Comments for Stuff South Africa https://stuff.co.za South Africa's Technology News Hub Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Comment on FNB slashes license disc renewal fee, making it the cheapest option in South Africa by Callie de Jager https://stuff.co.za/2024/03/12/fnb-slashes-license-disc-renewal-fee-cheap/#comment-54228 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:26:14 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/?p=190684#comment-54228 If you’re in Cape Town, CoCT does this completely free online, but you wait forever for the disc to arrive in the mail.

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Comment on muzhanamedick by muzhanamedick https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/muzhanamedick/#comment-54224 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:00:40 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/muzhanamedick/#comment-54224 1 Year Subscription: 1 Year Subscription is currently Active (based on Subscription #45 Status).

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Comment on Apple’s M3 MacBook Air is up for pre-order in South Africa by Thomas https://stuff.co.za/2024/03/08/apple-m3-macbook-air-pre-order-south-africa/#comment-54220 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:17:32 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/?p=190576#comment-54220 R35,000 for MacBook Air 15 8GB (M2 R33-35K) and R40,000 for 16GB model is typical Apple: overpriced. If the price jump between the 8GB and 16GB models are expensive here, it’s too elsewhere, the US around $300. One YouTube tech reviewer advised for that price one should buy the MacBook Pro 14 which overall is better. But there are much cheaper Windows machines of almost the same quality and better performance eg Asus Zenbook 14s.

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Comment on Google’s “dominance” succeeded where Apartheid couldn’t – forcing South Africa’s Fourth Estate onto “its knees” by Thomas https://stuff.co.za/2024/03/13/googles-dominance-succeeded-where-apartheid-couldnt-forcing-south-africas-fourth-estate-onto-its-knees/#comment-54219 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:05:34 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/?p=190742#comment-54219 There’s something missing from the narrative that Google in particular and Meta are to blame for taking the lion’s share of advertising leaving media – digital and print – with little, and therefore driving media to “extinction”.

It’s this: what about the role of those who place and pay for advertising on either Google etc and media? And what about their choice to prefer one over the other? On this basis alone, media is losing fairly – new technology superseding the old.

I do understand media’s complaint, though, that Big Tech carries newsfeeds from media but doesn’t pay for it, royalties or whatever it’s called. Here there should be compensation.

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Comment on Power and plugs in South Africa – advice for visitors by Shaun https://stuff.co.za/2024/03/12/power-and-plugs-in-south-africa-advice-for/#comment-54217 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:27:30 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/?p=190733#comment-54217 Wow. Even ‘ol Toby had to jump on the racist apartheid bandwagon with the ANC just before elections. For a writer of your caliber I would have thought that racist apartheid words would never be used to describe a plug. hahaha yea well, it takes all types I suppose.

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Comment on muzhanamedick by muzhanamedick https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/muzhanamedick/#comment-54192 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:59:41 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/muzhanamedick/#comment-54192 1 Year Subscription: 1 Year Subscription is currently Active (based on Subscription #45 Status).

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Comment on MAR10 Day is this weekend and Nintendo is celebrating with a bunch of sales (and a competition) by Awande https://stuff.co.za/2024/03/08/mar10-day-is-this-weekend-nintendo-sales/#comment-54188 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 18:48:23 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/?p=190611#comment-54188 I feel very unlucky

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Comment on MAR10 Day is this weekend and Nintendo is celebrating with a bunch of sales (and a competition) by Awande https://stuff.co.za/2024/03/08/mar10-day-is-this-weekend-nintendo-sales/#comment-54187 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 18:47:02 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/?p=190611#comment-54187 I feel unlucky

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Comment on Marah by Marah https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/marah/#comment-54181 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:50:52 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/marah/#comment-54181 1 Year Subscription: 1 Year Subscription is currently Active (based on Subscription #82 Status).

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Comment on Marah by Marah https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/marah/#comment-54178 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:50:51 +0000 https://stuff.co.za/sumomembers/marah/#comment-54178 1 Year Subscription: 1 Year Subscription has been Active based on the Order Status

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