There are some things that do change. In my case, it says my window manager is sway when it is actually river. So certain things will stop working as expected if it is not maintained. This is different from a game, because as systems change, it doesn’t affect how the game works if the platform it runs on can be emulated. In a sense, the game is still being updated because the emulators required to use it are being updated.

I’m not against bloat, I just want it to be MY bloat

How else can it be interpreted?

Exponential increase that has been slow for decades, but is just now starting to ramp up?

This is a data collection strategy, not a feature

Who hurt you?

Take it up with God or evolution then

This is the reason I got my first IPhone. This is also the same reason why I left IPhone.

Not supporting mainstream media = alt right now. Wow, I guess there is only one legit anti-establishment movement in the world. You are doing these people’s work for them.

mediabiasfactcheck.com is not a credible source

Labelling NPR as state-affiliated media is pretty based though

If you downvoted this, you are a coomer

Porn is bad

Probably you…

Yeah, because I’m sure every consumer will read section 4-i of the Amazon prime video terms of service

No, I think they expected that if they bought an item, they own it now, and none of this “legal license” mumbo jumbo would be relevant

Didn’t know HaaS Hardware as a service was a thing

Whoa 🤯. Never realized this somehow. That’s awesome. No ads on mobile.

Well maybe if you read past the title you would be following the conversation better

OP is not saying centralization is good, just that it appears to be inevitable even on the fediverse. They suggested this centralization could kill the project altogether. You misread their point.

Smh people downvoting OP because they can’t read.