I am pretty sure they only do in attempt to attract devs. Once Epic were to get a majority position in the market they would quickly raise it to 30% too. None of these companies are “good guys” or actually care about the end consumer.

The ecosystem is really seamless, especially with a MacBook and Apple watch in the mix.

Though I don’t think there is any winning in the smartphone space. There is a duopoly and even if you personally use graphineOS you still are benefitting and helping the Google ecosystem by using Android apps.

Sadly I don’t think we can “vote with our wallets” on smartphones. We need legal legislation that forces both Apple and Google to be consumer friendly.

Ya a few apps already do this. YouTube premium does for sure and I have heard a few others doing so.

Ya I always subscribe on the website. Google and Apple have both charged extra fees for monthly subscriptions bought within the app.

Iirc it has to do with “monthly subscriptions” and they are arguing that Patreon is a monthly subscription and those get charged at the higher amount.

It’s why subscribing to YouTube premium within iOS app costs more because Google just makes up the difference that way.

Not that’s it’s right but it’s really debatable if Patreon should be considered a monthly subscription the same way streaming services are.

Oh that makes more sense with the monster on the cover lol

What’s up with the text on the book spine? Is this AI generated? :(

Many do but it’s a nightmare for SEO. When people use Substack or Medium it’s because they have built in social network that allows strangers to easily find your blog. Sadly independent blogs don’t really make money unless you are already famous with a network to follow you.

They are based out of the USA aren’t they? Luckily there are many Nextcloud providers in EU and email like mailbox.org

Personally I am betting on the Japanese. Toyota and Subaru are coming out with good electric vehicles imo. Nissan stepping up their game too and they always have had the leaf before electric cars were cool.

Honestly I have no clue why anyone is still buying a Tesla. Every other brand has their own electric cars now and every Tesla I’ve been in has felt like cheap plastic and the worse pleather seats. They sucked before Elon went full nazi but anyone who walks into a Tesla dealership today is a fool or a racist.

Sadly being rich makes you opinion on random crap important for some crazy reason.

Linux as we know it being very customizable and having many choices will never work for mass market. If Linux becomes a truly mass market consumer OS then it will be within walled garden of a large corporation like Google or others.

Everyday people want a computer with a brand name they recognize and for it to just work with all the big name software they know already. They likely won’t even know they are using Linux, it’s something us nerds will know but to them they are just using Google, Microsoft, Meta, or whoever else gets Linux to mass adoption.

That’s what I dislike about all of this. We don’t really need any special proof from the Epstein files. Trump has a clear record and has lost court cases over him being a creep and sexual predator.

His supporters don’t care or otherwise live in their own bubble. Nothing in the Epstein files prove anything we don’t already know about Trump and how evil he is.

Konqi is my favorite dragon

It’s insane how rich people are so disconnected from reality and live in their own bubble ignoring all the horrible and evil things their fellow rich people do. At the end of the day is really is just a club of rich people with no real morals and the 99% are being tricked and lied to.

I had to double check this wasn’t the onion …

That’s really weird… straight up abuser stuff

Seriously, like I want to watch the new fallout but I don’t want to subscribe to Amazon for just that. I hate Amazon in general as a company but also I just wish I could buy a bluray of the season and be good but I don’t think they even offer physical releases until later on and often they don’t even do physical releases for a majority of them anyway.

If I can’t buy it on disc and it’s not on a streaming service that is already bundled in something I pay for (Apple tv being the only one tbh) then I will just download it myself.

Pretty sure Spotify approves of it. They don’t care about artists they are there for profit.