That's not really my point, but for what it's worth I don't mind if I was paying for something and it allowed you to use it because you can't afford it.

Nothing in life is free, someone's paying for it. If I use a service, I think it's fair for me to pay a fair price.

This attitude is why the internet is full of ads. Doing shit for free doesn't happen on an empty stomach. I'd rather pay a fair price for software and services I use. I'm not saying anyone's pricing is fair, just pointing out I don't agree with this behavior.

Sounds like we're in agreement, great. Not everything can have that scheme but I support things as best I can, again as long as it's fair. Affordability is different for everyone.

18 months, someone had to have figured it out before this week. Be careful if you thought your VPN was good.

There should be some great centralized wall of shame for stuff like this, auther publishers editors distributors sellers included.

I mean, zoomers were around for the first term too, right? Short memory I guess.

I mean, there's also the idea that no matter what, the runway is limited. We've consumed all the human corpus to make the current models, we can't outrun the current content generation.

Sorry friend, the homework wasn't hard on this one. We can agree to disagree but my mind hasn't changed on this.

Not talking about the youngest Zs though, right? With love, my biggest criticism is there's no excuse for those that have phones and can read.

Good to see someone using Linux for their platform on these handhelds. The big reason I don't want to try the Ally or whatever the others are doing is I can't imagine Windows is making the experience better.

I don't really have evidence to support that, but more Linux investment is better overall.

What if we could have a world that wasn't powered by ads? I'd like to get past this "only one way to run the internet" train of thought.

I'm just so tired of ads, commercials and advertising in general. It's exhausting.

At least he's wearing the red flag on the outside.

Solving the "being human" part of security will probably never happen, which is why you're encouraged to do stuff like use 2FA, different passwords, service isolation and stuff like that.

Anyone and everyone can be fooled at some point, best to try and limit the damage.

I know this is a joke but for anyone reading: Linux has many advantages and is great but is NOT immune to viruses or exploits.

I kind of envy the mindset where one has empathy for someone who is so out of touch with reality given their status. I like to think I'm a good, just person that wants to do the right thing but when I think of what the billionaire's perspective is: someone with so much power and influence that most people are just objects or playthings to them, it's frustrating to think about. They think they're bigger than people, the earth, maybe even the universe.

I'm not saying I could be the triggerman, I'm not that kind of person, but yeah, fuck 'em.

Androids best advantage used to be full control of the device... Those were the days. Then it started with saying they know better than you, then locking you out. Now I'm waiting on a new, better solution.

Honestly it's not like native Linux is too far fetched, but there would have to be a big open source common ground device collaboration.

I'm further insulted by the fact this person got such a platform to spout off absolute trash.

Ah, sounds like what-about-ism. Metas behavior doesn't exempt Apple from criticism. That logic tends to drive all of our standards and expectations down.

Theres room to criticize and expect more from all of these companies who are more than capable of doing better.

We need to democratize the internet again, every generation there's a ma bell pretending they own the internet. Current Gen is Google, AWS, Azure and the like, with ISPs just making sure they get their cut.

I don't have an issue with these services existing, but in such a way that everything depends on a couple companies? Dangerous for everyone.

It's weird to sit back and look at this picture and imagine you were part of a world War or one of the other global conflicts. These weapons are tools of destruction and I'm sure many people, soldiers and otherwise didn't want to kill other people if they could avoid it. Bearing these arms meant you had to commit to doing something dreadful, that'll affect you for the rest of your life.

Then these people hold these weapons with smiles on their faces like they'd be excited about ending lives. Oblivious to the notion that many people sacrificed and killed so they can pose and smile in a peaceful house, free from the possibility of harm.

Again it's just weird.