Something like this would be helpful:

https://files.catbox.moe/ypayke.mp4

I totally and completely blame Microsoft for this. They do so many other ridiculous things in the name of not confusing the average tech illiterate user.

Clicking a Zip file and having it transparently open and treating it like a regular folder when it is not. This. THIS is borderline criminal.

Nothing worth listening to has been produced since 1989 /s

This isn’t even meme, this is exactly how it is. I run this script once a day on my Raspberry Pi NAS:

rsync -va /media/pi5tb/ /media/pi5tb_backup/

bullshit-Spotify

The only proper use-case.

So real. I’ve always thought music apps like iTunes/Spotify etc. were superfluous when you already have a file system and sym links.

So you’re basing an opinion on the world’s basedest, most accurate form of communication

FTFY

rare times he’s been right about something.

Started a space company, and an EV company. Both longshots, both wildly successful.

Bought Twitter. Laid of 80% of the employees. Still runs totally fine.

Your position is nakedly indefensible. I’d be curious what you think he’s actually wrong about.

Not sure what relevance a broken clock has to the discussion or the OP.

You wouldn’t have Wayland if it weren’t for WONTFIX, ya daft cunts.

16 years later, and it still barely works. Plasma made it a first-class citizen in the last release and I still had to switch back to X11 because a million WONTFIXes later there’s so many hacked together solutions just to get it to barely work its insane. How do you mess up copy and paste??

Dismissing a post because of the platform it is posted on sounds pretty racist to me. Judge them not by the color of the greentext but the content of the meme. Or, something like that.

Guess I’m the weirdo. Installed Arch with KDE Plasma, changed the wallpaper, installed Steam, accepted the defaults of everything else. Use it as a daily driver.

Upvoted…

Believes anyone asking for tech support is consciously aware of Windows versions

Lol. Lmao even

Thank you for translate.

So I did this. I nuked Windows when I bought a new laptop. About a year later I changed jobs and now needed to use Visual Studio. Now I know why Windows never hassled me for a key when I reinstalled…

Where’s the usr? This meme makes no sense.

Agree. Full-doomer isn’t for everyone. We can reduce our attack surface, but there’s no silver bullets. Just using a good adblocker increases privacy quite a bit, and quite frankly makes browsing the web bearable.

internet ISPs were decrypting traffic

I always thought it was a little sus that the NSA designed a lot of of the ciphers we use today.

adblocking DNS

Totally based. Is it a PiHole? We set one up a few years ago. One of the best things we’ve ever done. Totally worth it when even the inline ads and tracking are blocked on phone apps.

it seems like you’re blaming all of societies problems on technology.

We are talking about technology, and privacy. And I’m answering your questions. I’m no one special, and I don’t have all the answers. Just because you and I are talking about this specific topic doesn’t mean that’s all I care about. Respectfully, what a silly thing to say.

and do you honestly think you’ll find more meaning by living in the woods? if so, why haven’t you done it?

Again, I’m no one special. But I that’s exactly what I’m doing. Because I wouldn’t offer any advice that I myself wouldn’t be willing to follow. We sold our property in the city and purchased acreage on the countryside, are raising animals, and planting a garden this year. It’s great. Humanity needs more experiences like this that are in harmony with nature and natural living, and less in the dull, gray brutalist, dehumanizing cityscapes we’ve created.

you’re conflating the concept of “privacy” (the original topic of the conversation) with “all of our gadgets” and the effects of those gadgets.

Right. Because there’s nothing inherently wrong with gadgets. But our modern gadgets are purpose-built to be addictive, monopolize our attention and time, and invade our privacy. I believe these are all interrelated.