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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Using Windows is terrible right now, but we’ve spent so much time using it that we developped workarounds and knowledge of the OS.

    When you switch to Linux, it’s a different OS altogether, and that’s not counting the different flavors.

    So yeah, all that to say that the pain and friction pass quite rapidly and you are left with an uncluttered OS (until you fill it up with useless crap).

    Corpos have worked so hard at making the UX “seamless” that people aren’t used to fiddling with the computer anymore.





  • I live in Canada dickwad, I know what cold winters are, so cut your whining.

    Remote start is a great QoL, and that’s why scummy companies hide it behind a paywall.

    If enough people pay for the subscription, companies will keep doing it.

    So the first step is push back and stop buying from companies that does that.

    Second step is to not pay for the subscription when all the companies will be doing it, because let’s be real, all car manufacturers will follow suit.

    So you will have to either stay in your car, which sucks, or find a workaround like a second key or , in my case, a code on the door.

    It will inconvenience a lot of people and car manufacturers are counting on that to keep pushing that shit





  • I live in a snowy climate and we did just fine before the invention of wireless starters. My car does not have one and we manage just fine.

    That is a great QoL, but let’s not pretend this is necessary.

    My main point is fuck subscription for every fucking thing to try and squeeze more money, even worst by removing features and putting them back behind a paywall.

    However, we need to stop saying that things are necessary when most of the time they are convenient.

    Because that is how they get us to pay. Every little inconvenience is treated as if it absolutely needs to be adressed.

    Then, we can say fuck off to these companies and live with the inconveniences they left on purpose to sell a subscription.

    But until, companies will push these hardware subscriptions because it nets them more money.