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DFX4509B

@ DFX4509B_2 @lemmy.org

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  • I'd argue Lemmy and other decentralized platforms are the last bastion for free speech instead of Reddit though.

    Like, since Lemmy, Pixelfed, Mastodon, PeerTube, and Matrix are decentralized, that naturally shields them from censorship somewhat compared to centralized platforms where you're ultimately at the mercy of whoever runs that platform.

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  • I'm not and never was banned from there, however I left on my own accord after this happened, as if all their other enshittification didn't reinforce that decision.

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  • And my Reddit account is now gone, I nuked it.

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  • The current American regime is a good reason for them to not only move to whatever the data storage equivalent of a tax haven is, but also move fully to Tor/I2P to cover their tracks against any enemy powers, assuming Trump and Musk don't figure out how to deanonymize Tor and I2P.

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    The Google Lock-in Dilemma

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  • There's not really a whole lot of options unless you like Manjaro mobile, Fedora mobile, Arch mobile, or Ubuntu Touch that I'm aware of.

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  • One more reason to use Lemmy.

  • Finally, a Linux laptop with a brilliant display and performance that rivals my MacBook (from Germany)

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  • Framework's doing a pretty good job standing out for laptops anyways, with their user-repairability focus.

  • Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?

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  • Alright then MS, (this is hypothetical as I haven't ran Windows as my main OS in years and don't plan on going back) since you want me to trade in my hardware, how 'bout I trade in your OS instead? :p

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  • X is one to talk given how bad they are about censorship themselves.

  • E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends

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  • Super-slim distros like Tiny Core or Puppy will be a rocket on a P4.

  • Companies Might Soon Have to Tell You When Their Products Will Die

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  • Good thing the end of Windows support isn't the end of the story for PC at least.

  • 'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises

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  • Tape is rated to a 30-year shelf life under ideal conditions.

  • 'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises

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  • Good luck when SSDs are less reliable when powered off than HDDs, and still pricier for huge capacities.

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  • This was bound to happen, someone was going to attack the Nazi propaganda platform formerly known as Twitter at some point.

  • We all deserve better than this

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  • At least you can still use your older hardware, and at least Radeon cards as old as GCN1 are still actively supported outside of Windows.

    Also, old games still exist and will continue to exist in some form into the foreseeable future, legitimately or not.

    Like, if you're not into multiplayer games, the Mesa drivers last time I thought still work well, great even, on Polaris and Vega cards as well as even legacy GCN on the Linux side of things, you can still use your RX 580 or 590 with full support going that route, for example.

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  • You can always build a PC and not have to deal with that UEFI signing stuff as you're expected to provide your own OS still, that option hasn't been eliminated yet.

    Also, AMD cards are more friendly to Linux users than Nvidia cards are, even with the existence of NVK for the latter; NVK only supports Turing and newer cards and Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta are too old for it, and since Nouveau is broken on Maxwell and newer by firmware signing, once those cards lose support in the proprietary drivers, unless NVK gets backported to them somehow, you'll be SOL in the near future for 900-series, 10-series, and the Titan V, while Kepler and older is still supported by Nouveau, meanwhile over at AMD, Mesa actively supports Radeon cards going back to GCN1.

    Basically, if you still have an R9 Fury or an RX 580 sitting around, for example, those cards will still be actively supported by Mesa open drivers for the foreseeable future, meanwhile your GTX 980Ti or 1080Ti, at least currently, are fully at the mercy of Nvidia's closed drivers.

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  • And so far LibreWolf and Icecat have both worked fine for me.

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  • Wouldn't that also block Firefox by proxy?

  • Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]

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  • It's going to get to the point where you might be better off going back to dot matrix if tank-based inkjet printers are somehow locked down via chemical DRM too.

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  • In the US at least, the courts are seemingly bought out.