngated -
Scrolling through dating app profile pictures.
#tinder #dating #baitandswitch -
Pundits have waxed on about Chris Bowen slashing the #HomeBattery scheme. Most was policy motherhood statements about the ‘Vibe’. So I modelled a representative family who had solar. And the results were sobering. #BaitAndSwitch #auspol #renewables #solar #Tesla #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis
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Pundits have waxed on about Chris Bowen slashing the #HomeBattery scheme. Most was policy motherhood statements about the ‘Vibe’. So I modelled a representative family who had solar. And the results were sobering. #BaitAndSwitch #auspol #renewables #solar #Tesla #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis
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ISP: Hey, you can have a 1Gbps symmetric leased line from £240/month including VAT.
Me: Great. Sign me up.
ISP: Will do. That'll be £495/month ex VAT please.
Me: 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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ISP: Hey, you can have a 1Gbps symmetric leased line from £240/month including VAT.
Me: Great. Sign me up.
ISP: Will do. That'll be £495/month ex VAT please.
Me: 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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This is so damning. The top of the CBC story (JP Tasker reporting)
“Smith said she got Carney to back down on most of the Trudeau-era "nine bad laws," as she calls them, that restricted oil and gas development in Alberta.Carney, meanwhile, says he got Alberta to buy into the Pathways carbon capture project to try and decarbonize the oil pumped out of the province.”
It would be like Putin saying he got Zelenskyy to back down on Donbas and Crimea, but Zelenskyy says Putin agreed to security guarantees from Russia and the USA.
Carney = Capitulator
Also... YOU CAN'T DECARBONIZE OIL.
ffs. what a stupid statement.Maybe Putin will De-TNT his Ballistic Missiles.
#baitandswitch #climateEmergency #ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #RussiaUkraineWar
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This is so damning. The top of the CBC story (JP Tasker reporting)
“Smith said she got Carney to back down on most of the Trudeau-era "nine bad laws," as she calls them, that restricted oil and gas development in Alberta.Carney, meanwhile, says he got Alberta to buy into the Pathways carbon capture project to try and decarbonize the oil pumped out of the province.”
It would be like Putin saying he got Zelenskyy to back down on Donbas and Crimea, but Zelenskyy says Putin agreed to security guarantees from Russia and the USA.
Carney = Capitulator
Also... YOU CAN'T DECARBONIZE OIL.
ffs. what a stupid statement.Maybe Putin will De-TNT his Ballistic Missiles.
#baitandswitch #climateEmergency #ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #RussiaUkraineWar
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Curious about my Spinal Cord Stimulator? #chronicpain #chronicillness #raredisease #ehlers #ehlersdanlos #ehlersdanlossyndrome #blog #Writer #Spinalcord #stimulator #trial #recharge #baitandswitch #medtronic #painclinic #paindoctor #sales #uchealth #paincontrol #surgery #minisurgery #nervepain #lies
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Curious about my Spinal Cord Stimulator? #chronicpain #chronicillness #raredisease #ehlers #ehlersdanlos #ehlersdanlossyndrome #blog #Writer #Spinalcord #stimulator #trial #recharge #baitandswitch #medtronic #painclinic #paindoctor #sales #uchealth #paincontrol #surgery #minisurgery #nervepain #lies
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"Developer Unlocks Newly Enshittified Echelon Exercise Bikes But Can't Legally Release His Software"
by Jason Koebler
Aug 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM -
"Developer Unlocks Newly Enshittified Echelon Exercise Bikes But Can't Legally Release His Software"
by Jason Koebler
Aug 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM -
Good morning. 💮💮💮
27 August 2025
Back in 1967, I went to see Valley of the Dolls in theaters. I can’t remember if it was a walk-in or a drive-in, but the title and the advertising had us convinced it was a horror flick—something along the lines of Village of the Damned. I kept waiting for the big reveal, the moment when the horror would finally show its face. It never did. Sitting through most of it, I probably thought, “Lord, just take me now.” More recently, Pig with Nicolas Cage pulled the same trick. I went in expecting John Wick with a truffle pig and got… well, I still don’t know what I got. Maybe it’s a case of judging a book by its cover—or maybe just slick producer bait, dressed up to mislead.”
“The art of deception: trailers sell adrenaline, films deliver ambiguity.” — Success Quarterly on cinematic bait-and-switch
#morning #flower #movies #BaitAndSwitch #photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers
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Good morning. 💮💮💮
27 August 2025
Back in 1967, I went to see Valley of the Dolls in theaters. I can’t remember if it was a walk-in or a drive-in, but the title and the advertising had us convinced it was a horror flick—something along the lines of Village of the Damned. I kept waiting for the big reveal, the moment when the horror would finally show its face. It never did. Sitting through most of it, I probably thought, “Lord, just take me now.” More recently, Pig with Nicolas Cage pulled the same trick. I went in expecting John Wick with a truffle pig and got… well, I still don’t know what I got. Maybe it’s a case of judging a book by its cover—or maybe just slick producer bait, dressed up to mislead.”
