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I think you may have overlooked the part about "first party interface".
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Because you can hand someone else proof of purchase. The only way to truly prevent scalping is by verifying the purchaser's identity, to ensure they cannot transfer it to anyone else. At least not without selling it through the distributor's own channels where they will then collect a fee for the privilege of providing the proprietary platform to facilitate such transactions.
I'll take the scalping, thanks.
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Okay now get rid of the in-video ads and AI slop and I might consider actually using a first-party interface again.
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“Not so bad” at what? They’re doing this out of their own interests. It doesn’t mean at all that they care about privacy, and in fact they’re one of the worst offenders.
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In order to find out, they'd have to also be using Meta, which is embarrassing enough in itself so they shouldn't be talking.
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Apr 11, 2026
You can’t though. That was my entire point.
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Apr 11, 2026
Honestly I would probably pay for it and be happy but Premium doesn’t solve many of the problems that still exist:
being shown the same content over and over
Dislikes hidden
in-video ads
Shorts absolutely crammed down your throat everywhere
broken search results
AI-generated slop absolutely everywhere
crypto spam
Google-connected account using view history to spy on you
etc. etc. All problems Google could solve easily but simply won’t.
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How many thousand users does your server have?
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Apr 07, 2026
But when we blame AI…we are just blaming a consumer of a product
We are blaming a “consumer” that is consuming the entire world’s supply of a product for no reason other than to destroy the planet and mislead investors in an effort to make themselves even richer.
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Apr 07, 2026
It’s not incorrect.
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Apr 07, 2026
Yes. Lobbyists also don’t write legislation.
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…companies do not write legislation. Politicians do.
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Apr 07, 2026
This is really less to do with any companies and more to do with poorly written copyright legislation (DMCA).
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Carrying a connected cell phone/tracking device
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Seems to be a lot of that since Brexit.
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UK, Singapore, and South Korea
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I bought a 48" OLED "monitor" that has none.
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Depends what you mean by "safe enough". Every country on the planet can subpoena your VPN for traffic data. That's why that data needs to be encrypted, regardless of what company.
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Americans may be inadvertently waiving the privacy protections they’re entitled to under the law…
LOL what privacy protections? The NSA has proven time and time again that they don’t give a single shit about the law, certainly now more than ever.
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Discriminatory? Are you for real?
Are you? You’re discriminating against an entire country, 146 million people, based on the actions of their government?
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So anyone who does business with a Russian company is “sponsoring the Russian war”? Seems a bit discriminatory.
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Orion for Linux released in Early Beta
The Early Beta Build of Orion for Linux is Now Available!
We know many of you have been eagerly waiting for a chance to try Orion Browser on Linux, and we’ve been hard at work to make progress behind the scenes. After months of building the foundations, we’re excited to share this early beta with you. It’s our first opportunity to let you get hands-on with the new features we’ve been developing.
What’s included in this early beta
Browsing made smoother
The core of Orion is fully connected to the Linux UI, and basic browsing is ready: you can navigate pages, use back, forward, and refresh actions, and start exploring multiple tabs. This milestone lays the groundwork for a more flexible and powerful tab system.
Staying organized and secure
We’ve added password management, history tracking, and Dark Mode and Focus Mode, giving you more control over your browsing experience. Custom search engines can be defined in Settings > Search, making it easy to search directly from the address bar.
Stability and polish
This early beta also brings several fixes that improve reliability - from preventing crashes when closing pinned tabs to resolving freezes in Website Settings, and ensuring new installations allow creating new tabs without issues.
Note:
Kagi Sync and webKit Extensions are still in development and not supported in Beta
✴ Try the Early Beta ✴
You can download the Flatpak build of Orion Browser for Linux here:
Download Orion Early Beta (Flatpak)
What’s next
This early beta is just the beginning. Over the coming weeks, we’ll continue refining tab management, expanding WebExtension support and improving stability and usability.
We’d love to hear from you
As always, your thoughts, questions, and suggestions are welcome. They guide us in shaping the future of Orion on Linux, and we’re excited to have you on this journey with us.
Go to our dedicated Orion Feedback Website: orionfeedback.org
Browse Beyond ✴︎
The Orion for Linux Team
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WinBoat is just a Windows VM. So it will work but you won’t be able to connect it to anything that’s not also in that VM. Might as well just dual boot Windows.
