I think it’s possible for a Chrome-based browser to have better ad-blocking than Google Chrome

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/ is something I agree with, but Brave does have better ad-blocking features than Google Chrome, despite using the same core engine

I agree

But how many paying customers need features that are not in the online/cloud versions of Office?

Sure this is a shrinking number of people?

Agreed

I think Windows is primarily a development environment for Xbox, just as macOS is primarily a development environment for iOS Everything else of value from Microsoft is available via the web/cloud (even Office)

Eventually, Microsoft might even decide that it’s more profitable to abandon Windows completely

I actually just switched from Bazzite to Bluefin on my devices, even my gaming PC

Mostly because I wanted a more minimal/essential experience with less pre-installed packages

I’m sure I’m sacrificing a little gaming performance, but nothing noticeable by me so far

:shrug:

Don’t buy a Samsung next time

Try to trade in your current Samsung for something with less bloat

The worrying part is rewriting repository history to cover it up

Yeah, that’s going beyond the software and making the physical supply chain possible to validate by a sufficiently equipped and educated consumer

The trade off here is that it’s very difficult to produce verifiable circuitry that is also fast

Might be worth trying a bunch of different live USBs to find a distribution with a working sound setup, and then seeing what it’s doing differently compared to Zorin

Yeah, I was toying with the hypothetical of needing a licence to eat beef

That way, only people who actually need and use all that protein can get it (e.g. body builders, people with specific medical needs)

That would solve the demand side, at least