Sounds like a good time to be a VPN provider.

Beyond what everyone else has said, it has already been shown that LLMs have a chance of regurgitating training data, which means that someone’s personal data could get returned in a Bing Chat query.

A couple years ago, Apple announced a program to let people buy replacement parts for their devices just as Congress was talking about right to repair. The program ended up having tons of limitations: very small part selection, and prices identical to Apple’s own repair prices, etc. It was clear that this was an attempt to make it seem like they allowed end-user repair, while doing as much as possible to prevent it. Apple still uses software pairing so that you can’t use working components from donor devices. You can’t swap the camera module between two identical iPhones without getting errors, and this can only be fixed by getting Apple’s help. They are going out of their way to stop independent repair, and have been for some time.

So what’s the catch this time? I suspect it’s probably more software restrictions. Currently, nobody can sell aftermarket parts for most phones, so any replacement parts need to come from Apple (and with Apple’s restrictions). I’d want to see legislation to ban software locks and enable third parties to make replacement parts for phones.

All of them!

Linux and Linux distros are generally designed to be hardware-agnostic, and generally works just fine on very old components. I’m currently running the current version of Ubuntu on a used U1 server from ~2013, no issues, no headaches. It just works. Grab any Windows PC from the last 20 years, you won’t have any compatibility issues running most Linux distros, though some distros might expect more performance. Linux Mint is fairly lightweight.

Unless you can easily upgrade the RAM, Storage, and replace the OS when it loses support, it’s still ewaste.

Yes, installing Linux is possible, but it isn’t easy. I put GalliumOS on my old high school Chromebook.

Right? My Pixel 4a still works like new but Google’s dropping support so I have to get a new one or run a custom ROM. And the new phones don’t have headphones jacks!

All that said, I mostly use Bluetooth headphones anyway now, and it’s rumored that Google will switch to a 7 year support cycle, so I might just grab a Pixel 8 on Black Friday.

Looking at OP’s history, 6/7 of their posts link to Tiblur, and in one they mention owning the site. I think OP is just spamming to promote their own instance.

The most obvious Psyop ever. And it’s working. Lovely.

How much you guys wanna bet this goes nowhere but a few fines?

Probably just down to less stuff running in the background using up CPU cycles. I can’t imagine it makes a huge difference, but more than nothing.

Nebula is excellent! If you have more money, you can try Floatplane too.

I’m not a fan of using the same word to describe two very different kinds of exclusively.

Exclusivity due to platform contracts (i.e., Sony paying a developer to keep a game exclusive to PlayStation), is not the same as exclusivity you described in your comment.

If I understand correctly, there’s nothing about Firefox that makes ad blockers any harder to detect. What can Firefox and uBlock do to stop Google from blocking adblock users on the site?

That said, I use Firefox and uBlock myself, and I’ve yet to see YouTube stop me from using the site.

The thing is that Revanced follows a new distribution model. Rather than distributing a modified app, they instead distribute patches for the normal YouTube APK so that the user modifies the app on their own device. Thus, ReVanced never distributes any of Google’s IP. It’s kinda like game modding. ReVanced will be a lot harder for Google to kill.

The one downside for ReVanced is that it’s harder for ordinary users to install, so that will limit its popularity.

Oh, forgot to read why they’re leaving. Assumed it was a data privacy thing because Europe, but the UK isn’t like that I guess. :(

If only it didn’t take banning encryption to get rid of them.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but…good guy Apple?

Many thanks for posting this. I’m doing my part!

Edit: I’ve so far received one response from a representative…to tell me that he added me to his newsletter.