That’s fair.

Maybe Reuters is finding that “end users” are becoming their new customers, especially in the current media climate.

At first blush, I think it’s ok to want to track that type of impact more.

It’s still free to you. It’s not a paywall.

Mind you, you’re not contributing at all to support the material you’re consuming — there are other humans trying to make a living off the stuff you want for free.

Support things you value, otherwise they might disappear. Or worse, they introduce a true paywall.

Maybe the content reached its peak, but I’d argue we are in a better place now UX-wise.

Full disclosure: I type this from a network running pihole. Flashing banner ads to other people’s blogs were definitely better than todays adverts — and I’m looking at you, most recipe sites.

Not until Gen Z gets old enough and numerous enough to start pushing workplaces to adopt Apple, and that’s an even worse direction.

Elder millennial here. This was said of us, too. I remember main framers sometimes noting this direction and poking fun.

Yet here I am and the world keeps chugging along in similar ways.

Yeah, I think we’re getting a reimagining of Futurama rather than a continuation. You provide a great example of that position.

While they have other not-friendly practices, Apple does well on the software side. The iPhone 8, going on 6 years old this September, is still running the latest version of iOS.

I’ve been away from Android for a while now. Is it still the case that there is a lot of fragmentation and updates end prematurely? Or is there another OS / software you’re thinking about?

I was fortunate and sold an Anet A8 at a garage sale.

In a rural community. Population 1,300.

So yeah, crazy shit can happen.

FWIW DuckDuckGo sources the traditional links / results from Bing. Their Instant Answers info does come directly from other sources, e.g. Wikipedia.

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