I used to be the same way, and I believed in Google's vision of "don't be evil" and making a mobile os that unified all kinds of devices all around the world. But now I'm finally considering getting the next iphone as Google makes it clearer every day that their products exists to comodotize me and my data (and also now I've gotten to a place in life where I can afford buying into apples closed ecosystem)
People are dumb, but moreso they are lazy and want to be entertained rather than self improve. You can teach yourself how to create your own Netflix in a day but most people would rather endlessly scroll content that makes them feel envious or angry because that seems easier than learning something new.
The kind of person on lemmy is probably already self hosting a plex server that has all the content they care about and sharing it with their inner circle
This is exactly where I'm at with spiderman ps4. I cleared out the map but never finished the story, now if I go back I will be nowhere near as good as I used to be, so it remains unfinished
Well wanting to secede is kind of the whole basis of the USA. these "patriots" have convinced themselves they're the real Americans and everyone else is wrong, so they're trying to follow order 1776
The open internet that would easily feature this information WAS destroyed years ago. And yes there are all kinds of content moderation standards in libraries too
Ah yes the internet, the place that's completely open and has no content moderation whatsoever. Unless you're adept at tor and dark web it is an arduous process to find that info, especially compared to how easy a chatbot would make it
Imagine if they encased this light beam in some kind of fiber encasing so it retain it benefits but not worry about getting blocked. We could even call it a fiber optic cable or something
We always look for extended stay hotels for this reason, especially when traveling with my parents who would much rather heat up a home cooked meal vs fast food when traveling. Usually we can get 1 room instead of 2 since a lot of time the rooms are suites so my wife and I can take the sofa bed.
Sad thing will be he's probably somehow going to make SpaceX part of this