I desperately need water.
I mean, I canât drink this tequila without ice.
Edit: Just kidding, I can still drink it without ice.
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Debian 12.3 was supposed to be released over the weekend. Instead, the Debian Project published a short announcement informing users about an issue in the EXT4 file system with data corruption in Linux kernel 6.1.64-1, which triggers the planned Debian 12.3 point release to be delayed until the issue is fixed.
The Debian Project urged users not to upgrade their systems at that time, especially those with UnattendedUpgrades configured. However, the issue is now fixed and Debian 12.3 turned into Debian 12.4, which ships with Linux kernel 6.1.66-1.
Linux 6.6.6 is out and its only change over Linux 6.6.5 released just a few days ago is reverting the patch âwifi: cfg80211: fix CQM for non-range use.â That patch ended up regressing Linux wireless support with deadlocks in the IWD wireless daemon hangs on shutdown, and related issues with user-space network managers breaking.
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Or just letting youtube implode, that is what I am hoping for this holiday season. Plenty of other censor-free/lighter offerings out there, Rumble, Odysee, etc.
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Whilst we often talk about adblocking getting worse technically thanks to MV3 thereâs a lot more to that equation that tends to get skipped over, the best example being the slowing of update pushes out to the extension completely breaking the idea of filter lists.
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Well, thatâs your perspective 
For me, I canât say
many teaching institutes/individual teachers provide lectures on youtube, which I would say is at least a needy thing for students like me, I canât totally deny the fact that there several teaching institute which operates through youtube, and yeah I rely on these institutes and billions of students like me rely on it.
For these billions of students it is easier to see ads of 2 minutes for lecture of 1 hour on a particular chapter than doing something like donating in crypto currency .
I would might be speaking in same voice like yours when I will have a job but currently my needs are different, people like @Austin and @IUSELINUX would also agree with me that after all this is the central hub for things like this .
Seriously can I find a lecture on things like organic chemistry or Fluid mechanics on something like odysee , I would might find video on things like crypto mining but you know what do I mean
For general public who are not actually hackers like you people, are these platforms of any use ?
Even a common person would visit somehow odysee then he would return back to YT because he wonât find anything for him mostly .
since from 2016 I have seen a well integration of youtube and our school teachers, it used to be literally like study from two teachers at the same time 
, one from projector and one physically present in front of us . 
Do you have alternatives for these kinds non-technical peoples ?
Open to have a head ache
after all even if things like odysee will be widely accepted by people of coutries like India then there comes the role of Indian government .
Just take an example of telegram :
Indian government had many times given warnings to telegram for removing adult contents and close gambling groups and piracy content sharing groups . They even stated that they would ban telegram if these contents arenât removed as many minors use this platform .
Other than that some other allegation from some Indian tech influencers were put on telegram, some of these are like
"Telegram private chats arenât encrypted by default , that means anyone can read it, you will need to manually enable encryption "
âThey have their own encryption mathod which is very new and could might many loop holes, it really needs a high level of testing , even itâs an open source app but still !â
and on and onâŚ
some are related to security and some are related to Indian laws
And Every country have their own laws and regulation, that means soo much blunder .
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For me â Split the money with me or get nothing , AdBlock for the win . â lol
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Yep, content matters. The thing works both ways: people use the platform with the content they need, content providers publish on the platform where they get more views.
I bet they have a name for this inertial effect.
Around here we simply say that it always rains on wet ground.
And yes, most tutorials and songs are on YouTube, I guess it will be around for long.
That said, I remember when you had to use Windows to find the software you wanted.
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Yep, since 2016 or so, YouTube slowly started to become a main medium for education for students like us. Which in turn gave rise to many ed-tech companies (PW being major one). Many students donât even go to classes and just use YT! So yeah as of now, even I canât leave YT (and I donât think I wonât because besides all these P, M and C things, I do follow other YTbers like Chris Titus tech, Mrwhosetheboss, Linux Experiment, Nicco Loves Linux, etc which I know donât use anything else!)
Something I am doing too (I do disable it at times for most of my subscribed channels)
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Like everything in life, it all starts quite harmlessly.
In the past, feature films were interrupted by commercials, the commercials between the films were not enough. Apart from product placement, because the revenue couldnât be high enough. In Germany, for example, almost all films are subsidized by the state 
= the taxpayer and compulsory fee payer, whether he watches the programs or not.
Today, advertising is interrupted by feature films.
Today, YT demands money for ad-free viewing.
Some time ago, many people switched to streaming services to avoid advertising, but today there are still ads, even though you pay for them, for lousy movies that you already know and that were âfreeâ on TV. You have to pay extra for good movies. Which you can even buy and then, because some contracts expire, no longer belong to you. Thatâs great.
The jug goes to the well until it breaks.
Only when Amazon has destroyed or absorbed all retailers will prices increase and delivery conditions and costs change. But then it will be too late to act.
What is Meta still worth if no one is interested in WA and Insta anymore?
X is just showing how to burn real money, the richest man in the world took out a loan to buy the store.
He has no risk, the banks have it and, if necessary, the taxpayers will again pay for the rescue of the gambling banks.
Open source shows how it can be done without making individual people so rich. Do you need more than a million dollars to make a good living for the rest of your life?
Do you have to give away 30% of the revenue for your goods (software) for a sales platform on the Internet?
Itâs like the drug trade, the first shot is free, then when youâre addicted the costs rise.
