Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm sick of one clueless idiot posting something and then a whole crowd of brainless followers jumping on the bandwagon just to smear someone's name (like what's happening with Proton and Andy Chen, for example).
Honestly, I couldn't care less if Andy was Trump’s biggest fan. Proton's track record on privacy is rock solid. I spent two years digging into Tuta, Proton, disroot, and a bunch of others until I finally settled on Proton for my family—and I've never looked back. My wife, who used to throw money at Google like it was cash to burn, finally got an email service she could actually trust. That's what matters here.
Now, I get it—Proton’s not perfect, and yeah, they're a business with their own quirks and maybe some shady stuff waiting to surface. But we need to stop blindly following one crappy post without doing our own homework.
And sure, I hate a lot about Trump (not to mention Musk, who I honestly think is even worse), but let's be real: the alternative of having Kamala Harris at the helm could’ve been a total nightmare. When I imagine her running the world's most powerful economy and military, I'm picturing a hot mess that would plunge everyone into chaos. You think you’re safe from one disastrous trainwreck, only to replace it with an even bigger one!
Trump is pure asshole material, and you could probably say that about 90% of his cabinet and most Republicans too. So yeah, if you just skim the last bit, you might think I'm a Trump supporter. But if you read the whole thing, you’ll see I'm simply saying that, given the choices, staying on this crazy rollercoaster was the lesser of two evils. We need to weigh the bigger picture rather than jump on every outrage train without doing any actual research.
Ex-Google fan boy here. Been riding the fuck Google wagon for about 7 years now, no regrets, and certain I'm missing out on absolutely nothing.
Moving away from all these self-serving BS "tech giants" is the smartest and healthiest move anyone can do.
Alright, let's tear this idea apart in plain, no-BS language. The whole "we gotta invest in AI to keep up with other nations" argument is like saying you need the flashiest new phone just because your neighbor got one—even if your old phone still works perfectly fine. Sure, some countries are all-in on AI like it's the latest craze, but that doesn't mean we have to jump on the bandwagon and mess up our lives.
The whole "end of skilled labor" hype is really just a cover-up. People have been doing amazing work with their hands and brains for ages—long before AI even existed. And let’s talk downsides: more people losing jobs, a privacy mess, and decisions being made by glitchy algorithms that might not give a damn about real-life problems. We didn't need AI to build everything we have today. We've been doing just fine without handing over our lives to a bunch of computer code.
So, if you're buying into the "we need AI to keep up with the cool kids on the global stage" nonsense, you're ignoring the fact that the smart move might just be hanging on to good old human skill. Instead of racing into an AI-fueled chaos, maybe we should just keep doing what we do best—using our brains and common sense.
Well, let's break it down with a little humor and a nod to the inevitable AI email overlords!
Sure, the article points out that the premium Google Workspace users get a special treatment—like being offered champagne instead of soda—but if you're part of the 90% rolling with regular Gmail, you're still enjoying your familiar, free soda pop (for now). However, don't get too comfortable: whether you're sipping premium champagne or pop, Google's AI is always lurking in the background, ready to "swallow" your emails and extract insights like a digital detective. In other words, even if you're not part of the fancy club, your emails are still part of the grand data buffet.
So while the article might claim it's all rainbows and free soda for most, the truth is that Google is perfecting their AI trick regardless of your account type. It's like distinguishing between first-class and economy on a flight—different levels of service, but everyone's still on the same plane, and the in-flight entertainment (that is, AI data crunching) is serving up free snacks to all!
This is just the most recent example on how fucking so-called "investors" (who are no more than glorified and rich leaches) completely enshitify something that was lived by its users and clients.
This goes to show that most people will just adapt to ever-more-expensive shit services and products instead of fighting against them at the cost of some convenience.
Because it would have gone unnoticed if it was posted in a thread about how good windows is (those exist, right? Eh, right?) and wouldn't have gotten all this attention.
I will never understand this need for being noticed.
Absolutely. Maybe I'm a bit biased. I can't stick to anything immutable (other than my Steam Deck, and believe me, I've tried many times), and always come back to distros I can have absolute control over.
However, I have all my employees running Silverblue (mostly because none of them even know what CLI means 🤣).
There is web support, but it lacks most actually useful functions. Libreoffice is great, but is not 1:1 compatible with excel. Then there's Onlyoffice, which is very compatible, but also lacks many functions.
Bottom line is, if you're an excel power user, you'll need to learn Libreoffice Calc, or you're out of luck. If not, Onlyoffice should suffice.
There's always a chance any app, even from fdroid, will require play services, but that's still highly unlikely. You should be fine with fdroid alone, yes.
Chances are that, if you do break something, it'll be on the Windows side.
Bazzite is very solid for new users as it's very convoluted to access and modify anything system related.
Having said that, if you have any intention to learn how to use Linux distros, and eventually remove Microsoft from your life, immutable distros like Bazzite will limit you dramatically, so I suggest you start with a regular "mutable" distro. Now, if your intention is just to have something that works, scape Windows every now and then, and come back to Windows, it's hard to beat an immutable distro.
My name is none of your business, and I approve this suggestion.
For most of us using Linux distros for years, we already have a preferred distro that is highly unlikely to be Ubuntu or even Debian based, but for first-timers, I honestly believe Mint is the way to go. But seeing how mint has been a flop for you (as another poster said, it'd be great to know what went wrong) an immutable distro (like Bazzite) would fit your current needs better, but these distros are not the best way to start learning about Linux and eventually migrate from Windows entirely.
Yeah, I would think so, but again, I've never had hardware fail to work out of the box in Linux, and since I don't use internal capture cards, I guess I will not be affected any time soon.
Show us the evidence of this claim about "Proton owner". And yes, Tuta is great, I agree on that.