I agree with the sentiment (ads blocked in so many ways here).
However, people are looking to buy things and ads do work. I used to discover cool products and go to cool events I found because of ads and algorithms.
But I swear I haven't seen anything worth buy for years before I went full anti-ad. Its all temu drop shipped garbage and AI cheating tools now. I don't even get hot singles like the good old days!
I always am shocked at how detailed the reports are, but I imagine they have to legally record and report on absolutely everything they found even if its irrelevant.
A grad course in AI/LLM/ML might actually be useful. Its where my old roommates learned about Googles Transformers and got into LLMs before the hype bubble in 2018.
Home might get ahead of the curve for the next over inflated hype bubble and then proceed to make unearned garbage loads of money and have learned something other than how to put ChatGPT in a new wrapper.
I figured it was just a skill issue on my end that Spotify wasn't working, but I really should be just buying CDs/digital albums as opposed to paying the Spotify subscription
I'm a week into using GrapheneOS and its been great. It is a little restrictive in that I seem to have to explicitly allow apps to run and apps like my Bank app or Spotify don't work.
However, most apps are just Web Apps at this point and I've noticed very little difference in the use of the app versus the pinned browser version.
I'm also trying to curb a phone addiction so Graphene + Lemmy + Mastodon + Jellyfin is all I'm using on this thing.
I assume google headphones would cease to work if I degoogle the device
I'm using my Pixel Buds. They work just as well. Remember, its just a Bluetooth device just without all the QOL stuff like voice control.
I recommend trying it. Graphene OS install also has instruction ions to revert if you change your mind. And it's pretty easy. Maybe a touch harder than installing Linux generally, but if your dailying Debian, you're fine.
It is more of a shit post than a shit post.
I do use arch BTW