“The art of deception: trailers sell adrenaline, films deliver ambiguity.” — Success Quarterly on cinematic bait-and-switch
#morning #flower #movies #BaitAndSwitch #photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers
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If you shop at #Macy's and see a bonus offer — not promo code, but a bonus offer — pay attention to the offer price and make sure it doesn't change when you add an item from the bonus offer to your shopping bag.
This happened to us on 3 different orders this morning, and Macy's customer support will neither acknowledge nor correct the "mistake," which I put less charitably as #BaitAndSwitch.
If you chat with customer support, there is no option to get a chat transcript. So I have screenshots
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Lifehacker: Microsoft Is Trying to Trick You Into Using Copilot. “If you use Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, you’ll find many different options for interacting with Copilot. You can click the big Copilot button next to the search bar, or deal with the enormous ‘Copilot Answer’ that appears at the top of any given search result, à la AI Overviews. But if you try to use Bing to search for […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/05/lifehacker-microsoft-is-trying-to-trick-you-into-using-copilot/
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So MS are the lower-friction option for getting students doing stuff on the cloud (they offer free credits with no credit card needed, unlike Goog, AWS). I was looking to get into the GitLab for Education scheme. You must be a degree-issuing institution to get on that program. Guess which other distributed version control SaaS provider offers their service to *any* education establishment (schools included)? #BaitAndSwitch #HeartsAndMinds #EmbraceExtendExtinguish #NeverForgetNeverForgive
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@demi7en There is an anti-safety aspect to streamlining... some of that data and functionality was developed for interfaces that made the risks more obvious.
Going further, there is an anti-consumer aspect... The trusty old PC tools begin to access network resources for you, but then those resources switch to seamlessly uploading your private data for remote processing before downloading the output. That boundary was crossed long ago and there is no labeling standard to make users aware that it exists; all you get is the tiny text in a EULA!
Streamlining beyond the point of irreducible complexity (the level needed for users to retain full control) grants some degree of power, but its the kind of power that can be taken away instantly leaving you worse off than before. #baitandswitch
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@demi7en There is an anti-safety aspect to streamlining... some of that data and functionality was developed for interfaces that made the risks more obvious.
Going further, there is an anti-consumer aspect... The trusty old PC tools begin to access network resources for you, but then those resources switch to seamlessly uploading your private data for remote processing before downloading the output. That boundary was crossed long ago and there is no labeling standard to make users aware that it exists; all you get is the tiny text in a EULA!
Streamlining beyond the point of irreducible complexity (the level needed for users to retain full control) grants some degree of power, but its the kind of power that can be taken away instantly leaving you worse off than before. #baitandswitch
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From @TheBreach
While he was on the campaign trail, #PrimeMinister #MarkCarney said he’d stand up to Donald Trump.
Instead, he’s using the U.S. president’s trade war as an excuse for a rapid-fire #rightwing agenda that would make Stephen Harper blush.
The latest video from The Breach independent media breaks down how Carney has unleashed a pro-corporate, Trump-friendly blitz—embracing #BigOil and #militarism , #SocialCuts & crackdowns on #refugees.
#CDNpoli #USpoli #Geopolitics #Conservatives #Neoliberals #FascismAdjacent #Capitalist #Colonizers #BaitAndSwitch #PoliticalLies #CorporateGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #FuckYouCarney
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From @TheBreach
While he was on the campaign trail, #PrimeMinister #MarkCarney said he’d stand up to Donald Trump.
Instead, he’s using the U.S. president’s trade war as an excuse for a rapid-fire #rightwing agenda that would make Stephen Harper blush.
The latest video from The Breach independent media breaks down how Carney has unleashed a pro-corporate, Trump-friendly blitz—embracing #BigOil and #militarism , #SocialCuts & crackdowns on #refugees.
#CDNpoli #USpoli #Geopolitics #Conservatives #Neoliberals #FascismAdjacent #Capitalist #Colonizers #BaitAndSwitch #PoliticalLies #CorporateGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #FuckYouCarney
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From @TheBreach
While he was on the campaign trail, #PrimeMinister #MarkCarney said he’d stand up to Donald Trump.
Instead, he’s using the U.S. president’s trade war as an excuse for a rapid-fire #rightwing agenda that would make Stephen Harper blush.
The latest video from The Breach independent media breaks down how Carney has unleashed a pro-corporate, Trump-friendly blitz—embracing #BigOil and #militarism , #SocialCuts & crackdowns on #refugees.
#CDNpoli #USpoli #Geopolitics #Conservatives #Neoliberals #FascismAdjacent #Capitalist #Colonizers #BaitAndSwitch #PoliticalLies #CorporateGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #FuckYouCarney
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From @TheBreach
While he was on the campaign trail, #PrimeMinister #MarkCarney said he’d stand up to Donald Trump.
Instead, he’s using the U.S. president’s trade war as an excuse for a rapid-fire #rightwing agenda that would make Stephen Harper blush.
The latest video from The Breach independent media breaks down how Carney has unleashed a pro-corporate, Trump-friendly blitz—embracing #BigOil and #militarism , #SocialCuts & crackdowns on #refugees.
#CDNpoli #USpoli #Geopolitics #Conservatives #Neoliberals #FascismAdjacent #Capitalist #Colonizers #BaitAndSwitch #PoliticalLies #CorporateGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #FuckYouCarney
