I am Spez’s raging bile duct.

New computers are the ones more likely to fail.

Who could have possibly predicted that?

Apparently I either already did this so many years ago that I don’t remember doing it, or my account is so old (2006) that it predates these settings being added and they defaulted to “off” when added to existing accounts.

I just disable all that.

If I’m opening the Google app, it’s because I want to search for something. If I’m searching for something, I’m busy right now and don’t appreciate Google trying to distract me with other irrelevant crap.

Choose your network provider more carefully.

The only way to say “no” is to not give them the opportunity to ask the question to begin with.

Well, to be fair, Pinta is a clone of Paint.NET. It has never claimed to be an alternative to Photoshop.

The hero we need, but not the hero we deserve.

Someone always finds a way.

Turning off Discover is the first thing I do with a new phone. It’s utterly worthless. In fact, it’s worse than worthless because if I open Google it’s because I want to search for something. Don’t try to distract me while I’m busy.

You have to start with a 40 billion dollar company if you want a billion dollar company using Musk’s methods.

I’m perfectly fine with less total content if it actually stays on-topic.

It’s a bit more inconvenient on average, but it’s a heck of a lot more convenient when the power is out, the internet is down, or some giant company is just being dicks.