I’m curious, is this due to many unnecessary files operations (due to Windows 8 bloat), or because the file system sucks at scaling up file operations?

I first found out about it last week and it served my purpose well. It has options for what you want to name the file based on the metadata too!

That’s good to hear. I don’t use streaming services so I don’t have firsthand experience

The sources I read said only the lower versions of widevine, which many platforms don’t support at all

Which ones?

It’s not poker. It’s a deckbuilding game based on poker hands.

Pirate it if you want. You will probably want to pay for it after a few hours.

It looks like a boss bloon from BTD6 lol

Everyone has their own opinions here. Here’s my opinion on what’s worth it and not:

Streaming services: Only if you’re not getting ads bundled with your subscription and you’re getting a lot of use each month from it, more than just renting each movie.

Amazon Prime: Again, only if you really need the frequent free shipping. I don’t, so I’ll eat $30 in shipping costs per year when I need something more urgently instead of paying $140 to avoid that.

Discord Nitro: Obviously not worth it but it’s funny because I had it for a few months before their privacy policy shocker in 2023. I genuinely wanted to support them before then because it was feature rich but not as bloated and ad-free with a reasonable privacy policy before 2023.

News: High quality journalism deserve the support.

SiriusXM: Unless you’re road tripping into the middle of nowhere, internet radio is free and has many more options.

Xbox game pass: I never saw the appeal because I’m a patient gamer.

Gym membership: I tried to get one a Planet Fitness a few weeks ago just for a month because the closer gym was revamping itself and was shocked to find that it wanted a downpayment. It tripled the price of a month of membership so I noped out, I’m not paying $50 for 8 trips to the gym that doesn’t even have bench presses.

I think it’s actually higher now. It’s a whopping $480 billion now

I use Fidelity investments; money that isn’t in stocks automatically goes into SPAXX, a market rate high yield savings account.

It’s more akin to trying to drive a semi truck with a semi truck motor but then something drops and there’s a ton of friction like an unintentional tractor pull. Even the best chips on the market display subpar performance.

Does this work with any app or just second party ones? Can you re-enable it?

How does this affect “second-party” apps (i.e. apps you have created yourself)? Are you still allowed to go to Android studio, make an APK, transfer it to your own phone, and install that app? If no, this spells the death of experimental indie developers on Android.

Yeah forgot to mention the lack of ads and the reliable access anywhere part

I still use mp3s because:

1. No financial cost
2. Not tied to any one app or service
3. More customization: Can be played back at any speed or modified in some other way

What are good brands that don’t sell your data? Is TP-link okay?

No, I mean 500Mb/s, as my Internet will be 300Mb/s. My needs are not great.

The true Holy Grail item in my hobby of motorcycle riding would be a MotoGP bike.

Realistically the achievable halo option is a 1000cc supersport and lots of track days.

This is honestly surprising to me. Wouldn’t they charge wealthy people more because they could just suck up the higher prices?

Similar story here with my SN30 Pro+. It was great the first year then the Bluetooth stopped working consistently, then the wired mode also stopped working consistently a year later.