I’ve flirted with Linux off and on for 20 years, but MS forcing everyone to Win 11, stuffed with spyware, is the end of the road for me. Now on Linux full time. Linux isn’t about to take over the desktop, but I can see Windows shedding a couple million users a year as enshittification continues.

You can totally turn it off in a couple clicks or leave it on if you want it. Other tech companies take note, this is how you do it.

Every Texan I know has a generator to deal with the unreliability of the grid, and there’s never been an article about someone in Iowa getting a surprise $100k electric bill…and the average wage in Texas is substantially lower than in “left wing” states like California or Washington…so not sure you’re making an apples-to-apples comparison, but time will be the judge, we can all check-in in a year and see how this plays out. Does Lemmy have a remind me! bot?

There are so many breaking points:

• With software it was moving everything to subscriptions that made me switch to Linux and LibreOffice
• With hardware it was when Apple started soldering RAM in their computers so you couldn’t replace it
• With healthcare it was having to negotiate with 11 different companies my 11 bills for a single ER visit
• With the Democrats it was the head of the DNC saying out loud that the reason for super delegates was to prevent popular grassroots candidates from winning

Capitalism doesn’t just crush you once, it finds a new way to crush you every day.

The one state that refuses to connect to the interstate power grid and has Uber-like surge pricing on electricity? Yeah, I’m sure this won’t result in regular people footing the bill for more billionaire profits.

Texas is a joke, but not a good one.

What makes them (it?) good?

Lootbox gambling is a cancer…extra cancer points for aiming it at kids…and wow, that revenue split is insane, no wonder Roblox is such a rich, publicly traded company. Sigh.

Just what’s in it by default:

For anyone who doesn’t already know the good FOSS alternatives:

• Local: Libreoffice
• Cloud/self-hosted: Nextcloud Office

You’re just jealous of our freedom to choose between different health insurance companies to deny our claims for care and bankrupt us

ding ding ding! It’s the only option, and I hate it.

SOLVED! I had to learn how Cloudflare tunnels work, but 45 minutes later and it’s doing exactly what I need, thank you so much, kind internet hero!

Note: The ISP is Comcast, who at various points on the web has claimed to block and NOT block :80, but lots of other people online seem to have the same problem, indicating that they do. At least for some people.

I love Fish

https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-makes-half-a-billion-dollars-a-year-even-though-its-a-hot-mess/

What the heck. Half a billion in microtransactions for a game that (according to this article) sounds like a real turd of a user experience. I loved GTA 3 and Vice City back in the day…I got GTA 4 in a Humble Bundle, haven’t spent much time with it yet. Anyone know if it’s a decent experience for a solo, offline, lootbox-free experience?

As an old person who only kinda knew that lootboxes exist, this series was a huge eye opener to the insane amount of money and industry that has emerged around them. 10/10 would recommend to my fellow olds.

Now to head back to Bioshock where the only cost to looting boxes is that I might get attacked by a splicer.

Probably preaching to the choir on Lemmy but…reminder to boycott Facebook and Instagram.

Wow, this looks really cool! I see a reddit icon on there, but not a Lemmy one…is Lemmy support coming?