@cuddle @offtopic
Okay but, who learned people to make money on youtube? ... google!

People made content even for free in the past!

Because google started to pay, now You have like tons of creators that make cheap content just for clicks.

And yes, there's very little of good and quality content. There's very little number of creators that makes very good job.
The others just want to clickbait You and waste Your time on stuff You can find out in minute on the web.

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If they force ads You will have max 15, maybe 20 minute video ... Now how much time You will waste if we get forced ads + creator sponsorship block on the video timeline?

IDK how others but, if i need something, i search on the web and buy it. I do not see point wasting my time by hearing another "this video is sponsored by" or watching ad about something i'm not interested, or i do not need at all.

I'm too strong, and they are unable to create a need in me with ad ... this is complete waste of time, and because this is MY TIME ... they should PAY ME for wasting THAT TIME.

I'm adult and I RESPECT, MY TIME. I do not feel i should pay someone for this, this is insane. It's better off not wasting time at all and buy a book.

"It's really hard to make money in other way than ads." - yes, and no one told us before we born that anything will be easy 🙂

About netflix, i promise You that ... any tv show i watched, was with sub.

And i told my sister that if we get release of another season of Arcane, Wednesday, One Piece then we get sub for month and watch stuff we want.

I respect Your POV, but when it comes to ads, i do not feel this is okay.

@security https://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/do-not-get-confused

@0x1eef @technews

Since their existence.

"Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches" ~ Steve Ballmer

Ofc. He later "changed mind" ... but microsoft never change. In the 90's they tried force users to use their browser too ...
well, this also changed recently with Edge ... but usually they repeat the same thing over and over again testing boundaries of users and looking how much they are able to 'accept'.

I don't remember full history of Windows, but i noticed they repeat the same old sh**. Just dressed in new clothes.

Sometimes i feel this could be good material for public.

@jcamos @robonuggie @freebsd

Yes, He do this for years. That's impressive! 👍
I also remember times when iBSD was active for a while.

@mmu_man @offtopic Thank you!

@grahamperrin @offtopic Thank you. And don't worry, i don't believe that every corner of reddit is the same.

And to be fair. I said that some people are fanatical, and i'm kinda too. (I silently want to push BlendIT as preferred place! 😈).

But now serious, on the other hand... popularity comes at price.

I'm sorry for offtopic but, reddit is still needed.

Take a look for example on youtube creators. When they start, they have small but very nice and passionate community. But when channel grows, popularity increase and suddenly you can meet all sorts of people... quality in discussions can decrease.

I think, sometimes popularity isn't good. And i hope i will always be 'average joe'.

@grahamperrin @offtopic

I respect your opinion.

I never used r/freebsd and can't really tell how stuff looks there.

My general experience with reddit was bad.

I also agree with author that upvote/downvote system doesn't work.

Sometimes you can find posts that are not verified, but are upvoted because 'it fits' individual... facts doesn't matter to some people.

I don't want even mention biases about linux distros, or posts like '... why you use x, not "better"/"cool"/"such modern" y?' or worse 'use y, not x' - like a command 😂

To not being completely 'negative', ofc. you can find quality posts and replies. But some people are like mechanical parrot, and ... fanatical.

Sometimes good post can be 'downvoted to death'.

Don't judge me, i totally respect your view. Maybe i had too many bad experiences.

@dekkzz76 @freebsd

Depends.

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.2R/hardware/

it's better to check first, then buy.

@Wyatt @openbsd @daviwil

I started with emacs thanks to him.
He have successes like https://www.fsf.org/news/libreplanet-2024-cultivating-community-will-feature-a-keynote-by-david-wilson

@Wyatt @openbsd

I understand that (everything good requires time). There's a lot of things i still learn on FreeBSD. I love poudriere, and i hope one day i will publish some 'starter' for people who knows gentoo.

btw. compiling rust here is annoying too.

Btw. Guix is great, @daviwil makes great content in this topic.

@stefano I was thinking about the same, some time ago. This also could benefit this place.

I'm really grateful that this place exist, and i hope more people will prefer this over reddit/discord or other junk.

Thank you!

@stefano Unbelievable!