Sorry it’s in the Trans Day of Visibility Insights link from the original page, starting at ‘Most Searched Terms’

I agree that ads can help people be aware of a product’s existence, but I believe, especially at this stage when I am tired of being spoonfed, that a more organic way is preferable. For example - forums, product reviews (REAL ones ofc), product storefronts including online marketplaces…

When someone needs something, they can go looking for it. A door that grates on a frame for example, may be talked about on a forum, which discusses the products others have found to help. In this case a mouse(shaped) sander. The person can then follow breadcrumbs to the most convenient store that sells it.

This is actually the way I find most things I need. The vast majority of products shown to me, passively on various items in the streets or in video format, are useless to me. Regarding VPNs, I first learned about them when I looked for a solution to a website article having an error page stating that it cannot be viewed in my country. Again when I pirated movies. Eventually I saw Mullvad mentioned on Reddit, when I entered more FOSS and Linux spaces

You know what, you seem absolutely right. I retract my uneducated statement

Of course not. Those who support the bastard leaders of Israel and their dogs the IDF are complicit in the public opinion of Israel, regardless of faith. Apologies if it sounded like I was mad at all Jews, because that is not my belief.

You happened to choose a top quality iPhone model, as the SE variants, especially the first one, were small enough for the battery to be stellar and cheap enough to be respectable value. I’d say the suitable Android alternative would be a HTC One series. I have less of a clue about today’s smartphones. Possibly a OnePlus Nord or Google Pixel (note that Pixel uses inferior components and are worse value compared to other phones of the price bracket, but on its own is reliable enough)

Marketing aside, may I try and help with the issues you have?

THE DEUCE? damn, thanks for this. So it’s the paint from metal caps… Maybe, now we’ve removed dyed plastic caps in places, this is the next target…

Ah I understand now, I was a little slow to get that the “loan” is the $700 and it won’t be repaid for a while… Damn. Well I hope the next update is a positive one! YMMV but I’ve learned that harassing customer service often works, by chasing it up with another email every few days to however often you can handle it

This is a road that leads to a Book of Law that surpasses the lifespan of generations of people, but we have one and it’s partially broken 😔

It’s terrifying and wildfires in arid climates like Cali and Australia constantly pop up :/

I agree… I posted after the US attack and was conflicted as they are now involved, even though they really shouldn’t be. Israel, Iran and the USA make 3/204

Very true. It’s easy to use a common denominator as the focal point, but then intentions and messages may be lost by using the wrong one

When any one car has had automatic emergency braking for 25 years, I may refer to it here. For now, I can safely say that nearly every single current auto-braking car also has 0 child fatalities. Other humans, however, do not.

Fuck the IDF and fuck every single piece of shit that defends, assists or plays down the cruelty. Death to all who promote violence against innocents.

Can a capital crime be tried in another country, or would this just be an ‘honour hearing’?

Which is why the rule must be ‘intolerant of intolerance’

It was so good to hear that in the LA protests

The people, or at least other countries, need a trained militia to combat ICE and other warmongers, as well as black ops folk to liberate certain VIPs. This shit should be prevented or combatted

So… Pornhub. Censors the ‘u’ in ‘fucks’. On their year in review. I’m clearly too stupid to understand the obsession with censorship and control of expression

Let’s collectively remember that Hitler was inspired by the colonisers of the Americas and their methods of destroying the population of natives so they could move in. America is the inspiration for concentration camps. Not Nazi Germany.

Reading material: A Brief History of US Concentration Camps

The country was borne of blood and cruelty, superiority complex and genocide, and the current administration are keen to restore that brutality.

Here’s the thing. The reason ads are bad is because almost every single one is for a product that will exploit the user. Mullvad is a product that does the opposite. They ask for money, but don’t force it. They intend to give power of the user’s life back to the user. Thus, some ads are actually okay. Ads about VPNs, self hosted systems, anti-corporate anticapitalist services, software that is for you to use and only ever takes telemetry for software improvement, and then only if you consent first.

Hell, before this garbage, on TV the only ads were products and charities, and everybody grew really sick of the African child ads because its sole purpose was to exploit the viewer’s empathy and get their money. Same with now, except if it’s not money they want it’s data, and data is money to them.