It’s not nearly as much fun as it sounds anymore. It’s all VPNs, Usenet, torrents, and signal hacking.

The only traditional conglomerations left are in southeast Asia and maybe the coast of Africa, and I gotta say, they do not look like they’re having any fun.

Yes, well, a pirate ship can’t stay in business without raiding trade convoys, either.

Let me just clarify that this is my sympathy for the State of Israel that I’m talking about, not my attitude toward Jewish people in general who have nothing to do with this.

My sympathy for Israel is pretty much gone now.

Kids! Be my eyes!!!

"Don’t think of it as dying. Think of it as… getting out before the rush. "

At least he’s honest. Props for that.

I mean he’s dead wrong, but the user name is refreshing.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO GOOGLE!!!

In this case I still feel like that’s an improvement.

Lineage/Graphene OS for the win

I’m not saying that is the only good option, but you should look into proton mail.

They’ve never shown me a Joe Rogan podcast.

Or… are we!??

If you don’t mind, what are the specific complaints about Spotify? I’m aware that they’re not terribly profitable for the musicians, but are there other concerns too?

Checkov’s bomb

"It’s a Checkov. Russian-made, twenty five caliber. Here, it’s a gift. And the safety off, so be careful, it could go off for, like, no reason. "

"You see this shit!? This is why we kicked them out. " --Spain

Realistically I’m not a proponent of genocide or exile against anyone (and no one should be!), but I really do feel like the world would have done Israel a true favor by nipping this Middle Eastern paranoid tribal victimhood thing in the bud back in the 90s or earlier. This is a fine example of how terroristic activity has nothing at all to do with a religious system.

Yeah but this change IS bad.

I have a conspiracy theory that the only reason major browsers have switched to AI is to tactically deny you what you’re really looking for; and keep you on their service, longer.

CTRL+[ YA LUDDITES! /s