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Yesssssssss this stream has been on for a long time Love it 😎 🤓

Microsoft starts bundling Windows 11 with its 'PC optimizer' app in some regions (www.neowin.net)

PC optimizers are not a new concept, and they have been around for quite a while. Nowadays, many consider them unnecessary, but having an official program made by Microsoft that is capable of (allegedly) speeding up your PC may sound quite appealing....

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“Gammy you tool! You used this OS on the internet? You’re such a failure, get out of my face. It’s on you to fix it, and see that it doesn’t happen again.”

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Does not look adjusted for cost of living. Right?

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I never used Prime Video, and I cancelled my Prime subscription in protest against this shit. Never going back.

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100% relatable. Done with these abusive subscriptions.

What's stopping you from using Ecosia? Your searches could plant trees! (www.ecosia.org)

Ecosia is a search engine that aggregates search results from multiple other search engines. The ad revenue from our searches funds the planting of trees worldwide. With over 200 million trees planted so far, Ecosia have learned to be fully transparent about their projects, and financials which are available right on that...

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I was really skeptical at first, but they’re legit. It’s a non-profit that’s been around since 2009, based in Berlin. Have a look at their blog, you’ll find project updates, the financials are broken down by expenditure and much more. Finally they’re getting some spotlight with this recent TechCrunch article and their big efforts on Social. What really hooked me in is that they signed a legal contract binding them to the not-for-profit purpose forever - more on this. Edit: about Mr. Oliver (love this guy) he is absolutely correct, but he is referring to for-profit companies that pollute and then plant some trees to pretend like they give a damn. Ecosia is a not-for-profit whose purpose is to plant with a purpose, meaning they reconnect forest patches that have been split, they return livelihood and wildlife to areas that have gone through droughts and seen increased poverty etc…

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Huh? Not that I know of. They’re going strong, taking on more projects around the world and are pretty transparent about what they do - they had an article about how / why one of their projects failed which i read but can’t find right now.

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They partner with multiple search providers, not just MS. And yes ad-blockers, but I’ve disabled it for ecosia.org

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OK posting here to address the skepticism, which I completely understand and have been through. Here are some articles that came up when simply searching “is ecosia legit”: Utopia “Ecosia is certainly legit. It’s above board”, Snopes “Ecosia makes money through advertisements on its search engine. While a portion of that money is used to fund the operational costs of the business, about 80% of its surplus revenue is donated to environmental organizations and tree-planting projects around the world.”, GoodGoodGood, TechJunkie and there’s plenty more

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Fair enough. I was using Google + uBlock Origin. I tolerate the ads now on Ecosia and I actually click them when it’s what I was searching for.

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They’re a non-profit, they plant trees, and they’re carbon negative. So what are they green-washing?

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No such assumption is made. Ecosia is clear when an entire project fails, and takes into account tree survival rates when they claim to have planted over 200 million trees. It’s all clarified on their website. Regardless of all of that, they take all ad-revenue to reforest and I’d say that’s a better deal than Google or MS.

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Interesting it does not work on Linux or Android… Didn’t understand why though 😬

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Videogames when they nap / sleep. I have 2 kids more or less the same ages. The eldest games a little on weekends with me.

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Remember, Trump moved the whole US embassy to Jerusalem just to give Palestinians the middle finger. www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1I810Z/ You can be sure that a very high majority of US politicians will take the same pro-Israel stand. The reason is simply campaign funding and lobbying. Look at AIPAC

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Unsubscribed just because they pulled this move. None of the 3 people i was sharing it with ended up subscribing.

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“Yall…”. Xitter holier than thou keyboard ninja. It’s wrong to mock people but OP must feel like a saint.

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US politicians are unfortunate hostages to their bigger sponsors / financiers. Most of the players on both sides of the US political spectrum have been funded by israeli or pro-israeli contributors. We call Israel an ally, and that’s a nice coat of shiny paint to hide the Stockholm syndrome.

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You’re right about that specific hospital, but it’s not the only one that was involved in the conflict.

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Surfshark VPN and YouTube premium. Recently cancelled Netflix and Amazon prime. Not much but I’ve had enough of subscriptions.

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Hey, this looks super interesting though there’s something i did not fully understand: “Fully end-to-end encryption local Signal bridge (local WhatsApp and all e2ee network bridges coming soon)” Does that mean we get send to end encryption for Signal and Whatsapp and more coming later? I’m assuming i would have to have a WhatsApp account and login through this app to receive Whatsapp messages?

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100% agree with you. Growth must not be the goal, maybe a byproduct. Focusing on growth will eventually compromise the quality of our experience.

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