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  • Games is the one example that actually makes sense though. The game code size hasn't really increased tremendously, but the uncompressed assets have only gotten more detailed and more numerous.

  • That is exactly why Chromebooks were (are?) so popular. You got a cheap laptop with an easy-to-use OS without having to do any install. And let's be real here, most people don't need anything more than a web browser.

  • Not for him, though. It sucks that the kings of today - and Trump, at this point, can definitely be referred to as such - will probably not face any consequences for their actions. Throughout history, it has always taken a few generations for their empires to come crashing down.

  • It's way worse than that.

    Even if you somehow magically have the same settings as everyone else, you're mouse movement will still be unique.

    You can even render something on a canvas out of view and depending on your GPU, your graphics driver, etc the text will look different...

    There is no real way to escape fingerprinting.

  • It’s like the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" story, but with a twist: instead of the boy shouting about wolves, the wolves disguise themselves as townsfolk and keep shouting "wolf" so often that no one takes it seriously anymore. So when the boy finally cries out for help, no one listens.

  • Here are a few examples of what I've seen them do in the time I've been alive.

    • Lowering the amount of educated people by various means such as cutting (on not properly increasing) funding, restricting access to it,...
    • Limiting access to (somewhat) correct information by buying up news media outlets, severely influencing social media, telling people that their "alternative media" is the only way to get correct information, and so much more
    • Actively pitting groups of people against each other, black vs white, immigrants vs citizens, women vs men,...