My concern is just how disposable and unrepairable Chromebooks are. So much e-waste generated every 2-3 years.

I had to count them myself to be sure. Checks out.

They’re already starting to clamp down on sideloading. I use Aurora Store out of principle, but it’s getting more and more common that apps will refuse to launch if not downloaded from the Play Store. I get the risk of sideloading maliciously modified banking apps or whatever, but surely you could just compare a checksum or something?

The argument I agree with is that Python is the best language to learn if it’s your only language, and Java is the best first language if you’re going to learn others. The syntax from Java is shared across so many other languages and it forces you to learn about things like objects and types. You could make an argument for C or C++ but Java’s handholding is more beginner friendly imo

It can help with standardization and some security benefits to run things in the JVM, part of the reason it’s so popular in enterprise

Well, sounds like I have six weeks to spin up Jellyfin side-by-side with Plex to see if I can get away with not paying the $120 ransom…

Same, I call it my “shitposting tax”

I moved from Firefox on Android to Brave recently because it was too often breaking sites or taking much longer to load. Firefox just added a report broken sktes feature to the app though so maybe I’ll go back. Be the change I want to see in the world and whatnot.

As far as I can tell you can’t donate to Firefox specifically. I would if I could.

I bet most of the money goes to Mullvad because they run the actual VPN service. Mozilla just does the front end and user management.

I’d be okay with sites showing me unintrusive non targeted ads, but since it’s all or nothing I choose nothing.

Anything on 4chan I assume isn’t real, but pretend it is. More fun that way.

I guess you would need a lot of proxies. And they probably need to be on Googles good side to keep their VPN extension in Chrome

I wonder if they’re using the (paid) Google and Brave APIs, and are running Leta as a loss leader, or if they have some way to get around it

I had to do a triple take to make sure this wasn’t The Onion

That’s a shame, that was the studio that worked on Guitar Hero Live. I kind of liked that game

I knew it, my aunt sent me similar photos a couple years ago

Nord has been on my shit list ever since one of their servers got physically penetrated and they tried to slide it under the rug rather than notify users

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been burned by every free VPN I’ve used due to one scandal or another. I just gave up and pay for Mullvad when I need one. I haven’t done much research, but the Brave VPN is probably a decent free one. Or Tor, but it might not be what you’re looking for.

Divinity Original Sin is their IP, there’s a chance they’re working on a game in that series