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Yes, both can, but both are not necessary, only 1 is.
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RSS was killed by greed. Too many companies pumping out too much SEO garbage that I don’t care about, and not providing anything more than a headline in return. The threadiverse produces a curated feed of articles that are boosted up and down by the community. That’s why I’m here.
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It’s nothing to do with length. I just don’t make a habit of visiting any particular website to read it. That’s what the threadiverse is for.
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I’m not going to your blog 🙂
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It’s been this every couple of months for like a year now. They’re just going to keep ramming it through over and over again until they wear down the people, knowing full well that it’s way harder to repeal existing legislation.
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Yeah of course, because age verification = ID verification = surveillance, which benefits corporations and govt at the expense of the people.
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LOL yes it is.
The batteries are only 53kw\h in size
That’s the 150 mile model. No one is going to buy that. That’s just the model they offer on the lowest ring of the price ladder.
because they want the full $7,500 tax credit
…there is no more tax credit.
No manufacturers want to use those batteries anymore because they only last like 2\5 the charge cycles compared to LifeP04
…WTF are you talking about? Virtually everyone is still using them for much higher energy density and power. Almost no one is using LFP.
You’ll need a new battery after 100,000 miles.
Incorrect again.
You should really learn more about what you’re talking about before stating it so confidently.
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No, more like several thousand. In addition to charging faster.
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It's nothing to do with weight or material but aerodynamics.
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It was not aggressive in the slightest. And that wasn't a fact, that was your position.
No car companies are owned or run by ethical non-profits, because it takes an absolute fuckton of money to start them.
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I would need a place to do any of that first. And a whole lot of cash. You can't finance an EV conversion.
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I really would like to do an EV conversion on an older car. Maybe a 240SX or a 350Z. Or a Honda Insight. Or even a Nissan GTT (which I only just learned existed). But you're talking $$$$ there for what is (most importantly) a relatively unsafe vehicle to drive.
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Would you like to recommend another brand that has zero data connection and also isn't invested with Bezos?
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That would be nice. But then I'd be driving around in my stupid truck like an idiot!
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Yeah OBD is the main diagnostic port so that would certainly cause problems LOL
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Yes, zero connectivity, relatively affordable, highly customizeable, and repair-friendly (for now). The only connectivity is through the phone app. Only downside is you have to buy a stupid truck. They could have made it a lot cheaper as a coupe.
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What are the chances that it's just lying? Or re-enables itself periodically?
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Depends entirely on your car make and model. On many models you can disconnect or remove the fuse for the telematics control unit (TCU) and it's as simple as that. However you won't receive any OTA updates that will likely solve problems. And if you reconnect to get them, there's no guarantee your car doesn't suddenly dump all your personal data obtained in the meantime onto company servers. Further I find it more and more likely that OEMs either already have or will add a ToS that requires you to keep all this stuff connected, and they'll argue that the data collection is part of the sale.
Slate seems to be the only brand currently that intends to deliver vehicles with zero connectivity required.
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No Cloud, No Data Centers, Just Your Devices.
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It’s hard to be effective and have morals. We need to solve for this.
Always has been.
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After spinning up some LLMs and image generating tools, I realized the hardware consumes a lot of electricity, and even 12GB VRAM sometimes wasn’t enough. On top of that, these AI programs also use a lot of system RAM. Now imagine being a big company like OpenAI or Grok with millions of users. How much GPU power and electricity would it take to keep their service running? That’s why these companies are seeking lots of investment.
Not a bubble because: it actually uses the amount of energy they claim? No one thinks they’re lying about that.
these AI investors know what they’re doing
LOOOOLOLOL. I think there are some initial investors who, in the beginning, legitimately thought it would be a good deal. At this point, the investments are driven by hype, and investors know they are, but they’re gambling that they can ride it to the top without being caught holding the bag. That’s why it will collapse violently. Because the moment it starts going down, everyone is going to dump it.
Of course, AI-generated content is polluting the internet like never before. But the problem is that you still like or share these AI slop, making them go viral.
Okay so we’re now: changing the topic entirely, while blaming users for the poisoning of the information database that is the internet.
So it’s a 2 paragraph blog post that doesn’t even address it’s own title.
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