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I still don’t see how it’s any more confusing than Windows. Cinnamon does it almost exactly the same way as windows, and typically detects network sign-in requirements better. Auto-updates work absolutely fine, and again I’ve not seen them need manual intervention with any more frequency than Windows.

Couldn’t disagree more. Do non-techies need anything more than a browser nowadays? Maybe a word processor? The process of turning on and opening a web browser on Mint are practically no different from Windows. Hardware will plug and play just the same. Using printers is equally intuitive (ie, not very). In fact, I can find firefox on GNOME by just pressing the Win key and typing “internet” or “browser”.

Both are probably equally likely to run into incomprehensible tech problems that require techie intervention.

Top work - I notice DBZero’s instance reckons they’ve implemented AI scanning-and-blocking for CSAM, it may be worth getting in touch/investigating there.

The CEO of Brave literally supports Censorship so hard that he wants to censor gay marriage out of existence - this actually affects people in real life. When you use Brave, you directly support that individual and their shitty politics.

Fair dos, that makes sense, thanks~

As a European, we’re definitely leagues ahead of the US, but we also have giant face tracking infrastructure, anti privacy devices and apps, and we just recently did massive invasions resulting in the deaths of millions of innocent civilians in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. And at least hundreds of thousands of those deaths are actually provable and well-documented.

OP, politics aside, it seems like you have a genuinely unhealthy obsession with having these arguments. If you don’t feel you’re getting any meaningful discussion or engagement out of those conversations, then stop.

To be honest, I’m fine with people having instance blocking, but how does widespread instance blocking not equally lead to the ‘echo chamber’ problem that people also dislike?

A good starting point to learning as any; Like most Western news stories about China - The Winnie the Pooh thing (while also having ominous racist tones) is also just an entirely made up story with no basis in reality. The Pooh brand is alive, unsuppressed, and found throughout China.