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Okay, sure—if you check the Steam Hardware Survey, Linux machines make up only a bit above 1% of all Steam users. That number's set to rise soon, though.

Saved you a click.

Me neither but I'll do an ignorant take and invite someone more knowledgeable to correct me: The tech to make films without human actors is available, and Hollywood studios think that they have unlimited rights forever to the digital likenesses of the actors they have contracts with. Which is pretty fucking rich from the same corporations that think we should pay for the same film on dvd, on blu ray, on blu ray in a different region, on the apple store, on the play store, and reserve the right to revoke our access to any of these where possible.

And the ad was one of their anti piracy ads ("you wouldn't download a car"), from the time where they made the nonsense claim that every pirate download was equal to lost revenue, as they tried to erode Internet privacy and bankrupt people who didn't have enough money to defend themselves in court.

Bit of a wall of text, but I figure it does more good than harm to have this in the comments with links:

The Kids Online Safety Act would increase surveillance and restrict access to information under the guise of protecting children online. KOSA would put the tools of censorship in the hands of state attorneys general. It would greatly endanger the rights and safety of young people online. KOSA’s burdens will affect adults, too, who will likely face hurdles, like age verification, to access legal content online as a result of the bill. TELL CONGRESS: OPPOSE THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT

The STOP CSAM Act would put security and free speech at risk by potentially making it a crime to offer encryption. The law would undermine digital security for all internet users, impacting private messaging and email app providers, social media platforms, cloud storage providers, and many other internet intermediaries and online services. TELL CONGRESS NOT TO OUTLAW ENCRYPTED APPS

The EARN IT Act would likely mandate scanning of messages and other files similar to the plan that Apple wisely walked away from last year. Digital rights supporters sent more than 200,000 messages to Congress to kill earlier versions of this bill. We’ve beaten it twice before, and we can do it again. We need your support to stop the EARN IT Act one more time. PROTECT OUR PRIVACY—STOP "EARN IT"

The RESTRICT Act would set the stage for a restriction on the use of TikTok, but could also criminalize common practices like using a VPN or side-loading to install a prohibited app. There are legitimate data privacy concerns about social media platforms, but this bill is a distraction from real progress on privacy. TELL CONGRESS: DON'T PASS THE RESTRICT ACT

The Cooper Davis Act would turn messaging services, social media companies, and even cloud providers into Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informants. The bill is likely to result in companies sweeping up innocent conversations, including discussions about past drug use or treatment. This bill contains no warrant requirement, no required notice, and limited user protections., andIt deserves to be defeated on the Senate floor. TELL CONGRESS: Don't turn messaging services into DEA informants

Not cool. But certainly doesn't sound like there was anything you did to cause it. Also sounds like you'll do just fine in any environment that lacks structure and resource (which as far as I can tell is all of them).

Cold comfort I'm sure. I would want to know why, but would expect them to be not forthcoming on the reason (I don't have much faith in any business that fires people without providing a reason). One option might be to request a written reference. If they agree the content might reveal at least what they wish the publicly stated reason to be.

Good luck getting shit back on track, and in particular good luck keeping your head in the game during this unfair and challenging time.

Firefox with ublock and duckduckgo seems to help my android experience. This is my first non apple smart phone.

Awesome. You've definitely changed my mind. Let's get em! In the name of tolerance let us make sure there is no safe space for anyone to discuss the Bad Things. This is sure to be effective at reducing the proliferation of bad ideas, and certainly does not undermine the marketplace of ideas.

Same here, and the orthodoxy enforcement brigade here reminds me a whole lot of the conservative religious folk I grew up around. Bizarre.

hah. Well yeah. A little Westborough is basically just mainstream Christian isn't it?

Now you're getting it! People can think differently about stuff and that's OK.

Running around deplatforming people who think Bad Things but haven't hurt anyone is seriously anti-enlightenment, and I think it's equally absurd you can't see the danger in it. But I am still glad that we have a place that we can have this conversation.

Cool. But why don't we do it proactively? Like let's go find these people that think the Bad Things. We can even wear matching shirts - I'll go order them. Come on guys. We cannot rest while there are Bad Thoughts out there being thought by Bad People.

So disagree then. Even though I think your suggestions are as dangerous as the bigotry, it's a part of the diversity of thought I'd like to see in an online forum. There are 2.6 billion christians in the world and 1.7 billion muslims. And according to you they should all be deplatformed. That's more than half the worlds population instantly dismissed by you as bigots because they believe in the book of fairy tales they were taught to believe in. I disagree pretty strongly with their views, but they have a right to exist on the internet. Unless they're actively organising a pogrom or a crusade, you're not helping anyone by deplatforming them. And even then, they'll just find another place to organise it - personally I'd like to keep it visible. Both as an early warning system, and as a chance to have the sunlight do the disinfecting.

That's exactly when we need it. It's OK that other people think differently on the Internet.

Can't believe I'm going to bat for the Christians but here I go: Maybe it's OK that not everyone thinks the same about every single issue and that we have some diversity of thought on the fucking internet.

Their rules also make it very clear that they're not going full Westborough. But even if they were, the Internet is not just for people who agree with me. This trend of orthodoxy is quite disheartening.

Like two maybe? And even then only kinda sorta. One almost never uses FB, the other almost never uses Signal

Hah. I like that the same experience led us down different paths.

As someone who has needed to use random PPAs and inevitably wound up needing to reinstall many times, I think this is good advice. I'll do this if I ever get the nerve to try again.

I had a bad time with ubuntu 18 lts and Bluetooth. Neither bluez nor the other one (forget which) would recognise the controller in my mobo. Tried the man pages. Searched high and low. Asked for help on the forums - got nothing. Decided to never again try using Linux for my workstation. I'm perfectly happy to use it to run my scripts, daemons and containers on a dedicated box, but there's just no upside for my games and work machine.

Fantastic. Will get this as soon as I see that email.

Ok the memes are really quite good over here in lemmy land