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If I need to pay taxes anyway, at least I prefer to have the investment returned back to me in some way, and this seems like a nice way to do so.

If anything, I expect two things to rise - people that just stop watching videos online cold-turkey, and pirate mirrors of popular YouTube channels

While online I have most of my items under lock and key, my personal computer at home is set to boot automatically with my password (since the attack vector of "having the feds raid my home" is fortunately not an issue for me). So in the rare case that I'm no longer available, my family can just get my user names and passwords from my computer

Ah, the good ol' "rules for me but not for thee"

I expect to see distros that use Flatpak as its exclusive package manager, even for the bare-metal, in the near future. Also, Linux as a remote desktop on the cloud will probably be attempted at a larger scale, given that Windows 12 is rumored to try that route.

As a user of third-party controllers on the PS4: yup, the DualShock 4 security is a pain. And the DualSense security hasn't been cracked yet - the closest gadget I've found actually uses Remote Play to bypass the authentication requirement.

Console developers sell at a loss specifically to tie you to their ecosystem and get as much money from you as possible. Which is why it's so complicated to get a PC equivalent in specs to, say, a PS5 at the price of an actual PS5 - unless you go to the used parts route and learn how to assemble parts by yourself.

Or more accurately, experiencing culture and media that social pressure coaxes you into being interested in.

I'm surprised that so few people decide to follow the spirit of the law and, just, boycott media instead.

I'd say that bronze is tainted and should be entirely disposed of, but that would probably annoy environmentalists.

Expecting Colombia, Peru, Chile and South Africa to be next on the pumping

Nice... can somebody add a 60 FPS patch to Metal Gear Solid 1 by the way?