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Amazon has quietly doubled the ad load on Prime Video to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from the 2-3.5 minutes initially discussed when ads launched in 2024.

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Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads Per Hour (www.adweek.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/66666607

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What the fuck you (europe.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/40899078

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iFixit says the Switch 2 is even harder to repair than the original (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/35776924

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Cyberplaque rule, choomba! (europe.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30858817

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Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers (www.theregister.com)

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You're wasting money on Tech. (yewtu.be)

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Spain clamps down on Airbnb as tourism backlash returns for summer (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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Everything wants me to pay rent (europe.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29901935

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A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset (www.techspot.com)

submitted 2 months ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22392153

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He's not wrong. Walmart made record profits. (europe.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22299764

The enemy of my enemy is not a friend. Let them fight. 🍿

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Keep using your old unsupported Mac hardware | OpenCore Legacy Patcher (dortania.github.io)

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We poisoned the whole planet so our eggs wouldn't stick to the pan 🙃 (youtu.be)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/44409839

It seems I shouldn't have posted this without context

TL;DW

yes the video is (at least partially) about Teflon, hence the cynical title

no, Teflon (or generally big Fluoropolymers) are not the problem. Ingesting them does nothing to you, because as long, chemically inert polymers they just pass through you from one end to the other

The problem are perfluoroalkyl acids: C8 (PFOA) and later substitutes such as C6/GenX, PFOS, PFHA, PFHxS which are chemicals used to start the Teflon polymerization. They are short-chained carbon-fluorine molecules that coincidentally mimic the structure of fatty acids, thus can accumulate in our bodies without a way for our bodies to break them down.

These chemicals leach into the environment from factories and accumulate in everything, to the point that the whole water cycle has been contaminated (yes that shit comes down everywhere with the rain)

There is conclusive proof that PFOA exposure is linked to a number of organ damage and cancers, particularly testicular cancer and kidney cancer, with likely links to lung and pancreatic cancer not reflected in the study due to survivor bias (they died before the study was concluded)