Edit: and it hasn’t really been bad either. The shader compilation after every gfx driver update is a bit annoying. That’s about it.

If it’s shader compilation under Steam, turn it off in settings. With advancements in graphics drivers and Proton, it really isn’t needed anymore.

I disabled it about 12 months ago and haven’t noticed any difference in performance whatsoever.

NVIDIA user here, no issues to report under X11.

Because they haven’t been affected by Manifest v3 yet. As soon as they realise just what Manifest v3’s all about…They’ll give a fuck.

Running KDE here under X11 and games play as smooth as room temperature butter.

I didn’t switch to anything, I simply never stopped using Firefox as there was no pressing need to do so.

If I use an adblocker under FF they don’t push ads either, while Google still make record profits quarter over quarter using my personal data.

If we use Spotify as an example of modern corporate culture, it’s deemed acceptable that they effectively rob artists if rightful income using a pricing structure that equates to a couple of cents in the dollar for the artist - While Spotify themselves pocket a vast proportion of profits. But if I use an adblocker on the free version of Spotify, I’m going against their terms and conditions and robbing Spotify of ‘rightful income’.

In certain countries, Spotify have actually pulled their service as a result of being told they have to overhaul their pricing structure to renumerate artists fairly if they want to provide their service in the country in question.

The hipocracy regarding modern corporate culture and service pricing is extreme. If such a perspective is good enough for the service provider, it’s good enough for me.

I do pay. They use my private browsing data for free, in return I watch YouTube with no ads because I use an adblocker. I have nothing in place preventing Google from tracking my internet usage, they can even track where I travel - So they’re free to use my data while I can watch YouTube for free without four ads in a 15 minute video.

As stated, I am not some commodity that exists solely as a means for large publically traded corporations bigger than most Governments to make a killing in relation to profits because of the modern mindset that growth must be sustained quarter over quarter in order to appease shareholders.

In Sept 2023 Alphabet turned a $76.69bn profit, up 11% from the same time last year. You see how that works, right. <–Notice no question mark, that’s a statement.

4 ads in a 15-20 minute video is as degraded as things get, I’d rather stare at the wall for 5 mins.

Contrary to popular modern corporate culture, I’m not a commodity who’s sole purpose is to provide continued growth quarter over quarter to appease shareholders. Meanwhile the price of YouTube premium has actually increased on top of increased cost of living expenses.

So fuck Google, they can actually pay me for my personal browsing information, or I’ll continue to use adblockers. Hell, yt-dlp isn’t out of the question at this point in time.

Considering data harvesting, they can either pay me for my private data, or I’ll watch YouTube for free without ads.

Furthermore, the price of YouTube Premium is increasing.

Gotta ensure the greedy corporation makes record profits quarter over quarter.

https://9to5google.com/2023/07/19/youtube-premium-price-increase/

I got Death Stranding…

…It was free. The Epic client runs under Bottles in its own isolated sandbox, so it can’t spy on me.

If it’s free it’s for me, if you have to pay no way.

Precisely, because we have to look after the shareholders.

Considering that Netflix are planning on dumping their popular midrange plan in favour of either the more expensive and less popular 4k plan, or the ad ridden cheaper plan - This almost sounds like an attempt at swaying the masses, by making them believe that most Australians are somehow ‘happy’ to pay for the cheaper ad ridden plan.

Bend over Netflix, I’ll show you what you can do with your ad ridden bullshit, and I’m not paying more for the 4k plan.

Insync takes care of that. I even use Insync on Windows PC’s as it’s better than native cloud syncing apps from the likes of Google and Microsoft.

Firefox + uBlock Origin + PiHole = I’m wondering what all the fuss is about. I haven’t seen a single adblocker warning on YouTube yet.

Stop using browsers based on Chromium people, it’s not that hard.

FF w/uBlock Origin and + PiHole = No YouTube disable adblocking pestering here also…

I’m gen X, and I don’t care if I have to retire eating Dog food, I’m not working until I drop. The capitalists can bash that idea straight up their date.

If it’s good enough for the boomers, it’s good enough for me.

As someone that’s been gaming under Linix since Steam was released for Linux, these days I’m more surprised when a game doesn’t run under Linux

I still game using Windows 2000 on a Pentium 3 Tualatin based system.

All my retro games run no problem, Tiberian Sun is the shite.

Hell, as a small business owner providing third party IT technical support/repair services, I’d simply like to be able to advertise my actual technical support services in any form whatsoever on Google’s bullshit platform.

But for some vague and obscure reason, third party technical support and repair services are banned from advertising under Google Ads - Something that most definitely was not always the case.

At minimum they could provide a realistic and fair certification system for businesses that are obviously legitimate, assuming that providing ‘the best experience for the consumer’ really is Google’s main focus - They seem to be able to provide such a system for questionable online dating services boardering on human trafficking not a problem in the world.

But the shameless unspoken reality is that Google are only interested in maximizing the marketing presence of their own certified partners for the service and repair of Google’s own range of products, while burrying the little guy.

You can’t even configure the word ‘apple’ as a keyword search term in your advertising - The customer can’t see the keyword, it’s just a search term - But you can’t use the name of a piece of fruit in your advertising.

Fuck Google.