It does take space on the hard drive. Can easily remove desktop shortcuts. Telemetry on open source software doesn't usually happen without consent and you can turn it off (Firefox for example).
This is more of a feeling type thing. If it makes you feel good though, go ahead.
Non-running software doesn't affect performance as it isn't anywhere near your RAM or CPU. What often people perceive of bloat is frequently software dependencies that are likely to be used over the course of the OS's usage.
Often I have found bloat free setups end up taking hours of digging out dependencies on multiple occasions. Life is too short. I have things to build.
Chromium can fuck off. FF is king.
Rolling distro, up to date kernel, very good KDE support, stable?
OpenSuse Tumbleweed has got you covered.
Though this weird bloat fetish usually leads to Arch...
Have you got a source that shows that data of FF users actually went to AccuWeather or is this purely speculation?
Are the problem with the people who watch the video, or the people who create, or host the videos?
Valid question. After reading his opinions, why would anyone follow his mastodon?
If he's a good YouTuber, it's like following a footballer who has shit opinions. I'll watch you play football, but screw following your nonsense stream of consciousness.
Oh I know. It is your call. I've not seen much evidence of tutanova/proton Lemmy adverts. This service is quite new in comparison and there is clearly some astroturfing on lemmy. We don't know how good or bad they are tbh. The fact they are pushing it rather than relying on word of mouth is a little sketchy.
Whether it is deleted or not, I'll at least call out advertising so people are aware rather than being led to believe it is recommended.
We don't know what it is, but there is history on Lemmy of them listing out every feature, asking I'd anyone used it as they didn't. Why woupd anyone do that? More blatant in the past, but worth being on guard against them.
Plus advertising e2e encrypted emaill which is impossible unless recipient is same service.
Probably an ad, but much more subtle if so. The old ones were so blatant. :)
What makes you do it with a smile? What does it give you that proton or tutanota doesn't?
I'm in awe. I respect your commitment to free and open information :). Much respect.
Eh?