wanderingmagus

It stands for "embrace, extend, extinguish", a strategy used by Microsoft in the past to take over formerly open source projects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Many people speculated that the creation of Threads and one-way federation was a similar tactic, and now with the Loops thing.

So what is your solution, my good capitalist?

Have you tried Linux Mint Cinnamon? It's about as beginner-friendly as it gets, has help forums, a dedicated chat built-in for getting help, a welcome screen that walks you through how to do updates/backups/firewall/etc, and works out of the box. I'm an ex-Windows user and I've been using Mint for almost a year now with practically no issue.

Very possible. It's not like Loops was a secret, and it would be a direct competitor to Instagram Reels. Plus, E/E/E and all that.

Postponed 11 days unfortunately due to Meta shenanigans

Loops got postponed unfortunately

Thanks!

Unfortunately they postponed it 11 days because Meta, of course, also announced an unrelated program named "Loops", and now the FOSS project manager doesn't want to release something that would seem like an afterthought in comparison. 11 days is apparently enough time to do last-minute ultra-polishing to get it ready to tell Threads to go f itself. We'll see what happens.

It's probably uBlacklist, available on both Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers. Filters websites and results for search.

Well, I sure hope those undecided democrats feel proud of themselves for sticking to their gumption when they get herded into the gas chambers after the other one wins.

You really think that her going hard on that issue will increase her chances of winning in the swing states? Who would that change the minds of, the "undecided"?

I said if you're this defeatist about the outcome, why not put on a pair of jackboots and join the ranks of the thugs in uniform? After all, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.