Not to down on them too much but this comment is kind of funny in the context of a 30 year old program.

Especially considering how many extensions have been found to be malware lately

Pretty sure full ublock origin still works in helium no?

For sure. The day I can’t own my video card is the day I’m done gaming. I had a lot of good years and a great run. I’m fully uninterested in supporting any industry that removes your ability to own your own hardware or software and even less interested in supporting one that is doing it to appease the ai overlords.

Yeah this is their goal. Subscription everything. Also they don’t want gpus in your hands and we will see them more regulated than assault weapons - or some sort of gentleman’s agreement where they are generally unavailable to the public. Writing is on the wall because if you can run quality ai locally the powers that be suddenly lose a trillion or two overnight.

“They”???

They don’t ask lol they just stick it in page 27 of the document you are forced to sign or else you can’t work or have a social life.

Your cell carrier might surveil your sms tbh and your phone calls totally could be as well. If something isn’t end to end encrypted it’s probably a good idea to assume it is surveilled.

FWIW I had to pay the ransom once and it worked fine they gave the password over and even bargained the price down and also fucked up because crypto fees so didn’t have the ability to send the actual full amount and they were chill.

Minus the whole being held for ransom they were probably more consumer friendly than the average large corporation.