I can’t blame a reputable journal for asking for money to see the articles they publish
lol is the verge a “journal”? GTFO bro
propublica is about as “real journalism” as it gets, and i’ve never been blocked by a paywall with them
staying in business is the business’s problem, not the consumer’s problem
paywall = close tab
period
i don’t know anything about this guy other than some big headlines a while ago about how some chode legally changed his name to “dotcom,” which is…unbelievably fucking stupid. i get the feeling he was trying to be intimidating in this tweet on fucking twitter, but he’s not. i don’t really see this douchenozzle “humiliating” anyone. except maybe himself
lol thanks, i originally wrote robin instead of superman, but saw the colors and edited the comment, and thought “well, i guess i’m officially old now…”
totally unrelated, but 1) what are the words in superman’s hair; and b) has that always been there, and my dumbass hasn’t seen it until now, years after i first saw the meme?
it took me forever to work up the gumption to ditch the thing i’d been using for decades too-- as someone who knew zero about linux (and still don’t know much more than zero), seeing other people in similar situations make that switch definitely helped me to take the leap of faith. now windows is gone and i’m never looking back
you can pretty much just read the headlines:
https://www.npr.org/2006/10/12/6252448/hp-spying-scandal-offers-window-into-board-battles
https://www.pcmag.com/news/hp-accused-of-quietly-installing-spyware-on-windows-pcs
https://www.cio.com/article/260587/hp-spying-scandal-a-timeline.html
this is all ignoring their bricking of their own printers when you try to use 3rd party ink, though widespread enshittification is making that particular bullshit more common among different brands
i’m deeply skeptical of someone having done that much “research” and concluding that HP has to be the best option for any kind of hardware
i was just saying you can pay $X now, or $X+whoknowshowmuch later.
it is true that the price of tech has historically gone down as technology advances, however, right now AI demands all the supply, which providers are only too happy to provide for. supply down = demand up = price up
at the end of the day it makes absolute zero difference to me whether you buy anything or not. do you
the best time to buy anything tech was 12 months ago. the second best time is right now, before prices get even worse, which they 100% will
now i just need a 300TB hard drive…
gotta address the oligarch technofascist problem first. kind of hard to force companies to break up when the companies owns the people who make the laws
pretend that he is in sync
no need. M$ and pretty much every other big tech behemoth has been forcing unwanted bullshit on the customers for decades, and guess what–people still buy their shit
list of other browsers:
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/
+1 for librewolf, been using it a while and it works perfectly
i also get a “strong protection against Web tracking” result from EFF’s cover your tracks browser test, using librewolf