Yeah, forcing any tech to use a service is terrible and short sided

Agreed, but things act differently at scale and it’s not like there’s 10 billion+ hammers being used at the same time, almost all of the time, for years on end

Yeah I think blanket statements either way are misguided. Some tech does help the disabled, other tech makes their lives much more difficult. It’s like any other tool, when it’s used at scale by something aiming for optimizing profit it will have terrible side effects

You see, it actually did still save you time from finding a local shop that sells it and interacting with your neighbor

Yeah co-ops are amazing, I’m always astounded when I find cities that don’t have any

100%, perfect is the enemy of good. But it makes little logical sense to give any of these corporations any money or data

Right? And why not just boycott all pubkically traded companies forever? 40 days doesn’t do much

Yeah, with the Vault 7 releases and recent leaks showing NSA follows homeless people’s connections (who tend to hang out at libraries due to a lack of 3rd spaces), I don’t doubt there’s specific tracking, malware and other unwanted software at libraries. I don’t have any sources of this, but it wouldn’t surprise me

Maybe I’m overly parandoid because ::gestures at everything::

So issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

Awesome, thank you!

Just so I’m understanding games can be ISO format and then install diredtly?

Thanks for the info. Well, if I’m using SteamOS anyway could I do it without the steam client and no internet connection?

Yeah I’m pretty tardigans won the organic life supremacy competition already

Yeah if these entities are sentient, I hope they break free

At least a dozen right?

99% of the shit Netflix has is reruns anyways

I find putting a DVD into a DVD player without having to sign in, have credit, a credit card, and have wifi to be the easiest. Usually costs less too

Thanks for the tip! I wonder if it could self hosted locally on a LAN?

Do you find local models fast enough or accurate enough? I find their grammar to be inaccurate too frequently