sometimes the ‘content’ itself is an ad nowadays

pretty much. people think these things are promoted for no reason, or for votes alone when in truth its a powerful distraction and division tool.

do you think i want to use facebook or linkedin or the likes?

i use them with an adblocker. best balance to me.

exactly why i dont mind blocking ads.

not a business model i wouldnt mind not supporting and companies i wouldnt mind not depending on.

and it is used for nefarious political purposes that are undemocratic at best.

ublock origin has a few lists named “annoyances” or something that arent enabled by default.

enabling them gets rid of almost all of the popups and i cant live without it anymore.

this includes cookie nags and all the miscellaneous stuff they throw at you.

we pay with our data already

the internet is insufferable without it, and many people (including some IT people) seem to not even mind it. it blows my mind.

yup they are tightening their grip again

you can still pirate games without getting malware, even if a little late.

its always been for the clout in the scene. but ive been pirating shit for a couple of decades now, no malware so far.

they can make intricate folding devices now.

but making them repairable is somehow fucking impossible.

unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups

or you straight up pirate it.

when i do a lot of them are fixed by just making it pretend to be chrome

i hope you find it. if its a common problem like “hey its a specific component or set of components that always blows out on these” you are probably in luck.

they can pass emissions if properly configured. they can perform exactly like the original ECU if tuned well, if a tiny bit better.

they don’t do OBD2 tests in my country though, only the pipe emissions test, so im not sure about that. saving a working original just for these tests is an option.

at this point your only reasonable choice is a programmable ecu.

you could maybe get a cheap one and a usable tune for that price? idk.

except its bot competing standards, its just one consortium who has the holy grail universal standard making things needlessly convoluted on purpose.

holy shit. thanks, usb.

the enshitification will go faster now i bet

lol the us is the one who made taliban what it is