Flashbang!

So anyway, here’s Wonderwall.

I’ve noticed a lot of users on here actually really like the lack of recommendations. My use hasn’t gone down but I do miss having videos on the YouTube main page, particularly on my PC.

I mean it’s on a laptop that’s plugged into my stereo and streams Spotify and my music collection. On my main system I don’t use snaps but for that particular one I wanted kubuntu and Spotify and that was basically it. But I guess you are right about them wearing me down.

I use snaps for Spotify and Firefox. I know that it’s “forcing” something on users in an ecosystem where things should never be forced on you but as long as they work, I just don’t want to fight them anymore.

He’s referring to Mint gum. He choked on it.

I run Windows on the main family computer for simplicity and Linux on my personal (slightly older) laptop. I’m trying to teach my kids about it in hopes that they will have the same level of curiosity that I did back in the early 2000s. Plus I’d love to not run Windows at all.

I will switch from Sync to Infinity once it’s available on F-Droid or the Play store. I don’t stay on top of things enough to use apps that I have to update myself.

I lost my username. It sucked but I don’t feel screwed. I do feel like the username change was not necessary.

I won’t pay for anything that discord offers. I understand that companies are there to make money but they do not have anything of actual value to sell me. I don’t care about emojis or Nitro or whatever. I just want a chat client that allows me to communicate with people I play certain games with. In-game chat can do this as well and I will simply go back to that if the monetization of discord gets to be too big of a problem. It’s less convenient and sometimes sucks when folks are on different platforms but it’s free.

This is why I’m here. Thank you.

Bring back Netscape! Actually I would take the old Opera. That was my browser of choice prior to the chrome integration.

My family decided to cancel Prime and stop ordering from Amazon after all the union busting they’ve been doing. I want to try my best to buy from companies that treat their employees fairly. It’s really difficult to find reputable companies these days but avoiding Amazon is a no-brainer.

If Reddit hadn’t decided to make it impossible for third party apps to use the API then we’d all still be there. I honestly really miss it. I just cannot support a company that doesn’t value people who have supported it (users, mods and developers).

I only play Destiny 2 (always online) and Civilization 5 and 6 (only online for multiplayer). If a game is a live game like Destiny or Fortnite then I can understand it but not having an offline mode in a game like Diablo seems really dumb.

I play Destiny 2 but when that frustrates me or is down (happening a lot lately), I play Civilization 5.

I use windows 11 on the main PC. Ease of use for everyone in the household plus easy access to mainstream gaming. I use Linux Mint on my personal laptop. I’m not much of a power user these days so Mint has everything I need for my slightly older laptop.