I’m curious, in your opinion when does something like this become an ad? Is it an ad if they they pop it up mid-show every hour? No? How about every 10 minutes, is it an ad then?

If you’re getting paid to promote someone else’s shit, it’s an ad…

If you’re promoting something related to your own businss on your own propery and not getting paid by an external party, it’s probably not an ad…

When you use an app from big tech, you’re on their property. They can display whatever they want on their app. They can promise “ad-free” and break that promise if they want… or in this case, most people will agree it’s not an ad

Again, my explanation of our enshittified reality is not an endorsement… hence i choose to avoid big tech where i can and opt for free software.

I welcome you to do the same instead of demanding that amazon follow your view of the world

Marketing departments attempt to bend reality and public opinion to benefit their company. Their efforts have obviously been effective with at least one commenter on Lemmy.

lol, you’re making judgements on people trying to explain reality to you while you’re the one actively giving money to facists

Then cancel your amazon…

I’m just telling you how the world works and why what you’re seeing still counts as “ad-free”

i agree it sucks. So cancel your sucky service and don’t try to compare me to a child abuse apologist

In the advertising world, it’s not advertising, it’s a promotion

For example, if you go to the grocery store, there is a difference between hearing/seeing something that says, “bananas are on special today” vs “go buy [specific brand] of cereal today!”

still sucks though

TIL: i’m colourblind

It’s always saudi in philadelphia

I have a great seeding record, but cant find any private trackers to join…

Where do i start?

i only re-started my torrenting activities in the last few years since the streaming landscape has become a hellscape

I’ve never had to manually delete kernels.

Apt autoremove automatically takes care of older kernels

Maybe try reinstalling your default stable kernel linux-image-amd64 (or whatever architecture)

Typically, no need to specify specific kernel versions like 6.12

How about you take up a full time job on the noble task of “informing the public” but also don’t ask for any monetary compensation

Thank you for your service

I’ve done 3 dist-upgrades… Just read the release notes and if not, at least the warnings that show up during the apt upgrade process… Dont just hit “yes” or “quit” on all the text

#tty /dev/pts/0

Install and configure lm_sensors. Then cpu temp will show up in $sensors or other TUI programs

My mom is old. Her whole workflow is just open the browser and go to gmail, and forward me a bunch of spams…

Whether its on iOS or debian, you can’t tell the difference unless you’re looking hard

At least your mom was cool enough to try. I had to trick my mom into using linux by putting a macOS themed, KDE, debian on an old macbook that was identical to her dead macbook

mean…you really don’t need an extensive subway network here

Found the 905’er

The streetcar network is a complete shitshow. Multiple streetcars bunched up, with hundreds of people inside, being blocked by a few SUV drivers and parked cars on the side of the street.

Its faster to bike or walk in most cases.

Same for the buses. There’s a reason the bus lines here have nicknames like “the sufferin’ dufferin”

I assume some devs don’t disclose

So instead of falling for nike marketing, you want to fall for vans and hoka marketing?

One of my machines i’ve been just upgrading in place since debian 8. No need for new installation

Debian isn’t barbaric at all.

I’ll give that a try. I actually never figured out scanning on linux

Brother printers have a good reputation in the linux world. Not sure what the current status is… My printer is over 15 yrs old

OSS is a corporate lie. What you are describing is free software. Freedom to modify and distribute