DebatableRaccoon @ DebatableRaccoon @lemmy.ca

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LTSC is extremely feasible for gaming and productivity. As Codilingus already said, you can get the ISO and activation from MASSGRAVE's site.

Depending on your requirements, you'll probably quickly figure out you need MS Store for one thing or another (the inconvenience of having pretty much everything removed) so you'll need a tool like this to install the store and, you can use Chris Titus' Wintool to turn off the spyware. It also has a program downloader built in with a long list of useful software to help speed up your initial setup process.

There's a lot of bloat in the commercial versions of Windows, both 10 and 11. It's easy to install the MS store on LTSC and for those who don't need/want the features, the bloat is entirely pointless.

That's not what was asked.

MS Store can be installed on LTSC quite easily so it's very possible to still have the bloat-free version.

This isn't a one-size-fits-all solution though. OP has asked specifically for information regarding Windows and even specifically mentions Linux in the post so it's fair to say they're aware of it and choose to stay on Windows.

I think the top one that comes to mind is Days Gone. I can't help but feel like we've played completely different games when seeing reviews for it from the likes of IGN, for example.

Precisely. And I'd argue that secondhand smoke and its effects already applies as not caring about others or the general environment.

Because it generally takes a certain type of person to smoke and there happens to be quite a lot of overlap with the type of person who's fine with littering.

It does. I'd like to send a screenshot of them but I can't for sECuriTy PoLiCy reasons, so the skinny is encrypted, plain text and plain HTML.

Generally, I'd recommend having different services for everything anyway just for situations like this where if one's bad, you don't have to change everything else. Pick what services you really need the premium for and find free tiers that match your needs on others. For VPN, I still use PIA since their reputation is still holding up. I know you said you don't want to hear it but Bitwarden for password manager and for the rare time I need cloud storage, I use Mega since they offer 20GB on their free tier. Oh, and Disroot for email bit that doesn’t have everything you're looking for so I can't recommend it even if it's been great for my use case.

They have a great authenticator app too.

Understandable and it's there that things get blurry. I don't think anyone can argue that Amazon's bottom line is Bezos but on paper Bezos doesn’t have any money because all of his monetary value is tied up in assets. A person with that much money simply ties everything to their company and suddenly they're corporate assets instead of personal belongings, thus tax deductible (imagine the Spongebob rainbow meme here) along with the plethora of other advantages these people get just for being wealthy. Heck, this doesn't even apply to only the insanely wealthy. With a smart accountant, it's applicable to business owners.

Some years ago I worked for a small company where the owner would declare all of his purchases as business assets. Some of those items would become "loss leaders" and simply "disappear" while others would get "rented" to himself at a "generous discount" until he chose to sell it. I got to learn just how perfectly legal it all was the hard way because by the time I was done at the company, I was looking for the biggest bus I could throw him under and it turned out there weren't any. Made me want to puke.

The thing that comes to mind is Amazon being given brand new warehouses by governments in exchange for barely-humane working conditions. This means, the working stiff has payed for their ability to get a job. Company expansion should come out of that same company's profit margin, not the back pocket of the working force.

Yiiiis, such delectable trash

Because VAT is proportional to the item, not the person's income. From one perspective, yes it's a fair system but from another, the cost of living is significantly greater for a poor person than a wealthy person. Many are barely scraping by while others are out wining and dining and still getting plenty for free.

My skills as a raccoon are debatable

Yup, had this happen on 2 different accounts, both of which were in good standing. Same as you, no given explanation despite the message saying there would be, and no real recourse to appeal despite there being a provided link that simply looped on itself. Eventually, I was able to get a human via the "support team" who gave me the answer "All bans are final.". Your options are to make a new account or stop using their shit platform. Pick your poison.

Depends how you look at it. Out of my wage, I lose ~50% after taxes and the healthcare system's "fair share" and, depending on the country, the health system is so under-funded anyway that there's a heavy incentive to give in and pay private if you want certain operations or some such done anytime in the foreseeable future.

Because fuck the poor and working class. Don't forget that they're double dipping since income is often taken out of your earnings before you even get your money then every single purchase is taxed too.

They've earned them