A TV used to be clearly different from a computer monitor. Hopefully monitors resist this for longer but no reason to think this can’t happen there.

Rather have a TV from 1999. Hope LG goes under.

own forever

Ownership implies control - being able to maintain/repair, modify or even resell.

To be in control of software you need access to it’s source code, and have the right to share changes with others.

Why 30 years, why not 10?

Not my games industry.

Although Plex is running on your server it isn’t there to do what you want… unless Plex’s real owner permits it.

That’s how proprietary software works.

They say it’s not hard when you know how. I don’t know how and even when I think I do it’s usually still difficult :)

Currently using no-ip so friends can use a web address for game sever or get some files, instead of my ever-changing IP, for free.

what to use instead of cloudflare?

An admission there are scenarios where people do not want AI involved when interacting with others. Bit too late to be thinking about that.

“Stargate” is already taken for another science fiction. You’ll have to pick another name.

I buy merchandise from video creators, do non-annual donations (1 is annual) and assume commission for affiliate links can happen in the background when I buy stuff.

I admit I mostly give back to bigger players (e.g. my OS creator), and less so to those who are just starting off that don’t see as much.

I demand control over my computing on my hardware. After I casually request media do not feel entitled to run anti-features without my permission.

I do think that hard effort to create works should be rewarded but I do believe ads have a cost - and it’s too damn high.

If I hacked a server to get content then I would be circumventing payment at it shouldn’t be up to me how it responds to requests, I don’t own it. Google trying to enforce playing adverts via software running on my property is an unjust overreach. The user choosing what displays on their own monitor is not “circumvention”, it’s claiming ownership over your computing. Google could choose to verify on their servers if I’ve paid (in normal currency) but instead their servers act like adverts are an optional donation.

Is there a reason for the ban related to how the car is built or designed, or is it politics?

What ban?

I’m willing to pay for content.

I’m not willing to give Google money, or any proprietary solutions.

I judge adverts to be a waste of limited human life. I hope that industry can change.