Enshittification will do that, yep

yeah! just one guy - can’t get smaller than that! /s

It’s been a long time

Guardian links are unusable on ios

Easy there satan

Let’s hope so!

But the pessimist in me thinks nobody will do it again without craaaaazy investment behind them. Microsoft tried with edge and surrendered to chromium.

I seriously doubt that Apple and Google would succeed today.

Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox was an in-house fork of Mozilla.

Back then browsers were still quite simple. today they are probably the most complex piece of software running on your machine - including the OS.

fuuuuck klarna. predatory as fuck

Yeah I run it on my wifi. Yesterday it killed rouvy.com when I wanted to go for a ride. I don’t think it has decreased the number of ads I see either - all devices runs adblockers anyway

Biting down harder

Rawr! 🐯

That will surely fix everything /s

While not Canadian - I’m currently rooting out all US services and products I’ve happily been paying for, cancelling outright or finding other alternatives.

I don’t see myself ever going back to happily buying US again.

That’s how it goes with all security vulnerabilities. IMHO sunlight is the best disinfectant for stuff like this. But yeah, it can cause some chaos.

Same here, why would I do it myself when they have staff to do it for me? Should I cook my own steak at the restaurant as well?

Also, it would decrease staff and still won’t lower the prices so fuck em

He died doing what he loved - pointing weapons at people

Just throw me in the trash

Windows2000 was my last. After having managed to work in IT and using Linux on my desktop, I started a new job last year which required me to use Windows11. I find it quite awkward.

Luckily WSL is a thing.

Oh no! Anyway… The Dacia Sandero!

A late friend joined our IRC channel a few years ago. It was quite upsetting at first, before realising it was a member of his family starting up his computer.

RIP elf.

A healthy “fuck it, i don’t care” attitude goes a long way for me at least.

That, or “I don’t get paid enough to care, fuck em”

:-)