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- Comment on Your TV is watching you 1 week ago:
Lol. Well, that’s most people’s take on privacy. OMG they are taking our data and showing us ads that we hate. But I guess we can’t do anything about it. Oh well.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 1 week ago:
Correct. While there are many (good) programs available for no money, that is charity based on desire and passion.
Free in FOSS isn’t about price, it’s about freedom.
- Comment on Privacy — why should I care 2 weeks ago:
I take the stance that I’m privacy minded and while I think everybody should be I don’t force my opinion on them. I do express myself and usually my “odd” behavior makes people I know question me, which I then give an answer for.
Most people don’t understand why they should strive for privacy. I usually start soft with ads because it’s a universal that nobody likes ads and they’ve experienced all the listening and tracking stuff but not connected the dots.
If they are responsive then in later conversations I can go more into deeper thoughts regarding it all. If I rake them down the rabbit hole right away their head will explode and run away.
- Comment on Ten reasons to avoid Amazon | Ethical Consumer 4 weeks ago:
This just happened to me. I purchased shoes and they shipped via Amazon even though I didn’t buy them there.
I think that’s part of what people don’t understand. Amazon isn’t a website that sells stuff, they are a dozen infrastructure based industries.
Shut down their website and they still have the logistics to fulfill for the sites you shop on and their servers are probably hosting them too.
- Comment on FBI nabs worker at DVD company for ripping prerelease blockbusters 4 weeks ago:
Goes to show, he should have made a run for it and hit a bunch of people with his car. Then he’d get a reduced sentence.
- Comment on The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office 5 weeks ago:
If they only spent this time and money on training the managers to…well, manage their employees.
Stop thinking “time at your desk” is a kpi and start measuring results instead. It cuts the crap employees that are worthless and that in and of itself is a reward to good employees and team morale.
I would rather have a productive employee get results in 4 hours and then leave than a crap employee who needs the full day to get the same job done. Then the good employee will learn to streamline it so they can get the job done in 3 hours and I win because my efficiency went up. They win because they get another hour of their life back daily…or dare I say, they want more work and I give it to them along with a pay increase.
- Comment on Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy. 1 month ago:
Just a slight positive spin on this. I mean, I get it. Just like all of you I read this headline and say, no shit.
But its good these articles are out there. Its not for you and me. It’s for the average person who doesn’t think about this and is blissfully unaware.
Yeah, I can argue they should care and all that, but that’s pointless. This is a sign that the average person is becoming more aware, and the status quo can change.
We all have those friends and family that we wish would…just do things differently. Maybe they will now, or soon.
Just think, wouldn’t it be great if your “arguments” with your family are over messaging each other over SimpleX instead of Signal?
- Comment on Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report | Same PR nightmare as Windows Recall 5 months ago:
Prefect. It can click buttons and complete tasks.
No sir, I did not accept your terms and conditions, my browser did.
- Comment on What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs 5 months ago:
I’m with you on the philosophy of tech freedom, which is why I’m back to trying Linux again. So yeah, we’ll take that journey together.
I just think its over simplified by most, and I guess I got the wrong impression of you by your 15 minute comment.
I’ve seen multiple people recently post something like, I’ve switched to Linux and can never go back…but I hated it for a year. That makes so much sense to me, and I just feel that most Linux users leave off the learning curve part, and just gloss over to fully knowledgeable use.
So many people just don’t have the time or energy to just jump into something new. I’ve been using windows for 30 years, and learned a lot along the way. Its going to be tough to learn Linux without daily usage and experimentation (and totally screwing stuff up). That’s a tough pill for most people to swallow.
- Comment on What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs 5 months ago:
Worrying about learning an new OS isn’t as simple as you make it. It takes time, dedication, and will power to work through the pain points.
Most Linux users give answers like “just use Linux” but it’s not that simple. Yes, it’s easier to switch these days because more and more apps are browser/cloud based. But technically a chrome book would be an easier switch if that’s the mentality.
I “use” my PC. I don’t simply check email and go on Facebook. I’m currently trying Linux for probably the 4th or 5th time. It’s easier to get into these days, but it still functions completely differently than Windows, as it should.
For example, It took me at least an hour to figure out how to partition and mount a drive. There’s some not so clear information out there so finding the right info wasn’t as easy as it should be. OK no big deal, now I know, but I don’t necessarily want to chase answers like that every time I use my computer.
Lastly, I’ve never accepted using Wine as a work around for unsupported programs. OK, maybe if you have 1, but not if you have 6. That’s not an acceptable solution when your needs scale up like that. And I have many. I’m not going to 100% get away from Windows. It sucks, but it’s reality.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
I don’t think anything is un-addictable (making up words here). I do agree that the social media mindset and fedi are not compatible though, basically because of the algorithm concept.
At the end of the day I hate all social media because they feed me what they think I want to eat. Regardless of how well they do that I hate the concept because I want to decide for myself what I want to partake in. Fedi allows that without getting in my way.
- Comment on WhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contacts 5 months ago:
They already grabbed the data when you gave them access to your contacts with their current model.
That’s what confuses me, I’m not seeing what their benefit is in this. They have one, and I’m sure it’s nefarious, but I don’t see it.
- Comment on Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens 5 months ago:
Sow doubt. As in spreading it like seeds to take root and grow. 100% in agreement with you, just being a grammar Nazi. Carry on.
- Comment on What websites still feel like the old internet? 5 months ago:
Don’t forget signing the guest list.
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 6 months ago:
Correct. And the same is true for the mobile phones, carriers, and a slew of apps that all look at contacts. They know who you are and who your friends and family are.