maness300

I recommend setting up logging in yourself so you can see why you're wrong.

It's abuse, plain and simple.

So... twitch.tv is actually twitch...Tuvalu???

Don't listen to this guy. He exists to overcomplicate things because he's just trying to fit in with other losers.

Download an adblocker. Stop using 'smart' features. Hook your computer up to your TV and get a wireless keyboard/mouse combo.

This isn't difficult, or complicated.

Use an adblocker.

They don't care about losing customers to piracy just like fast-food restaurants don't care about losing people to grocery stores.

They've realized it's more profitable to take further advantage of an ever-shrinking pool of customers.

If you can charge 1 customer twice the price of what you could charge 2, then you make more money because you require less overhead.

For smart people, piracy is a financial problem.

Why pay more for things you can get for free? It's not like the businesses you're supporting wouldn't rob you blind if they thought they could get away with it.

Even the 'creators' don't get the vast majority of the money you spend; their landlords do. When they make more money, rent goes up.

I wish this generation wasn't full of useful idiots with more money than sense.

the banking industry

Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension.

It's a drop in the ocean compared to how much energy the banking industry uses.

Does this mean Mastodon users will be able to interact with Bluesky users?

Linux is also free as in beer.