You know what’s funny? The fact that they could have done this ages ago.

It takes a while to learn how to not give a fuck about what people think of you. But in a respectable way of course. If you stop giving a fuck you can just be yourself. Took me at least until I was 25 before I could really be myself. Looking at the people around me that age can definitely be much lower or even higher though. I still care about what some people in my life think about me, and I try to live up to their expectations because I love them.

Your idea of doing social activities is a pretty good idea too. Meeting all kinds of different people is a good way to get out of your shell and you’ll automatically care less about what they might think of you because if it doesn’t click with them that’s perfectly fine and you can just continue your journey.

Tor exit nodes are public and even easier to block than VPNs.

There’s services that not only check for known VPN servers, but also for IPs in datacenter IP blocks. So using a VPS could in theory also be blocked.

Sadly the UK didn’t take over much of the consumer laws during its EU membership because it being hidden like that is not allowed.

Imagine what it took for them to look that way.

It’s too dangerous for Google not to get a 30% split.

There has been a lot of marketing done towards non techies regarding charge speeds, so most common people do know about it. Plus most people will also just buy the one the companies will suggest or bundle.

A little side thing that’s also important is that in Europe the salespeople aren’t simply trying to get you to buy their product with the highest markup, which means you’ll get people that will actually look up your laptop and sell you a correct charger.

Aftermarket crap is a thing though, but from what I’ve seen most people will understand it’s because they bought cheap Chinese stuff.

That makes sense. There’s no actual intelligence in what they call “AI”, just like in the Trump regime.

I think it’s only an issue as soon as there’s money involved like in processional e-sports.

Otherwise just report and move on.

5,300 mAh battery for a rugged phone is not much. Most rugged phones have at least 8000 mAh.

You can probably port it to a userscript without much trouble, and then you can use it in every browser using a single extension/addon along with other userscripts (which you can easily read the source code and disable auto updates of). I use Violentmonkey and have written a few scripts. Development and usage is easier than extensions/addons for personal stuff.

Personally I just use Dark Reader though.

In the EU you must give explicit consent.

Then the EU can force Google to remove or disable them for EU users.

Brainrot

Maybe you received it as a gift or found it for cheap secondhand?

K-holes are fun though.

Maybe watch Dominion

It’s a common mistake for non native English speakers. I thought the same for years but now know the difference.

Lmao. If you only read what they want you to read, sure.