Me, too. I don’t know why. I assume TechCrunch deleted the 2003 article, but that shouldn’t impact a snapshot.

TechCrunch has that article tagged as “evergreens”, which I think is their code for “we can probably get away with reposting this later and pretending it’s brand new.”

Case in point, this article was published in 2023.

Upcoming Free Mystery Games in Epic Games Holiday Sale 2025 (Leaked)

• Dec 24 – The Division 2
• Dec 25 – Alone in the Dark
• Dec 26 – Cities Skyline
• Dec 27 – Vampyr
• Dec 28 – Trombone Champ
• Dec 29 – Spells & Secrets
• Dec 30 – Outer Wilds
• Dec 31 – Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
• Jan 1 – Blasphemous
• Jan 2 – GRIME
• Jan 3 (Finale) – Batman: Arkham Collection

Might check out GRIME or Blasphemous.

This is by far the largest music metadata database that is publicly available. For comparison, we have 256 million tracks, while others have 50-150 million. Our data is well-annotated: MusicBrainz has 5 million unique ISRCs, while our database has 186 million.

Does this mean the MusicBrainz database will soon go from 5 million to 186 million tracks?

At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus…

Tl;dr:

• PhotoPrism: Local AI with strong privacy but heavier setup.
• LibrePhotos: Same, but less polished, more community-built.
• Immich: Best self-hosted Google Photos alternative.
• Ente Photos: E2E encrypted, low-maintenance, most “plug and play”

I read that. (I literally mentioned features not being paywalled in the original comment.)

If the key doesn’t unlock features, what does it unlock?

Do you get a little thank you message from the devs when you enter it in? Does it add a “Supporter” tag next to your name on the app settings?

The practice exists in both software and games of adding paid cosmetics (e.g. Discord or Deep Rock Galactic) that don’t change the core featureset but allow users to pay more to support the developers, so I think it’s a valid question.

If you’re not concerned about them starting to require that you use Synology-branded hard drives, then :

For most Synology services/apps, we do not collect data on what you store or what you do with your files. We generally only collect statistical data on what packages are installed and which functionality is used. This helps us keep track of what features are important or popular. Purely statistical data is not linked to your account and does not include Personal Identifiable Information (PII). (Source: the other forum)

What does the $100 server key unlock (besides “supporter status”), since features aren’t paywalled?

The post on… the opensource Lemmy community for self hosters. Is that the one you’re talking about?

The marketing claims it’s “a gift for your family”.

Not a single comment in that first link mentions family members using it.

Here are the comments from the “people listing their use cases” you mentioned:

• wow, this looks awesome!
• it might be nice to have the a local storage option
• I really wish it has a linux native app and an android app, hopefully in f-droid
• As the admin of the !journaling@sh.itjust.works community

My issue isn’t the app itself or it’s users.

It’s the claim that it’s “a gift for your family”.

So this Thanksgiving, give your family the gift of memories that last forever!

What is this marketing?

I cannot imagine a single person who would want this for Thanksgiving.

Most people under the age of 30 use social media now to “preserve memories”.

The people who care about journaling probably have physical paper journals and wouldn’t want an app.

And the people who would want an app… would probably already have installed this themselves.

LTT beat you to the joke.

Maybe This Phone ISN’T Just for Criminals - Trying Graphene OS for a Month.

!dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world

Whoever came up with the idea of sharing them as a gmail-clone is a genius.