CDs and Bandcamp are also my way to go.

In my case, the main driver was disappearing songs. I hate it when I have a great playlist or collection of albums and some of them mysteriously disappear without notice. Or worse, they get replaced with a different version.

sigh so back to CDs we go… luckily second hand discs are dirt cheap, and even new albums are quite cheap (inflation-wise) compared to their prices in the 90s

You’re wrong. Have my upvote.

The issue with cars is people abusing them instead of relying on public transport, where it would be cheaper and more convenient, but some people pay more for the extra comfort, which is seen as wasteful.

This snowballs into urban planning centered on cars, which creates a pretty bad incentives loop.

On the other hand, planes are a necessity for some business travel, and a nice way of visiting the world once per year. Yes, some people abuse flight, but it’s a non issue overall.

Excellent alt text, thanks for taking the time to explain the joke for people who may need it!

I genuinely thought it was an unpopular opinion. I keep reading a lot of Matrix apologists on the selfhosted/tech communities, but it seems that they may be a minority overall!

I actually do agree with you quite a lot. XMPP has two important issues: everything is an extension, including encryption (n 1998 we were still using telnet…) and relying heavily on XML, which was a good idea en 1998 but now we have better formats.

Thanks for the fair arguments. It may seem I’m defending XMPP, actually, I’m not… I ran a server and it was not great. I was trying to compare an --as you say-- 27-year-old protocol with a modern one, and Matrix doesn’t seem to be significantly better. It’s a shame, because I’d love to use it, but it just does not work well.

XMPP is a protocol too, can run on a Pentium-II (I hosted a server with 100s of users on a P2) and it doesn’t suffer from federation issues or message loss.

When there is not good client or server available, maybe it’s because the protocol was poorly designed.

Yep. Nothing felt worse than spending 20€ in a CD and realizing that, apart from the hit single, the rest of it was pretty bad.

Nice angle. I also like the version “you have a better life than a medieval king”

I agree. Also, since Apple services keep being (even if only so slightly) worse than their Google/Microsoft counterparts, including ads totally removes their competitive advantage. What’s the point of using a worse product that’s also enshittified?

I’m not a hater, I am writing this from my iPhone on a full Apple ecosystem. But if Apple chooses to follow the Google route then their products will have no appeal to me.

I know it’s all about money, but I don’t get it. I really thought they were smarter than that.

If you have pets you know it’s true!

Laken thermo bottle. Stainless steel. Keeps liquids cool/hot for ~4 hours. Built like a tank, it has gone flying from my backpack pocket multiple times - once it rolled on the ground for 50 meters when I had a bike accident. Still works after 10 years, using it daily.

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Well deserved, she is beautiful!

I posted the source, it’s a real artist

I don’t think so, but that would be for a therapist to decide.

That’s what this community is for!

People are being a bit cynical in the comments, so I’ll share my experience which is a bit different.

I felt an irrational fear when I checked the box to become an organ donor a few years ago.

I rationally knew it was the right thing to do, but it felt bad nonetheless. Nowadays I just no longer think about it.

So my guess is that many people are scared of it, but no one wants to admit that.

This is a fantastic retort

It does look like him in some way!

For some reason, pictures of kitties always make more of an impact on me than if there were people. Thank you!