It’s the same in all consumer marketplaces. Free or freemium has won. It‘s not Google specific.

The vast majority of peope put very little value on their time and attention and sense of aesthetics (even if they might say otherwise). It's the only explanation for why advertising is as pervasive as it is.

Reads a bit like “nah if you ignore the main streets and just walk on the paths that you like you’re safe from crime in your neighbourhood.”

I find it crazy that we accept this madness on social media.

I feel like it's more "if you don't sprint through the middle of the freeway and instead cross at the crosswalk, you're safe from cars". Also, there's not some genie sprinkling fairy dust on all of the political posts that's making them go up to the top, it's because that's what most people interact the most with. If you have atypical tastes (as most people on this website do), then you shouldn't be surprised when content tailored for typical tastes do not fit your tastes. After enough time on Twitter, even the For You becomes a bit better, with only occasional political posts.

It's interesting to read the praise for Apple TV here. I didn't like mine. My three years old Sony Bravia is really excellent, supports Chrome Cast, Airplay etc, has a great remote control, and a fast enough CPU that the apps don't lag. Everything is butter smooth. It's a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

I had an Apple TV as well, but I don't use it anymore. And I otherwise only use Apple devices. But the Apple TV I just never got warm with.

On consoles, a review costs several grands. That’s the alternative.

Oh please make it generate comments, too :D.

Can you elaborate on what the bureaucracy is you experienced? I'm a Hetzner customer since last month and so far I thoroughly enjoy it. Have not encountered any bureaucracy yet.

I think I was still being a bit too harsh even after throwing into my comment that other providers aren't perfect either.

But basically after the initial paperwork I had some issues with my account getting flagged even though I wasn't using it 99.999% of the time. It's not a huge deal for me because I wasn't trying them out for anything serious. I just questioned how often that might happen if I was actually using it seriously and what kind of headaches it could cause me while re-verifying everything with them.

From people I know if everything is going good then their service is great. Server performance is good, pricing is good, etc.

You’re renting an entire infrastructure, I think a bit of KYC is reasonable.

I had more trouble onboarding AWS SES, with a process that felt more like me begging. With which I said fuck it and went with self hosting ever since (on a bare metal server no less)

I was asked for a passport photo when I tried to open an account. They literally asked for a passport photo immediately after the signup form. Like WHAT? I couldn't believe my eyes. The most insane shit I've ever seen.

Quite commonly required by law in Europe; but often times not implemented very seriously by hosting providers, but Germany seems to be an exception.

I remember a time in France for instance, about 15years ago, it was mandatory to provide your ID when bying a mere prepaid sim card. No seller would actually check, and a coworker of mine who used to work for one of the largest french telcos at the time told me that once they ran some stats over the customer database and noticed that most names where from popular comics and TV show. They laughted and moved on. These days, the seller would at least ask for some ID.

aka circling the cattle.

If I was letting some random person rent one of my servers without oversight, I'd sure want to see some ID first.

I don’t see how Suno is less evil if you consider the labels evil.

I don’t fully understand that bit about the EU turning evil. Care to elaborate?

Italy has already a Mussolini (who invented fascism) admiring government. Biggest opposition in france is pretty right wing. The german right wing opposition is pretty strong, ... etc.

Was your point that europe is immune to fascism and imperialism somehow?

But where’s the problem? This is opt in. KDE already has a kiosk mode for kids. Add a content filter aka adblocker for porn, done.

I don’t understand the outrage here. Many parents who are technically illiterate would like to be able to leave their 10yo alone with a computer without having to worry.

Rn the only option for that is nintendo/playstation/xbox. Smartphones aren’t.

Do you maintain any software? I have a few features I need you to add. No, you don't get any choice. Where's the problem?

to be fair I didn't read the details of that law. it's just that its Marschrichtung is pretty clear. total surveillance for flimsy reasons because porn etc. eventually it will be mandatory for everybody. that's what it is about.

But it’s on device, opt in. This is the way to go. No central government control.

I really don’t want the British version with a central internet authority instead.

DEs like KDE already have a kiosk mode. Just add an adblocker to it, for content that’s not child friendly. Done.

Zero risk to Linux here.

Read the comments from FSFE - they do not think its simple at all: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-Google-Co-Countries-g...

Something like kiosk mode does not cover it. It will have to be locked down to the point of uselessness. From the article:

"Only apps that have an approved youth protection program or a comparable suitable tool themselves will be accessible regardless of the pre-set age group."

I read the article. I just don’t share the criticism.

“Only apps from safe places can be installed.”

Yeah, d’oh. Otherwise, massive loophole.

Yes, it’s a Nintendo-ify button for a PC. It’s opt in. And very convenient for parents.

And if my kid wants to install something, it can come and ask me. Like I had to go and ask my dad before installing sth (before I got my own Linux machine with 14).