What did you expect from the Microslop trojan horse that was brought in to destroy Linux from the inside.

The enshittifcation will continue until it served it’s purpose.

Bavarian Motor Works

Thanks for the replies - going to check that out when I have time.

It’s a cheap Chinese made, it prints when I turn it on and that’s like every two months for the last 3 years. So I guess it’s good. I also only use it to print from linux or my phone.

I got a cheap Xerox laser printer, the toner is cheap and lasts forever.

I think at this point they are trying to invent a new form of Alzheimer’s that’s caused by plaques just out of spite.

I agree with you on some points here. The problem is that these crawlers are hostile to the point of DDOSing sites

So the problem is not that someone archives your public accessible data, the problem is that in doing so either breaks your site or makes you pay for the excess traffic.

I think the web is now broken beyond repair. The commercialisation killed it and the tech monopolies are all that’s left.

So I think small invite only fully encrypted enclaves are all that is left, until someone comes up with a “new Internet”, that can resist the " Techbros", but for now I don’t see that.

Also I don’t see the Fediverse as a solution, it’s just under the radar for now, but if it gets bigger it will be coöpted and sunk.

I wonder what Bram’s stance would have been on AI.

Anyway, looks like it’s time to learn emacs.

Das ist natürlich dämlich.

Ich würde nie etwas per Überweisung zahlen. Entweder Bankeinzug, dann kann ich mir das Geld zurückholen oder wenn man nur per Kreditkarte bezahlen kann benutz ich wegwerf Karten. Dann kann man mit der Nummer nix anfangen wenn ich die deaktivier.