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It's so they can track you better. If you're in the US and using a Chromium based browser, so long as you don't view "adult content" they usually don't pop this up. But they can't track in Firefox, and because of GDPR, they can't track logged-out users in the EU, so it's all about the money. I use Vivaldi and a VPN to watch youtube, works mostly fine.

I've flirted with Linux off and on for 20 years, but MS forcing everyone to Win 11, stuffed with spyware, is the end of the road for me. Now on Linux full time. Linux isn't about to take over the desktop, but I can see Windows shedding a couple million users a year as enshittification continues.

You can totally turn it off in a couple clicks or leave it on if you want it. Other tech companies take note, this is how you do it.

I see what you did there -- using the thread about complements to complement another Lemming, good on ya!

Every Texan I know has a generator to deal with the unreliability of the grid, and there's never been an article about someone in Iowa getting a surprise $100k electric bill...and the average wage in Texas is substantially lower than in "left wing" states like California or Washington...so not sure you're making an apples-to-apples comparison, but time will be the judge, we can all check-in in a year and see how this plays out. Does Lemmy have a remind me! bot?

There are so many breaking points:

• With software it was moving everything to subscriptions that made me switch to Linux and LibreOffice
• With hardware it was when Apple started soldering RAM in their computers so you couldn't replace it
• With healthcare it was having to negotiate with 11 different companies my 11 bills for a single ER visit
• With the Democrats it was the head of the DNC saying out loud that the reason for super delegates was to prevent popular grassroots candidates from winning

Capitalism doesn't just crush you once, it finds a new way to crush you every day.

FFS yes they should, but they won't.

Anything that slows down the wheel that crushes us is good, but the DNC doesn't know how to do anything but hand-wring and give performative speeches.

I feel ya...when capitalism is already such a cancer that I already participate as little as possible, boycotting becomes harder because I was already not giving the parasite class my money.

The one state that refuses to connect to the interstate power grid and has Uber-like surge pricing on electricity? Yeah, I'm sure this won't result in regular people footing the bill for more billionaire profits.

Texas is a joke, but not a good one.

I'm not going to take up catcalling, but this makes me realize we could all be complimenting each other much more creatively than we do now.