It's not an excuse though. It's right there in the error message.
Where are people getting the impression I think google is some kind of saint who can do no wrong? I don't even see the "proof" that is being used to say I'm coming to google's defense. Just a few anecdotal theories... just like I provided.
Bot can automate views. It's why Youtube keeps trying to move towards "engagement". Comments, likes, etc, all require an account, which is an extra hurdle for bots.
Youtube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.
I had a better experience with T-Mobile back in their un-carrier days. Once they dropped that facade and started matching the other two I noticed a dramatic shift in pricing and support.
I don't know when the merger rules with Sprint expired, but I would guess it was probably around the same time.
My #1 gaming desire is a PSP consolizer. My 3000 unit has a dead UMD, and my 2000 is failing. I just want a clean HDMI out to my TV without the tangled wires. I always manage to pull the power out while playing.
With the paragraph covering counterfeit cables, I wonder if it tests incorrectly mapped pinouts. I recall that being a pretty wild QA issue with a bunch of previous cables. Even name brand ones.
I chucked Brave shortly after they decided to install a VPN service on my machine without consent or notification.
A service that silently reinstalled itself on Brave update.
A service that did not remove itself when you uninstall Brave. It took a lot of research and time to rip out the guts of that. I will never trust Brave again.
I thought it was trivial to circumvent but difficult to duplicate?
Last I recall (though I admit this was years ago) the wobble groove can't be burned and has to be pressed into the disc... which is why despite it being nearly 30 years old now, you still have to modchip to play anything unofficial.
I gave FreeSO a try since it's an open-source implementation of Sims Online, but the hookability wasn't there. We've come so far from the days of Sims 1...
It's crazy that there isn't a company out there making viable cold storage for the average consumer. I feel like we're getting even further away from viability now that we use QLC by default in SSDs. The rot will be so fast.
I still have no clue where permanently attached USB SSDs are supposed to be mounted. I just shove them into LVM2 and put the mapper under /mnt since putting them under /home wouldn't let other users access them.
It's not an excuse though. It's right there in the error message.
Where are people getting the impression I think google is some kind of saint who can do no wrong? I don't even see the "proof" that is being used to say I'm coming to google's defense. Just a few anecdotal theories... just like I provided.