I tried so hard to get Debian working on my new build. Problem being: it’s a new build. Debian’s glacial pacing meant my hardware won’t see support for a while. I might try again when Trixie finally releases, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

So I guess my answer is… I’ll distro hop when stability & support reach equal levels.

If you are using Windows, double-check your services.msc to ensure that the VPN was disabled/removed. After I got tired of fighting, I uninstalled Brave and the uninstaller did not remove the VPN service. So I have my doubts the patch would remove it.

No, after Brave installed a service level running VPN without my consent, and continued to reinstall it silently every background update even after removal, it’s a bad browser. That’s what malware does.

Comparing two companies with poor track records doesn’t make them good companies when compared to each other.

not my words. It’s the Valve dev who said it.

Funny, I just saw an article saying don’t get too excited about Linux gaming boosts because apparently Wine doesn’t use ntsync yet, and Valve already worked around ntsync by implementing the faster fsync in SteamOS.

I know a few services that would ban a user doing that, thinking that the client is compromised.

Microsoft is certainly doing an excellent job driving away Xbox users. What else do they have? Azure maybe?

Yikes. I’m here for a civil discussion, so if you don’t want to discuss this with me and instead just want to attack me because you think I’m on the opposing team… well, I guess that’s what the block list is for.

I wish you luck in life.

It’s not an excuse though. It’s right there in the error message.

Where are people getting the impression I think google is some kind of saint who can do no wrong? I don’t even see the “proof” that is being used to say I’m coming to google’s defense. Just a few anecdotal theories… just like I provided.

Bot can automate views. It’s why Youtube keeps trying to move towards “engagement”. Comments, likes, etc, all require an account, which is an extra hurdle for bots.

uhhh… what?

probably deploys ransomware to children’s hospitals

Youtube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.

Google saw this coming years ago. That’s why they restructured, clearly defining their different services, and became Alphabet.

I had a better experience with T-Mobile back in their un-carrier days. Once they dropped that facade and started matching the other two I noticed a dramatic shift in pricing and support.

I don’t know when the merger rules with Sprint expired, but I would guess it was probably around the same time.

With the paragraph covering counterfeit cables, I wonder if it tests incorrectly mapped pinouts. I recall that being a pretty wild QA issue with a bunch of previous cables. Even name brand ones.

I chucked Brave shortly after they decided to install a VPN service on my machine without consent or notification.

A service that silently reinstalled itself on Brave update.

A service that did not remove itself when you uninstall Brave. It took a lot of research and time to rip out the guts of that. I will never trust Brave again.

I’m waiting on the new X870 chipset boards to come out. Why buy an old board with a new processor?

It’s crazy that there isn’t a company out there making viable cold storage for the average consumer. I feel like we’re getting even further away from viability now that we use QLC by default in SSDs. The rot will be so fast.

I’m guessing that Intel’s contingency plan includes a US government bailout if they fail.