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So you say "no" to "not using evil technology"
I guess at least you admit it's evil.
Damn, I don't think I knew this. I guess I kind of thought that the temperature killed any bacteria/parasites, but apparently it only makes them go dormant.
You do realize that I was quoting you, right?
Yeah but like 99% of them do it now. There's often no alternative that isn't also shrinkflated
(2) i'm a church musician
I really like listening to Amy Poehler's podcast, and there is a running joke that whenever she pulls up YouTube on air, she has to sit through ads.
And guests will kind of rib her for it, but they do it because she hasn't paid for YouTube to get rid of ads. Always like, "omg you still haven't just paid for YouTube?! I can't believe you have ads!"
Like... Are most people simply unaware that ad blockers exist? I've never watched a YouTube ad, nor have I paid a dime to them for anything. I will simply not use YouTube before ever sitting through a single ad.
I just don't understand how people can be so strangely incurious as to not even wonder if there's a way to stop this bullshit.
Oh God why though
If I've learned anything over the past decade, it's that people in general will put up with an astonishing level of enshittification
Could be that I support what he did, and would nullify the shit out of it if I were on the jury.
Careful where you say this, otherwise they'll make sure you're never in a position to even consider doing that.
People used to sometimes start businesses in order to bring a high demand product to market at a much more affordable price. Often, because that person actually gave a shit about the things they made/sold.
Sometimes these people would even go on to make more money then if they had just went along with the market rather than undercut it.
But all of that requires long term thinking. And some actual character and principle in the people who do it. Which is apparently all just way too much to ask in 2026.