Pirate
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- Comment on Jensen Huang: Nvidia “100% in Israel” despite war 1 week ago:
Epstein truly was the octopus with tentacles up the entire worlds’ elites’ asses, wasn’t he?
- Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality 1 week ago:
I want to personally thank Windows for introducing the century of the Linux desktop to my and my family’s life.
- Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality 1 week ago:
It is so tragic how misinformation spreads.
A single init system (of the multiple that exist) enabled the option for an age check to be implemented to said init system, which is then still left at the discretion of each individual distro to either enable or keep disabled. So far only corporate distros seem interested, or at least ambivalent, in enabling said feature. Most other distros don’t have it enabled nor are planning to, and US law cannot touch them since many distros are HQ’ed out of the US.
Despite this, we are already seeing comments such as this one. Very sad.
- Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality 1 week ago:
Is this “quality” with us in the room right now? I’m pretty sure all quality windows had died with windows 7.
- Comment on Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive 2 weeks ago:
It’s hilarious that the issues people think Linux creates (like for example the disk deleting itself) are exactly what happens on Windows lol.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 3 weeks ago:
Lenovo does not have a reputation of placing root kits in their Linux installs so there you go.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 3 weeks ago:
How can you trust other laptop manufacturers aren’t doing the same if we’re going with unfounded assumptions?
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 3 weeks ago:
There’s this thing called uninstalling the factory OS and reinstalling with a clean image. If you go a step further you can even get rid of Windows altogether and install Linux.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 4 months ago:
Don’t forget the most important prerequisite: be a psychopath. Something something 40% of the world’s top CEOs are clinically psychopaths, so this is the world we get.
- Comment on Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk 4 months ago:
Cool, you know who doesn’t have this issue? People who uninstalled the spyware called Windows from their device.
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 months ago:
Hope Valve comes up with something eventually
That could be interesting. In terms of the iPhone being locked down, I’m not sure what you’re looking to do but personally managed to get ad-free Reddit, YouTube and YouTube music ad-free (+sponsorblock) just using apps from the App Store. All of them free or one-time payment of 3 euros. It was actually easier to do than with Android where I had to “sideload” stuff from GitHub since Android is owned by google and all frontends to their programs are banned.
As long as you get yourself an email that isn’t iCloud you can also take all your contacts and email with you wherever you want. Then you can install KDE Connect as you would on Android and can send files freely between you phone and Pc. I don’t feel more locked down on the iPhone than on Android, which was a surprise for me as well.
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 months ago:
If android goes the way it’s going, then iPhone is the obvious choice.
- Comment on Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies? 4 months ago:
Literally the story of Monopoly the board game.
- Comment on Chat Control is back & we've got two months to stop the EU CSAM scanning plans. 7 months ago:
Uh?
- Comment on Chat Control is back & we've got two months to stop the EU CSAM scanning plans. 7 months ago:
All I see is a bureaucratic nightmare. No democracy to be seen, starting from the fact all politicians in the EU are bourgeoisie.
Their servants are all unpaid interns who have a near zero chance of ever staying in Brussels. Those that don’t come from well-off families that can support them will never enter a single EU institution.
- Comment on Apple’s plan: Stall, cheat, repeat 8 months ago:
People aren’t made that way, but competion incentivizes that.
Why oh why would people be against the very institutions where such behaviours are reinforced?
- Comment on Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps 8 months ago:
Do you trust them? The Curve sub is full of people complaining about fraudulent transactions. Kinda makes me afraid of unlocking my card lol.
- Comment on NVIDIA is full of shit 8 months ago:
Why do you even need those graphics cards for?
Even the best games don’t require those and if they did, I wouldn’t be interested in them, especially if it’s an online game.
Probably only a couple people would be playing said game with me.
- Comment on What Does a Post-Google Internet Look Like 8 months ago:
We know what the internet would have been without Google because some of us lived it. It was mostly decentralised niche forums that you had to know the links for, and you’d receive random emails telling you to visit this or that new site.
It was wholesome.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 8 months ago:
The Fifteen Million Merits episode of Black Mirror was supposed to be a warming.
But instead it seems corporations used it as a guide, and people just accepted having ads bombarded into their skulls in exchange for content, instead of getting enraged by it.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 8 months ago:
That guy is a jackass. Probably an American upset that he’s a minority on Lemmy. Don’t mind him.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 8 months ago:
I often think communities like Lemmy choose to disproportionately hate on things. In this case it’s Windows, which I really don’t think is warranted.
But it is, though. You just choose to not see it that way. Laptops aren’t cheap, and you already paid the brand for it. Windows comes priced in into the purchase, you just don’t see it because you’re used to the price being combined. But its there.
For me, if I already paid for the product, that’s it. The company loses the right to advertise to me and milk me for further revenue, and just because its industry standard it doesn’t make it okay: the law should be tighter around this. Full stop.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 8 months ago:
When you install windows from fresh, you have a bunch of “suggested” apps on you task bar which are ads. Then you also have Notifications that tells you the news, which are sponsored news. Then you have other notifications telling you to use this or that Microsoft service (eg. oneDrive), another form of ads. If you use a browser that isn’t Edge, you’ll be routinely “reminded” how amazing edge is. Also, Edge reinstalls itself after every update even if you uninstall it.
All of these are forms of ads and outright abuse. Maybe you don’t care, but this is definitely happening. I’m also in the EU, my laptop was bought in the EU.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 8 months ago:
but then again, I had to practically force uBlock Origin down my friends’ throat after finding that they’ve had ads on YouTube for years and didn’t really care.
This is insane to me. How people can use the internet with ads is just beyond me.
And you wanna know the full hypocrisy? Google Chrome also comes with an Ad blocker, on by default. They block ads they don’t deem good, but allow all ads from AdSense, of course.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 8 months ago:
You mother fucker… You’re hired!
- Comment on Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared 8 months ago:
Yes, let’s stop people from doing what they want with their phones just so some shutty company can continue to thrive.
Ever heard of before and after photos? Some people use them in a work context. Others want to see the results from their gym sesh over time, so on so forth.
🤡 you’re not a clown, you’re the entire circus.
- Comment on Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared 8 months ago:
This page has all the information you might need on the topic. India is on top, but the US is a solid second place.
- Comment on Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared 8 months ago:
More people use facebook today than they used in 2015 when you were using it.
About 3x more people.
- Comment on Germany deems DeepSeek as illegal content after it is unable to address data security concerns, and asks Apple and Google to block it from their app stores 8 months ago:
In contrast, I’m sure you’ve watched ever “China Bad” propaganda videos on YouTube, and you’re still itching for more.
But I encourage you to go visit it once and see for yourself what it’s really like.
- Comment on Germany deems DeepSeek as illegal content after it is unable to address data security concerns, and asks Apple and Google to block it from their app stores 8 months ago:
I don’t think China is good. I think China is a strong country doing normal superpower stuff. The difference is China doesn’t start wars and isn’t out to overthrow other countries governments, so I expected people to hate China less than the US. But propaganda is strong.