Car based infrastructure

the stock market

capitalism

Know what’s better than a battery that charges fast? A train with a catenary that never has to charge at all

Why then would OP be concerned about being caught?

I see, OP is just a douchebag.

Removed by mod

Real name and face on the internet guy doesn’t get to have an opinion on tracking.

You being able to track engagement is bad, actually.

What the hell is cheating in Minecraft? Isn’t that like cheating in Lego? You can just make a server with whatever setting and mods you want.

Yes, hence the constant efforts to create and enforce artificial scarcity, from DRM to NFTs.

And it’s not just software. The same ideology leads to locked dumpsters full of food behind grocery stores and shoes and coats cut open before they’re thrown away at the end of the season.

There is no ethical way to monetize software because the unethical thing is capitalism itself.

When I was in China my usual VPN I use for piracy and general privacy got through the great firewall no problem

skill issue

I love libraries but their ebook services are crippled by publisher nonsense pretending there are limited copies of a file.

Annas-archive.org to get books, ereader prestigio to read them on my phone.

Any standard desktop linux is more private and secure than google spyware

I use 99% isopropyl alcohol for regular wipe downs before printing, and soap and water for the occasional “why the hell isn’t stuff sticking” cleanings.

Users like visiting websites that are expensive to create and maintain

Do they actually, or is that just all they have to visit anymore? Would users not be happier visiting a bunch of cheap geocities pages with blink tags instead of tracking cookies?

Zombocom is better than twitter

It’s not just Microsoft, it’s capitalists in general.

For now. They’re boiling the frog slow.