_cerpin_taxt_ @ _cerpin_taxt_ @lemmy.world

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I said this the other day and had a user suggest there's no point because Google will win, and it'll be impossible to avoid this DRM garbage. They didn't seem to grasp that you can just not use the websites that use that tech.

I excelled in school until it came time to do homework. I couldn't be bothered because it was a waste of time.

I'm 15 years into my IT career with no degree and zero certifications, but make 6 figures.

I was right - the homework was a complete waste of time. I haven't needed a damn thing that school has taught me since about 6th grade. Basic math, reading, and good language skills (with a good chunk of luck) are all you need in life to succeed. School is great for some people, but absolutely a waste of some of the best years of your life for most.

Rear-center sitters unite! There's literally 2 of us!

Very back row, dead center.

Unless it's a huge movie on opening night, I usually have all the leg room my tall ass needs, have a perfect view of the entire screen so I can take the whole movie in, sound is usually the best there, and there's just something about the back row and having all of that free space for activities. I can use set my bag down, get up and stretch without interfering with other viewers, and something about it is just very soothing for me. It's like a comfort thing.

Same feeling I get when I go camping and have everything within arms reach in my tent, or in my car on a roadtrip. Something about that feeling just does things for me. Most comfortable feeling in the world lol.

Why the fuck do I pay like 30% percent on my income? Fuck the IRS. Go after every single last billionaire tax dodger or stop taxing in general.

You probably still struggle to talk to people and make friends too, huh?

Are you in my head, bro? Or do you just need to pull your own out of your ass?

Right? Such a trash article that explains nothing about why this is happening.

Whew, had to do a triple-take on that post title lmao.

It's simple. Him and his policies and actions hurt the most vulnerable of communities. I wish we could see him brutally beaten to death by the folks he's disenfranchised, but I guess we'll have to settle for watching him stroke out and shit his pants on television.

Even the default file explorer doesn't use the accent colors you set lmao

That's just an outright lie.

Source: I'm looking at my lime green default file explorer right now.

Mint just looks like a fake OS that someone designed for a movie set or something. I can't quit put my finger on it, but it looks cheap and basic as hell. Windows 11 is very aesthetically pleasing and IMO looks nicer than OSX these days.

With Windows, I can install Steam. Once that's installed, I just install the games right from Steam. As far as my GPU goes, I just download GeForce Experience and then it pushes updated drivers to me on a regular basis that I can choose to install or not.

DirectX gets pushed out to every Windows computer with no need to manually install it, as does the .NET framework. If you need a different version of .NET, any software you install will typically warn you during installation, and even give the option to install right then and there.

I built my most recent PC about a year ago. I installed Windows and ran updates. Then I installed GeForce Experience and updated my GPU drivers. Then I installed Steam, and then installed my games of choice. No more, no less, and I was playing games in 4k 120+ FPS with zero issues or messiness.

If I were to install Nobara right now, can I just go through that exact simple process? If not, I'm not interested lol, and I'm a "techie." Good luck trying to convert your average user.

You guys always claim how great Linux is and how you're never going back to Windows, yet still dual boot with Windows. You know what I don't do with my Windows install? Dual boot to any other OS lmao.

Or just don't visit websites that have DRM. Any website willing to work with Google on this DRM thing is a website I have zero desire to ever visit.

Oh great, now you're getting emotional.

I don't give my users a choice at work and those computers are all locked down to where they'd need an admin to install Chrome.

As far as my personal life goes, I've just been the go-to guy for computer questions for friends and family most of my life, so they usually listen to my advice, but it also helps to just go into detail as to why the change is necessary (not recommended, but necessary). No one likes to hear that their web browser is making it impossible to block ads and is streamlining the ad experience so they get more ads. Everyone despises ads lol.

HEY WHY DID YOU DELETE YOUR COMMENT?!

I've been converting folks where I can! I work in IT for a huge corporation, so our computers all come pre-loaded with Firefox set as the default browser haha.

And with you!

"Google controls 3/4 of the web, so not only am I going to roll over and take it, but I'm going to lube myself up for their convenience."

FTFY

Get out of here with that defeatist attitude lol. There's this little browser called Firefox. They take privacy and ad-blocking very seriously, and the browser is excellent and faster than Chrome now.

I made the switch about six months ago and never looked back, and I am deep in the Googlesphere.