https://archive.is/20250422041720/https://www.ft.com/content/95851035-ab6d-4fca-9121-b4665da1f72e

There only problem being that 90% of webpages fail to load properly without JS, not to mention the ones that depend on features that aren’t available LW enhanced protection enabled. Each page I visit, I have to create exceptions or they sit there blank.

It’s :checksnotes: sarcasm.

windows phone was a joke

No. It was leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else. They just sat on their hands and didn’t do anything with it, allowing Google, RiM and Apple to steamroll them.

And to blame Microsoft (which – don’t get me wrong – is hugely evil and truly is the cause behind many of the problems you properly identify) for all of the tech problems without a hat tip to IBM is missing some important details. IBM showed the tech world that if you use your war chest to drag out a legal battle long enough, you will eventually get a president in power (Reagan) that you own enough to dismiss all claims. That’s how Microsoft got off without even a fine for all their antitrust violations. They played the long game and George W. waved a hand, making the enforcement effort go away.

Mint!

So many great titles in the comments. I’ll add a few of mine:

Jill of the Jungle
Zaxxon
Heretic (Doom clone)
Stellar 7 (can’t recall if shareware or if I just shared it)

“I am da Shaddo wahdiyah. Lessuh fight!”

RoTT WAS SO FUN! How about heretic, another Doom clone? The chicken weapon was a favorite of mine.

Long before

I agree that I was confused at first, until I remembered that any of the coalition countries (7 eyes?) has access to anything secret, they share with others that don’t.

Going to check out rethink now, Thx for the name drop!

I can’t say with a straight face that I didn’t see this coming.

We see it over and over. When consequences for malfeasance are barely noticeable compared to profits, there is no incentive to comply with laws. Just pay the tiny fine is our lawyers don’t exhaust them first.

I never told anyone else the URL so no one will find it.

Who wants to tell them about DNS records and web crawlers?

My past employers have said the same, until I showed them they were already using apache, nginx, postgresql, MariaDB, and OpenWRT among other things.

A lot of shops think that using proprietary tools means they can demand fixes for critical vulnerabilities, but in my experience, even proprietary dev teams just reply that the code maintainers are aware and working on a fix.

Apache vuln? Here’s the link to their acknowledgment of that CVE and exactly what modules are affected.

That may show that the flaw is in an unused module, like node.js, but even when it is applicable, they just wait for the code maintainers to address it. They take no responsibility themselves.

that’s why I opened with “I wouldn’t call it writing on the wall.”

Damn; you’re right. My bad. I somehow missed your opener saying exactly the opposite of what you were saying.

Everything you said is true and verifiable, and worth considering when you decide which service to use. It’s a lot of reasons to favor the .onion/tor version of their service to limit what they have access to depending on your privacy stance.

In combination with tracker control, you can see who they connect to and block piecemeal, or simply block their connection completely (you don’t need an app for that, though).

These are useful data for making decisions about using their service, but not exactly indicative of support for a right wing authoritarian leader who lies more in one day than he has hairs on his entire body.

Edit: typo

By blocking all mention of Pixelfed on their platforms.