I’ve been really enjoying PopOS lately. All my Steam games have run perfectly on it with no mucking around.

Can’t you just disconnect the TV from the internet to prevent it playing channels?

Yep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

Vudu, Amazon, and iTunes have renting capabilities.

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

I’m a Criterion early subscriber and am still on their early subscriber yearly pricing. Get gift certificates a few times a year for their physical disk web store.

I knew about the Disney+ price hike and plan to add ads last year.

I was able to get Hulu (with ads) for $1.99/month for 12 months (then $7.99 per month) then add on Disney+ for $2.99/month during last year’s Blacks Friday discount. Which was cheaper than just Disney+ by itself with ads.

Not sure what I’ll do once I hit my head mark with Hulu.

In a partially redacted 172-page complaint, the FTC alleges that Amazon implemented an algorithm “for the express purpose of deterring other online stores from offering lower prices.”

Any idea why it would be redacted?

Absolutely LOVED the questionnaire aspect of okcupid. At one point I ran out of questions you could answer. Met some fantastic people using the app.

Don’t use Brave.

https://lemmy.world/post/2846523

They still work. I use them for routing my voicemail to the Jolly Rodger Telephone Company.

The one time IAP is now live $19.99 plus tax

The amount of time I’d spend in Sync for Reddit daily, this was a no brain purchase for me.

https://youtu.be/qiH65oumh1k

Still use my Pebble 2 SE and my Pebble Time. Still bummed they never came out with the Time 2.

People should stay far away from Brave.

Brandon Eich’s controversial past and opinions:

https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536

Anti-vaxxer and far-right conspiracies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1337496169690230784

https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040

Privacy related:

https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799

Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliated versions which they profited from:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology

Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent:

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/

Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS:

https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/

Brave sent unsolicited marketing mail to users, though they claimed it was anonymous:

https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769

https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/

Brave temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling users:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309