They use every loophole legally available to them (you know what I mean, the button "I agree to sell my soul" being a hundred times bigger than the link to "I'd like to review your data collection and say which analytics service I adhere to").
But I haven't seen a website where they threaten compulsory personalized ads if you don't pay. It's generally "pay or you get cookies". But I tought those weren't third party cookies, just in-site ones.
Good thing this was forbidden in the EU a few years back. As a user, you can't refuse "necessary cookies" but those from third parties you can (e.g. Google analytics).
Imposing personalized ads if you don't pay is definitely forbidden in the EU I'd say
Don't you worry about it, wine has been around since the 90s. So many desktop apps you like on windows will be really functional, and you can see their individual compatibility ratings on https://appdb.winehq.org/
For games, it's another mater. But most of the time it's fine wether it be on steam proton or wine-ge.
Try it for a few weeks and you'll find yourself happy, but still harassing devs for a native Linux release :)
I'd do the the opposite.
I generally use the default "cordially". But if someone pissed me off I'd use something overly formal and polite like "amicably thanking you for your eventual reply over the matter; if it pleases you"
Don't people use it mainly as a calendar? You can see events near you and get alerts to those you've signed up for. There are alternatives of course but I feel a lot firms and people publicize their event through Facebook.
Don't worry, Google is actually getting sued for its various malpractices (paying browsers millions to be their default search engine, Google adsense putting the best bidder at the top of the search results, etc).
It might even come to the US justice system ordering the breakup of various Google products into smaller independent companies.
Force yourself to sneeze and cough inside your elbow all the time. Even when you're alone. Then it becomes a reflex and you'll protect those around you from infection a lot better.
I get the feeling. I had a fuck-up directory with solutions for my failed android rooting efforts. I tried to flash my phone with a random recovery image I found in an old FAQ section.
Makes me remember this one time in English class in France where one student called him Jean-François Kennedy. The whole class had a good laugh, including the teacher 😅
My last phone with standard Google Android had a 5000 mAh battery while the new degoogled has one with a bit more than 6000 mAh I think. Even then I feel the overall increase in battery life cannot be explained with hardware only. Without watching videos or playing games, I only have to charge my new phone every 3-4 days. And I've background apps like syncthing running all the time.
I've just checked there's actually a few other open source forks of android other than LineageOS. If you're disappointed with it.
I'm using the volla phone x23 which runs vollaOS, an android fork without all those pesky Google background processes. It uses MicroG to simulate them though, since most Android apps expect them now.
Moderation is a problem here? It's been awhile since I've seen someone misbehaving. Generally it was being offensive to individuals or groups of people in a post.
But the last one I saw was months ago.
Wether it's on the internet or at a bar counter, I like to engage in debate to better myself.
If your goal is to turn every fanatic that crosses your path, you're gonna be depressed real soon.
I really like to watch competitive FPS like CS and Valorant but I'd hate to play them since my jam is turn-based games.
Heck I'd even watch competitions of games like Lol or Starcraft but the Jargon is too much for me!
Thank you for that, I always wondered about the meaning behind a few of these directories.