Yes LTE and the like. My car – for instance – is connected 24/7 to the cloud. I can control some functions remotely. The price is probably full tracking of me anf my family.

Some devices connect to any open wifi to send analytics. Some devices even have their own modem to always be connected.

I don’t think you are using altruist right, or I am missing some sarcasm here.

Nice. I might try it!

Do Vanced et al even have Sponsorblock functionality?

It’s not that bad if you add uBlock, Sponsorblock, DeArrow and NoYoutubeShorts.

:sweat:

It’s not zero sum, but I agree that it’s going to negatively impact others.

No, Firefox with uBlock works fine!

They don’t have to, they can choose not to use the internet! /s

Yes, it would probably force microsoft to adhere to the specs if their files didn’t work more users.

Not when it’s blatantly obvious.

My mother in law guessed the sex of my baby, twice. She guess both girl and boy. Then when the baby pictures arrived, she was really smug: “See, I told you! I have a feeling about these things!”.

That’s when I knew to never listen to another word she says.

This is the second phase of enshittification. They are hurting yhe businesses with this, not the consumer.

Pronounced “iks”

Not without internet access and Sonos cloud servers, it doesn’t…