I have no doubt that many if not most journalism orgs believe they're doing a good thing with the massive overkill on "Amazon Prime Day" coverage and pointers to what they believe are truly good deals.

HOWEVER: The presence of affiliate links means the news orgs are profiting directly from their recommendations.

Disclosure is good. But it's still a conflict of interest. Keep that in mind as you shop.

Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/fairphone-3-gets-seven-years-of-updates-besting-every-other-android-oem/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“‘Mastodon’ is a competitor to—“

Why do journalists always say this? This is some capitalist-brained mindset.

The only thing the Fediverse competes with is your sleep schedule.

The new ".zip" domain is being used almost solely for malware. Some of the clicks are very deceptive, even to technically knowledgeable people. See the attached image for an example.

You can block all zip domains with the following uBlock Origin rule under My Filters:

||zip^

Tell everyone you know.