Claim? It has been well known windows has persistent issues not limited to its anti-user practices. I wince when I need to use it at work or help fix issues for my coworkers.

Are you a masochist, if you continue to rely on Windows when it keeps on accumulating new bugs and issues?

I like the motto “Code standard is high, vibe coders need not apply.”

Definitely a pro if you can write functional high quality code.

That and features. I use Smart Launcher because it has a transparent themes like Liquid Glass which blends with the wallpaper. Has good search function. also Auto organizes your apps in categories.

Atleast this time it wasn’t DNS.

Yes, autocorrect!

I was in agreement and had high expectations with the ai;dr abbreviation usage until I read the article.

For me, writing is the most direct window into how someone thinks, perceives, and groks the world. Once you outsource that to an LLM, I’m not sure what we’re even doing here. Why should I bother to read something someone else couldn’t be bothered to write?

Agreed. If you cannot put effort into something you want to convey why should I? But, then comes the next paragraphs.

I’m having a hard time articulating this but AI-generated code feels like progress and efficiency, while AI-generated articles and posts feel low-effort and make the dead internet theory harder to dismiss.

So, AI assisted coding is progress but AI assisted writing is not? Sounds hypocritical.

and call me an AI luddite, I use LLMs pretty extensively for work. Claude Code has been tearing into my token budget for months now. I can’t imaging writing code by myself again, specially documentation, tests and most scaffolding.

You cannot imagine writing code by yourself but expect others to write articles by themselves?

Growing up, typos and grammatical errors were a negative signal. Funnily enough, that’s completely flipped for me. The less polished and coherent something is, the more value I assign to it.

But eh, broken English and a lack of capitalization is now just a simple skill away so does it even matter?

The same can be said for coding. You are getting AI to put the effort instead of doing that yourself. Why should I trust your code? I dislike Vibe coding and LLM generated articles. They lack the authenticity a real person’s work would’ve.

The re-encoding requires less computation vs other formats.

Most people including adults don’t use AI to learn. They just use it to format emails, messages, generate things or do other stuff.

HTTPS filtering in adguard requires the installation of a user certificate by adguard to filter HTTPS traffic. Apps like firefox complain and won’t work unless you allow user CA

Yeah, AI video! Useless, we have humans we don’t need to burn resources on stupid.

Fuck AI. There is a use case for simple apps like chatgpt.

But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.

If you use addons like Ublock-origin. You can reduce the fingerprinting. You can also disable 3rd party iframes, disable Javascript which can further reduce the data being sent to websites.

What QOL features improved your experience?

You can instead use apps which block trackers. I can recommend 3.

Netguard with tracker filters enabled, PersonalDNS filter – a fire and forget DNS filter app, or Adguard android app from Adguard website.

The 1st one needs payment to access some pro features but can also block internet connection to all your apps.

The 2nd one is a simple DNS blocker which can have millions of rules and won’t choke under the load.

The last one is not Foss or available on fdroid like the 1st two are, but is much more powerful than the 1st two combined.

Pick your tools and limit information now.

There are videos online.

Jump to 1:42s on the below youtube video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlbQsKpq3Ak

Yeah, alongside that. Phones also have focus mode, digital wellbeing to limit usage of distracting apps. You can even turn on super power saving mode to limit phone use further and use it for basic functions like phones, messages, web browsing, etc.

Samsung blocks installing apps outside Playstore if you enable their advanced blocker mode. Xiaomi also warns and shows a pop-up for 10-30s preventing it.

Pixel’s advanced protection mode does the same.

Also, when i metioned that I was talking about OEMs forking android and making it harder to use per your needs. Which would mean modifying android which could mean failing some CTS tests for play services. Boot loader unlocking is already on the verge of being killed. Installing apps and other things you currently do on your android could be next if OEMs were allowed free reign.

I received quite a few responses about apps when I wanted to Highlight the bootloader unlocking, custom ROMs, root, etc. I guess my comment was not too clear.

I never said it was. Not sure what you mean.

There are very few things the chinese government does right. This may be one of them.