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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True. But by the same token, if you attain a similarly high level of knowledge about Windows, you can do much of the same stuff. Including debloating it.

I mainly say this because I would love nothing more than swapping my relatives machines to Linux, but when something breaks it can be BAD and they are missing that basic background thst 3+ decades on Windows has earned them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A vee emm you say?

Can I get that on the app store?

...

You gotta set the bar far, far lower. Hell being able to set up a VM easoly in a Windows home license machine is still something relatively recent, without using specialized software.

If Linux only appeals to tinkers then it will see about as much market share as 80s cars as well, and peak at single digits.

If you are someone technically inclined, I totally agree with you. But I think the newer distros in the past few years that are basically good to go after install, and feature application stores linked to reputable repos, etc, are the way forward. This takes a lot of the confusion and, frankly, fear out of attempting to use Linux for your average user.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I long for third spaces.

The mall is an ouroboros that demands I spend. But if it had a park combined with it, if it was just a series of semi-connected strip malls around a central or spread out park/walking path I'd be there constantly.

The mall just isn't a enjoyable place to hang out unless you truly have no other choice, and even teenagers who don't are opting to hang online because it's less expensive and doesn't require transit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's a reason welding is not a common skill.

If you're trying to proliferate welding, maybe this is a bad approach?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Try Firefox

Or Floorp if you're experimental.

Fuck chrome and chromium.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You. You are the reason they need to point it out.

Just move on. You think no one cares, but I care infinitely less about your comment on it than I do learning the background of an elected official, especially given the situation in Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Japanese companies, this isn't a wish, it's a fundamental truth of the universe. Like gravity. No matter the scale or importance of them. I promise you your car exists because of an Excel 2003 file on some underpaid engineer's laptop that they periodically sync with an inventory system.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Because Microsoft lost an entire gigantic anti-trust case over building the Browser into the OS.

Of course it loaded faster when MS poisoning the well of open web standards with embrace and extend.

And we have the records to prove this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thank you. This update went live after my comment.

The app does not have this under settings. I jumped straight into settings expecting of course that is where it must live, and the Ultra subscription does (and also mentions ads)

However as you said, there is a no ads unlock on the initial drop down for $20.

I'm gonna send that as feedback.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The base features include injecting ads into the site. So you at minimum have to pay for the app to not make your experience shitty.

And what defines an extra feature?

A hundred bucks for a reader app is a fucking lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Yo I just checked this.

A hundred fucking dollars?

Jesus christ, lemmy is still in a fledgling state compared to reddit i don't care if you designed the most perfect app known to man, this is some insane overvaluation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Somewhat. Webstandards are voted upon, and I believe Mozilla is part of those organizations.

However Google could always choose to ignore web standards and do what they want. And due to their massive market dominance this would effectively enforce this overnight for over half of the internet.

The reason they may not, is the EU would take them to court over that. The US no longer believes in stopping companies from ruining shit though.

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