Eh I think it’s pretty neat. Means a majority of users are tired of or willing to subvert capitalism in some aspect and that gives me hope.

Rise Up VPN seems to work pretty well and is based on OpenVPN. It crashes less than my qbittorrent client so I’ve had minimal issues with it.

and DOLBY Vision or DV movies if your hardware doesn’t support it.

I understood you correctly, but were you aware that American corporations including McDonald’s, Target, Whole Foods, and Microsoft have been profiting heavily from US prison labor without the the legal requirement to compensate the laborers fairly, provide sick days, or provide decent working conditions? https://sites.law.berkeley.edu/sustainability-compliance/corporations-use-of-prison-labor/

Shit’s fucked if/when you get convicted of a crime, whether your Gary or anyone else.

Edit: added context

that’s not technically true, the 13th amendment only outlawed slavery if you haven’t been convicted of a crime.

Edit: besides that technicality, I do agree.

Besides promoting Joe Rogan during the height of the pandemic when he was on a real stream of misinformation about COVID? Yeah it’s mostly how they treat artists they’re just like YouTube (and Tidal for that matter) where they claim to care about artists but there’s no way anyone but the top 1% is actually making living wage money from streaming. I just use Tidal cause pirating music took up too much storage for me and it makes music discovery a little more convenient.

fuckin well said.

Gotta love itch.io bundles for shopping indie games on a tight budget.

Tidal. I lowkey hate spotify and I think the audio quality is the same or better, for the same price (I don’t shell out for the highest tier).

there’s also Newpipe x Sponsorblock on android.