Anyone who thinks that a little advertising or 13 $ a month is bearable will be surprised how quickly this will change.
Amazon is now constantly increasing the fees or the minimum purchase price for âfreeâ shipping, which is already included in the price of the goods anyway.
I canât eat as much as I want to puke. 
It wasnât much better in the past, but everything was easier. 
I am sure my translation software failed, here and there 
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Here comes something very related lol
via Linux News ( https://goo.gl/Xa2mzf )
Ahem⌠Jio! (only indians unnderstand. NO OFFENSE! Please donât come pounding on me 
)
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Yeah,that was the company because of which an immense number of people including me started using internet before that phones where just for calling , donât know of others but yeah at least for me , they started with a plan 2GB per day , for 2 months you have to pay 399INR which is 4.79 $ and thatâs where it all started , now addiction/need has grown and now we pay 6000INR(71.96$) one time through which get 60Mbps unlimited internet access for the whole year to a local broadband company .
So thatâs how the game goes on .
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Didnât I hear all this in a Country-Western song? Then your dog died?
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You can shine a light on many of the points you made just by replacing âGoogle or Youtubeâ with âMicrosoft Windows.â You can continue to support Microsoft because they are the âeasier,â most supported financially product, biggest market share, and the most used, or you can look at freer options. You are here, you chose linux, so I assume some of the same reasoning for doing so can be applied towards using, or not using, a very censored and closed-off Google/Youtube product.
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November 17, 2023
Google anti-trust case.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-wraps-up-antitrust-case-against-google-historic-trial-2023-11-16/
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I think tech censorship is also a very key element to highlight. Content creators on youtube are safe if they fall into how-to type content, but step one foot into any opinion-based content, and Googleâs big-brother, fascist, censors step into play. You are highly likely to be de-monitized, banned for a time period (tech jail) or kicked off the platform. Google isnât the only one; X, Meta and even services like Paypal, etc.
At some point, you have to take a stand if you care about free speech, no matter the discomfort. Open source, de-centralized platforms, and even proprietary that supports freedom and free speech, all viable options.
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I want to add context here.
Google is claimed to be basically single relevant company providing Ads for websites on webservers (not services like FB, IG etc) .
So⌠Its kind a odd that the developments are such that Google might have multiple, âsemi-monopoliesâ.
I am not a specialist on anti-trust law⌠So take it with a grain of salt. Just an observation and trying to undestand whats going on.
Thanks for people posting relevant news. Keep emâ coming!
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yes, I choose linux because it gave more ease than M$ gives, In past I have saved a lot of internet bandwidth with just single move, as auto updates just consumes everything .
BTW, why are you saying that linux is hard ? people with just a video can install POP OS atleast (I donât think it is that hard to do the same as video ) .
And my argument is not even on ease of use, it is on availability of things and I just said that not everyone is interested on same thing, I need videos on those things which is not available from odysee, then you can argue to use piped or invidious instances , yes I use them but then I know about it , you know about it but what about others ?
And even these things get popular among common then what would happen is that companies will file cases on these software and maybe something worst can happen that using these software will become a crime !!!
And even a lot things is done by M$ in linux kernels like funding and their engineers work on linux kernels (yeah, not for improving linux but for improving their servers)
and it is a fact that a lot big corporate companies also keep wondering here and there around linux kernel development .
So these things actually makes me confused, that is linux really a free thing or a corporate is behind it , controlling it and we should move to BSD like things ?
And second question is how much is true freedom ?
I mean freedom can endless but where is to stop ?
and yeah these questions are making me to think of more stupid questions like can you ever be anonymous ? I mean at least here if a VPN is operated then it is compulsory for them to keep the logs so if government wants to track someone then he will ask ISP then ISP will point to VPN and then they ask the VPN operators and they will have to give the data, even with Tor who knows that if government is adding their own nodes and trying to identify the users who are using it ?
(Well these are the questions which actually started getting into my mind while answering you , maybe just too much stupid questions )
I think someone needs to put this sh** post into OT thread
Ahh⌠when I started using linux as for full time then I was of around 12 and I just did it for fun soâŚ
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Question is⌠Are the alternatives getting more creators now?
Is there a trend moving away from the singular platform?
I have observed multiple Youtube content creators making an Odysee account just because this was backup and they donât feel like being banned there.
Yet Youtube revenue as only increased so theres not stopping any time soon.
They seem to support Content creators good enough it seems then , because why be there otherwise.
Edit.
Another question on the same topic. I belive you could crowd fund any good enough video content⌠I think. Then you can branch off to selling some relevant product.
In the long term⌠I believe the near singular services are going to stagnate anyway⌠Might be a natural progression⌠I hope the big tech get healthy competition and parallell sucess stories of new companies who come with refreshing idea + concepts.
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There are a lot of âtrain of thoughtâ and a million questions as a result, so I will just sum up regarding the â Micro$oft is easyâ comment.
I meant easy in a larger sense, and yes, Linux can be difficult for some if you donât have the right drivers/hardware, etc. Remember, MS has a monopoly, even to this day, with manufacturers who build for MS; drivers, graphic drivers/cards, etc., so it is much easier. Linux, there is usually a team of scruffy looking bears in their basement, on their free time, back-engineering all types of hardware/software to work with linux, which takes more time and effort.
Edit to add: you deleted your post, oh well, leaving here for reference.
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