I wish we had a small percent of what France does for its consumer rights in the United States.

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And I don’t know if a live CD is the best method for this, due to the how I intend this to be something I can just keep files on for a while. While I do have small persistence .dat files for Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu, it seems like a bandaid for what would be easiest, an installed distro where I can run the package update commands for, without juggling iso files.

Seems right, but I wanted to double check my research before I fully committed.

John Cena is not a random American. You and I are closer to random than John Cena, a man who is internationally famous and a professional actor. That’s like saying Tom Cruise is a random American, when you know exactly who I’m talking about without googling.

That said, yes, China censors American media and actors, and it’s horrid. The fact that films get made in America and edited for China and America, is a crime to any artful visions the writers, actors, directors, editors and more may have had. But China itself doesn’t have the time and energy to stop you or I online all the time, it barely can do it within the Great Firewall, due to the sheer scope of the population and area the country covers.

Man where have I heard that one before. Surely it’ll happen this time guys!

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Probably, but iPhones and Android have them for the Five Eyes and anyone else who is willing to pay/push for laws to make it happen. All you do with a phone is pick your poison, do you want China to spy on you, or America, the UK, or some other government or company who then sells it to the highest bidder.

Any cell phone, dumb or smart, is a tracking device. The smarter it is, the better it is as snooping on you. Doesn’t matter how or where the phone’s hardware is made, it’s going to track you without consent. You just need to ask “Am I worried about China or am I worried about another government?” to even “If the backdoor is big enough, can third parties get me too as I walk by on the street?”

I think it’s more about the defaults included, plus Google hides sideloading more with each new version of android. They have a semi-reasonable worry of “If we show off how easy sideloading is or can be, that enables bad faith actors.” Like Microsoft and IE/Edge.

But on a fresh install of Android, if you download f-droid from Chrome or Firefox, you need to:

• Allow the browser to install apk files
• Install the apk
• Then enable f-droid to install apk files

Meanwhile Play Store doesn’t have any of that, it’s enabled and allowed to download and update anything without user prompt, it’s an opt-out.

Plus with how anything that conflicts with a default app like a Clock app, there’s a decent shot it might not work due to the default battery optimizations, the internal syscalls for “Google’s Clock” instead of “Default Clock” it just kinda makes using anything that’s not the one included with your phone more of a headache.

It’s easier with SMS, Dialer, browser, and Home launchers, but if you wanted to change any other important apps like your calendar or email it’s kind of a headache.

I really detest shit like this, it just gives ammo for defense for horrible people/groups/states. There’s actual horrible crimes done by Israel that should be covered and investigated and punished for. Making shit up allows them to deflect with “Well if the harvesting organs is fake, bombing a hospital must be too!”

Same for Russia, USSR, China, NATO/America, Republicans, Democrats, and so on. When here’s actual horrible things to criticize and use for proof, making shit up doesn’t help anyone but those people who already have an easy time getting away with horrid shit.

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Man, I’ve met partners I dated for years because of random shit. Reddit, random interactions on discord, and a few more. My parents met because of a convention my dad organized for a show that was off the air for a few years at that point.

Humans are social creatures and they do be socializing.

• Mutual interest
• Games often require talking and supporting each other well to beat the task at hand
• Probably into more games and hobbies together

Indeed, it’s a win/win

So bad at finding allies they’ll have to form an axis of powers to seize control of everyone.

We had to take that coal from our Ukrainian steamers to help others! You can’t make some railroads without cracking a few engines.

Place your bets for how long until Google kills this. I’m willing to bet 2 years.

In my town, I used T-Mobile Home Internet for a bit. The speed increase was great for a bit, even tho I liked to game. But after a point, the internet was congested from 3 PM to 10 PM. It was wonderful for the first 3 months, and then I had to constantly call the IT/Networking department. Imaging calling them twice a week, every week, and going through 3 router swaps, and a minimum of 20 minutes of phone tag, from September 2022 to February 2023.

• Sorry, we’re having high traffic. It should go away by the next week.

“You said that last week.”

• True, but now we’re planning an update to the tower in your area, it should be improved by November!

“Okay, it’s past november. It’s still slow. My phone has no issues with data or calling.”

• So that was delayed, it should be done by the end of the week.

“It’s now close to Christmas, and it’s even worse.”

• Okay, you got us, we’ll have it done close to January.

“Yet again, its still slow. Why does my phone still work just fine?”

• We’ll have yet another upgrade in February

“It’s february and still shit.”

• Alright, so, we oversold our network too rapidly, and now no one can use it.

“Then why can I use my phone just fine?”

• Because home internet is in the last tier, where you get data after everyone else. Phones, tablets, watches, child tracking devices, and then home internet

“So I’m paying $50 a month to get the bottom of the last barrel?”

• Yeah, I’d say swap to another provider. At least AT&T’s wires are dedicated. Marketing and installation didn’t talk to the other departments here.

So now I’m back to using copper wires because at least it only gets slower during heavy wind, not people wanting to download songs and spy on their children when I’m trying to just relax after work.

If someone randomly told the public “Hey whatever you do, don’t look into my basement” I would instantly start wondering what’s in there. If a company said “We don’t need to be investigated” I’d instantly double the funds to investigate them.

“oh man I don’t wanna call the cops on this white boy… Honey he says he wants the menu. I dunno. Make him some noodles and some chicken. He doesn’t know I’m speaking English and not Cantonese, that’s how zooted he is.”

I can see someone using Plex/Jellyfin to host their sex work media, like a “Netflix for my boobs/cock/ass/etc.” since both let you manage who has access and what not.

That said, it’s probably a bad idea for that, and general porn.

Windows helped to bring the concept of an operating system to the masses too. Does that mean it’s impossible to ever ruin it’s reputation?