Agreed

Ok so now we’ve moved the goalposts from “relevant” to “trustworthy”?

They’re not. And you know they’re not.

It’s what makes him relevant. Your personal feelings are not a valid reason.

Because he has 16 million subscribers? 🤔

If you watch the video, they’re citing Spanish officials. It was a big hurrah that went around a couple months ago.

https://www.androidauthority.com/why-i-use-grapheneos-on-pixel-3575477/

But yeah, it makes for great clickbait too. You know the GOS guys are foaming at the mouth already for their weekly HARRASSMENT debacle.

Thank you for not being dishonest about that.

I was very explicitly not talking about “everyone”. I was talking about the vast majority of people. You know, the other 97% of computer users that elect to use something other than Linux.

Thing is, if you’re bombarded by ads for a specific product, it means that company is spending a fortune on advertising. That is, the money their customers are paying them. I’m other words, the customers of those products are being ripped off.

They’ve been doing that for years. I’ve audited my own “likes” for years and found a bunch of BS. And we roasted one of our friends for years because he “liked” Miller Lite.

If company A has an ad that’s a good target and pays $20 and company B has an ad that’s a bad target but pays $100, which one are they going to show you?

Because I like Linux?

I can read just fine. It’s very much a skill issue, in that I don’t know what any of the words mean and when I type them in they don’t work. I am not a “skilled” Linux user, and I don’t want to be. I just want a tool to use to complete the tasks I need done.

Most people do not know or care how computers work, nor should they. They only need to know how to use them as a tool to complete their tasks. Not having a GUI makes those tasks monumental in comparison. That’s why the GUI was created, after the terminal, and why virtually everyone uses it by default.

China does not believe in intellectual property. If you manufacture your shit there (which everyone does) it’s guaranteed to be ripped off and sold, minus your R&D costs. Look on AliExpress and you can find counterfeit…everything. Literally the same item sold for 90% less.

But you’re also rolling the dice because honestly you never know what you’re getting when you order shit there. Listings are full of fraudulent or just ignorant specs. Or they may just take your money and never send you anything at all.

Not true at all. Anyone can simply click and scroll around a GUI to find what they need. The terminal is a literal black box that can’t do anything unless you know explicitly and exactly what to tell it.

still has financial incentive to keeping you engaged and searching instead of finding

How so

Yeah that’s great if you know what dmesg is and how to use it.

I didn’t say he shared the files. I linked to the documentary in the comment you replied to, but on PeerTube.

He hooked his laptop up to school servers and was copying all the data on them.

https://fedi.video/w/6mc8MBSTGCpSC4YoZZi5r6