@electrineer Absolutely. No root ≠ ownership.

@joewilliams007 If I purchase a car in full, I would like to be in full ownership. Otherwise, I could just rent a car.

@spongegeoff One can operate a toaster without putting bread in. Then it just generates heat.

@spongessuck "Badmouth"? If someone can remotely decide that it ceases to work, it is vulnerable. Or do you mean for use as heater? Obviously, it is better than nothing.

Can't politics simply be kept out of an operating system?

Politics and Linux do not mix.

Due to the risk of vendor lock-in, proprietary formats should be avoided where possible.

@thebiochemic Indeed, some cable headphones have a potentiometer unit attached to the cable.

@hjk101 Restarting ain't fun. Everything has to reload.

@404response For future reference, what is the URL to his previous rant?

"toolbars doesn't really exist anymore"

We have something called "browser extensions". He might want to make some of those.

Does it taste different?

But the server is closed-source.

But the server is closed-source.

@horus It used to be possible to simply add it back through an extension, but then Firefox 57 Quantum came. We know the story.

However, "tab grouping" is anyway similar to having multiple browser windows.

Less mouse movement and precision training in one!

ant.design - only select by clicking, no typing. COMPLETE GARBAGE!

@electrineer If data only exists on internal storage, it exists even less.

@jiraTicket The majority is too lazy to complain and just tolerates it, and the rest of complaints are futile and change nothing.

Who would want a less capable operating system?

@electrineer Of course, since it is easy to transport between computers, and also for reading memory cards from cameras.

MicroSD cards can fall down and are difficult to insert into a computer due to their small size, and lack the write protection switch.

Obviously, that is still better than no memory card. If a camera only has internal storage and no memory card, data is lost if the camera stops working.

@tosensei Would also explain memory-card-less phones. Stops working = better have some backup. MicroSD was an additional layer of protection against data loss. That is now gone.

@iiii It was the fastest browser and supports the clipboard manager (which other browsers do not), as well as having a convenient quick dial feature. A grid with quick shortcuts appears at the URL bar.

Not sure how it is in 2022, but in the mid-2010s, it was noticeably faster than Chrome and Firefox mobile.

Chrome mobile also only added icons in 2020.

@jonas-w And also for extra secyooritee.

Yes, please! And also a power user smartphone with big replaceable battery and full-sized SD card slot.

@https What in particular do you consider "bloatware"?

@Oktokolo Indeed. And for some reason, web designers are obsessed with it.

It is trendy and shiny, like an Apple product!

@AvatarOfKaine If you carry a laptop, you need to remove USB sticks or risk bumping against something and breaking it and damaging the port.

@TestInProd423 Honestly, if those features could be fully retrofitted without much effort or negative side effect, it would not bother me much.

Unfortunately, that frequently is not the case.

I have noticed a pattern. Many things start out nice but then go corrupt. Perhaps people should ride the "nice wave" and then jump off when the corruption commences.

Obligatory: https://youtube.com/watch/... – one of the most important videos. And its meaning is not just limited to Windows 11.