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You can use switch 2 offline, with physical games. Nintendo does not require the console to connect to the internet.

Indeed it requires software updates for some games; but even that is the most “innocent” in console space.

Nothing can beat a linux handheld + drm free store in terms of freedom. But apples to apples.

“All games are essentially rentals” applies the least to Switch 2 among consoles.

Among all gaming platforms, it’s only behind DRM free storefronts like itch.io and GOG.

Unlike PS5 or XBOX, not all switch 2 games require downloads or day 1 patches.

If you can’t win, get your politicians to ban the competition

What do you mean “it would have been marked as hatred”? It _is_ hatred, bigotry, racism, etc. Trump isn’t shy about showing how racist and hateful he is.

“to sell you things” -> to manipulate you

Let’s not forget Facebook caused a genocide

There were clusters using PS2 and PS3 systems. Clusters using old Android phones wouldn’t be novel

The key part is “but for work I don’t really care”

I don’t blame them tbh.

“A fool and his money are soon parted”

Some seem to expect governments to save them, which worked in 2008.

There are inconveniences, but some protection is better than no protection. Trying to protect your privacy online is not a zero-sum game.

Google also makes money by making search worse.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

The definition of “viable” matters

The thing with Chinese AI labs is that you don’t need to trust them. They publish the models, you can run them on-prem or rent a beefy VPS.

It’s not an enormous effort if you plan for it. They clearly knew about this, and could’ve afforded to plan for it. Their whole shtick is locking users in, and DMA is their nemesis.

Current AI hype is built on marketing and PR, not capabilities, and has been from the start.

I still remember Sam Altman “begging AI to be regulated” and AGI being “some thousand days away”.

Breed faster horses and hope one will birth a locomotive.

“We realized the tech is not as addictive as we’ve hoped so we won’t be able to raise token prices enough to be profitable, so here’s a way to make you consume a lot more tokens without even realizing”

Due to the Overton window shifting so much, FSF should not be considered radical anymore. It’s the absolute minimum, even.

Where would you prefer it to go?

Do you realize this thread is about a suicide preventation website? Can’t you separate between public services and profit-based ones?

I’ve read many horror stories from Indian developers about how they’re treated. They can’t escape it since almost every company in India will treat them the same. Their only escape is a remote job or to relocate.

I believe we’ll see this play out in a global scale. Once every employer paying a good salary does this, we won’t be able to pick and choose, without forfeiting a huge chunk of income. At that point I’d rather become a baker.

I hate this so much that I strongly considered creating a family Apple ID. Nowadays I’m just considering leaving Apple ecosystem altogether. Hopefully soon.

Jitsi has audio rooms like discord?

YMMV, but I was too horny to actually make use of my superior fluid intelligence in my 20s, so I’m content with the tradeoff here.

You listed “corporate backing” as a good thing and “no adoption outside Apple ecosystem” as a pain point. Why would it get adopted outside Apple ecosystem if Apple decides what happens to it?

Swift being maintained by the open source community is an illusion. The community was very against function builders. Apple went ahead and did it anyway because they needed it for SwiftUI. The open source community just provides discussion, and Apple gets its way either way.

Being a well respected dev and being active on Twitter are contradictory

Not a good analogy. Once you build a bridge, it’s done. Software nowadays is never “done”, and requirements constantly change. It’s more akin to building a rope bridge and trying to upgrade it to accommodate cars while it’s in active use.

I’m using native mail app of iOS/macos and search bar works for me. However, iOS has a persistent issue of not fetching new mails, even from iCloud, which has support for push updates. I inadvertently build a habit of opening mail app and refreshing.

None of the examples you provided were being sold as “intelligence”

How close are you sitting to those monitors?