> Why folks are so willing to carry water for corporations, by making unsubstantiated excuses for them, mystifies me.
Because if you don't keep making excuses for them, you're left with the alternative: doing a bunch more work yourself, which many people don't find remotely enjoyable.
Which reminds me, I need to go and try installing Axolotl on my PinePhone again :)
> Because if you don't keep making excuses for them, you're left with the alternative
Well, except for the alternative of not watching content with excessive ads at all. If companies feel like they need intrusive ads I guess I they can do that, but they are dead to me and my life is better for it.
You do know how much tracking goes on right? It's far from just a matter of paying for ad free content. Hence I'm trying to migrate to PinePhone and get the hell off Android.
Because if you don't keep making excuses for them, you're left with the alternative: doing a bunch more work yourself, which many people don't find remotely enjoyable.
Which reminds me, I need to go and try installing Axolotl on my PinePhone again :)