No chance they will block out the entire EU market. They will probably just do the same as everyone else and make a specific EU policy.

Actually I think Meta Threads is still not available in EU for the same reasons.

But muh POSIX

I just have pack and extract functions in my shell RC files that look at file extensions and use the proper tool with proper arguments.

Wrote them 10 years ago and they’ve worked flawlessly ever since!

Same in Denmark. It was 15 until recently. We also held the record for teenage drinking for a long time, and still hold “most average alcohol per session” or something.

Yet we are statistically one of the “happiest” countries in the world. And take the most antidepressants!

The result of this is that all drinking Swedes just have a huge storage of alcohol at home though.

They also frequently drive all the way to Germany (through Denmark) to shop duty-free drinks in bulk.

Scandinavian countries have “pant” on bottles and cans, meaning you pay extra for the container, but get the money back when you return it empty.

No… Even if that was true, what you’re saying is “you’re right, but you might not be in a month, sooo Google bad”.

It won’t be opt-out because first of all, that’s against the law. And second you’re literally opting in by accepting their terms…

It’s opt-in and they’re very clear about that.

It’s not that great tbh. I spent maybe 6 hours in it and didn’t get hooked. With BG3 however, I’m at 60 hours and I can’t put it down

Because this website is an echo chamber that hates big corporations and think the holy grail is to avoid having an online footprint by not using big apps, thus achieving “privacy”.

In reality they’re a minority of about 100:1.

The conspiracies never end with you people…

That’s not what I’m saying, but these people choose to upload their content to YouTube specifically, so what’s your point?

Enthusiasts who want to earn money off the platform, yes.

It’s not trying to piss you off, it’s trying to make money, as it should. Do you have any idea how much money it costs to run the infrastructure behind YouTube? Neither do I, because it’s unfathomable.

I pay for YouTube Premium along with 5 friends. It’s $5 per month per person. Beats any streaming service by miles.

I do, however pirate all my movies (except for the occasional cinema visit) and TV shows.

It amazes me how entitled these Internet hippies are nowadays. You can’t expect someone to provide such a huge service for free. If you don’t like ads, pay for it. It’s like $5 per month when you pay as a group…

Yeah, they should provide thousands of gigiabits of video streaming to everyone for free. It’s our right!

I wonder how many phones are still vulnerable to Pegasus exploits. Scary that it almost everyone has been vulnerable at some point.

There are lots of privacy oriented Android flavors out there. Most of them won’t come with Google Play services installed. Any of them will be able to run any apps you need.

In my opinion, Google isn’t bad at all when it comes to tracking and bloatware. They’re much like Apple. It’s the branded phones like Samsung that are absolutely horrible.

Anyway, check out the LineageOS Wiki: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

It can give a quick overview of the devices which can easily install a custom ROM (OS). I heard good things about Fairphone