Tbh, I’m surprised this post isn’t removed yet. Comments where I’ve been way less straight about the topic than in this post are usually removed. Maybe the professor reference saved the day this time?

That’s a pretty strong guess I may concede. Still sad. This is the fediverse. Censorship shouldn’t be dictated by how renowned the subject is.

Being too damn nice.

Apple has said it “strongly disputes” the minerals claims and that it is “deeply committed to armed conflict responsible sourcing” of minerals.

I thought of that too, but then realized they need the latest graphic card updates to run Google, Amazon and Microsoft mass-surveillance applications!

Exactly. Those russian CS gamers are the worst scum in the world and deserve to be (cybernetically) wacked.

What would you personally do with that pressure if you lived in Moscow? At best get beaten in a protest.

Thanks for the elaborated comment! Don’t mind the negativity around the replies, some ppl are so simple they will hate until you literally say ‘Harris good, Trump bad’.

How do you do that?

Yeah, when I read this I was like ‘is anyone still denying ads use of microphone?’ Eight years ago I would be called paranoid, but now everybody experienced smartphone at it’s best.

Still, as from a mechanical engineer perspective I would trust slightly more a combustion motor system to work offline rather than an electrical, where I could never know how the motor really works and relays on.

Personally I enjoy driving a 1987 bensine Ford.

Fun fact: kamala means ‘terrible’ in finnish.

Beautiful

Protests are wrong. Genocide is complicated.

Windows updates anyways after several restarts choosing not to. I guess it’s some kind of default setting that may be set off too.

What about importing tabs without consent? Is that also lack of user knowledge? Even when it was turned off in settings?

The difference may be Windows forces to update, while i.e. Ubuntu has several older versions still working.

From the article: ‘So I went to install the same Windows update on a laptop, which actually resulted in it failing and me having to do a system restore. Once the system restore…’

Who needs to continue reading the article before realizing the malware is Windows itself?

The only reason I use Netflix is the PS3, because I don’t have a smart TV

I really hope you’r wrong on that. Anyways, it’s a pleasure to see Google bleeding.

On top of what Aatube says about secret unfair deals, Google’s Play Store is necessary to run essential social services. In my case I need it to download my banking app and to sign into my university’s online studies.