Case in point

They could try to get cease and desist all they want, there’s a constitutional right in most countries that protects such speech.

Catholics did not write the scripture that says being gay is bad; that’s from the Torah - the Old Testament. Christianity came after Judaism and believes in both the old and new testaments.

You could look up the exact text for it easily. It’s basically “he who lies with a man as with a woman…” and something about him being an abomination and should be put to death or something like that.

Anything that’s trendy they know people want to buy they can charge more because people pay it.

Automation?

Fucking influencers. Talk about a waste of carbon.

They don’t want to protect children. They want only one thing ever: money. Therefore you can be sure that whatever is going on, it could be some kind of technical requirement but if it’s not, it’s about money.

What are your usage/performance needs?

What operating system are you planning to use? If you are a Linux user or open to it, you can get amazing performance on older hardware than with Windows. The difference is astonishing, especially compared to Windows 10 or 11.

If you post some details about your budget and needs, it will be easy to make a recommendation.

Need DVD drive?
Need lightweight?
Stuff like that.

In general you can usually trust brands like Asus, Toshiba, and older units like Thinkpads when they were still IBM. Seriously the most vital criteria is whether you are okay with Linux vs Windows. Huge difference in what you would need.

Goddamn amen; the same exact things you expressed precisely my thoughts! It’s like I wrote your comment.

My wife just said you’re my soulmate lol.

I already hit 50 and been in similar thoughts. It sucks just that you start thinking about it.

I mean, even or Symbian or one of those other simpler ones. Just need a place to begin right?

Yeah, one day something is on a streaming service, the next day they’ve removed it. I always pir8.

I mean… pirating gives you the content saved on your own system, in the format you’ve chosen from those available, on your own system that’s not subject to pruning at their whims. My wife uses the prime video and Netflix because it’s easier for her, as I have not yet setup anything like Plex yet. I just use a pc connected to the TV, which is more complicated for her. But I’m going to eventually get something setup on Linux and a media center system like Plex or more likely something simpler.

Yeah I agree there are tons and it’s not your responsibility to support them. My personal approach is if I stumble upon someone I find to be extremely talented and who is clearly working very hard at something and has been persevering for a long time, I then check to see if they’re already being helped by people. If not that’s when I consider contributing a little.

I mean I have my own family to support so it’s just a little bit here and there but it’s something. Mostly I consider it when I feel that the world is better with their work in it than without.

If they have a Join in addition to subscribe that directly gives them revenue (of course not until after YouTube has taken like 80%). Also always see if they have a patreon account. I occasionally contribute to some very talented people.

lol yes they did.

Yeah if you enjoy some kinds of things that are only with it and it’s like more content there is nothing extortion about it. You kinda implied you pay for it so as to not see ads. My bad.

Honestly though I personally don’t think any of this stuff is worth paying for but I’m not typical. My wife and I pay for Az prime for the deliveries alone but we get tons of extra stuff with it such as streaming tv, grubhub+ and a few other things like hbo max and peacock I think.

We also pay for Netflix. With all that, I still often find I search for something and either nobody has it or Az has it but you have to pay extra.

I torrent everything I want and fuck the lot of them. We’re already paying them as it is. But then that’s how I’ve been doing most tv and movies since like early 2000s.

There are many many options indeed.

Safari with ad blocker YouTube end of story. I watch YT videos ad-free for years. How doesn’t everyone do this??

Well they’ve successfully extorted you.
Most of us use ad blockers.