30 years using Linux - most of that time as a Linux sysadmin. and this is unfortunately true. I got on the Apple ecosystem 20 years ago because I wanted to removed the sysadmin work from my non-work time and it does that quite well. I find most commercial technology to be a faustian bargain with my free time vs. my ethics.

Pay or fuck off, no ads.

Contrary to what you seem to have understood with my previous post, I’d be absolutely fine with this.

I will block any and every ad I possibly can using all technology available to me. Does that break someone’s business model? Too bad. Do I care if all this glorious ad-sponsored content goes away forever because of the actions of me and others like me? Not even a little bit. In fact, I will welcome the day that ad blocking gains enough momentum that it causes businesses to go under or restructure their entire operational model. If ads are the only way something can exist, then it deserves to die.

In case it wasn’t clear enough: I don’t care.

I’ve been working in the IT/Internet industry for over 30 years, in one form or another. I understand how things work and I probably have a better perspective than most on how dysfunctional we have become.

AdGuard (app & DNS) does a decent job on iOS.

I wish Mozilla would just strip all the extraneous junk from Firefox aside from what is truly necessary for web browsing. No crypto, no Pocket, no chatbot integration, nothing AI related, etc. Any and all additional features should be implemented via optional plugins. They could rename the project something like Phoenix or Firebird or something like that.

org-mode is awesome for many reasons, but the similarities/overlap with markdown are an incidental benefit. I wouldn’t learn org-mode for that reason, however there are many other good ones that make it worthwhile. I’ve been using it for years for my own project management, tasks tracking, notes and many other things - it’s one of those rare tools that can do many things incredibly well.

So intuitive!

It’s more a system of an abuse and profit than speficially “medical”. That anyone gets better is purely a marketing/sales feature.

As an American, I wanted to read this but I got distracted and then bored because it’s just text.

I hope they listen to him and/or he starts directing how they should do things from the ground-up.

I hate Windows and would love to see ruined too.

I don’t know about your TV but that cat rules!!!

Slackware: Start by planting your own coffee plants…

It also fails from the arts and sociology perspectives.

[x] I’m in this photo and I don’t like it.

Serving 4k video is not free

I couldn’t care less. I will block every advertisement in every form that is within my ability to block. If that causes the failure of Youtube, Google and the fall of western civilization in the process, so be it.

how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

They live six to a room.

…and the rest of their family spends those dollars on a 3rd world cost of living.

The frustrating thing is that there’s no clear way to know exactly how much you’re exposing yourself with this. Even the article (and related links) don’t spell it out adequately (IMO).

For example, I just purchased a new(ish) 2022 Nissan. I don’t have the Nissan app on my phone and I don’t subscribe to any of their connectivity services. Is my data staying in the car or is it finding some conduit back to Nissan? Is connecting my phone to the console for music and maps opening me up to Nissan’s data collection? Is using bluetooth for music and hand-free calls exposing my data? Is there any way to know the specific avenues for data collection that present a risk and how can they be mitigated?

Tabs suck. Use a real editor and spaces work fine.

I wish they’d do something useful, like make all their utilities having a --json output option so I can do useful stuff with jq rather than playing games with cut, awk, sed and grep to find what I’m looking for. The fact that there’s a need to make accommodations for systemd in the userland utilities seems like a massive regression and a serious red flag for the overall direction of things.

Ugh, no. The blues are awesome. Blues music does not celebrate ignorance, nor is it whiny.