Google should have to clearly communicate to users what they did. Only few will even read and know about this. Rarely anybody will care.

Misbehavior on such a scale should at least be communicated so users can make an informed decision on their continued trust.

Given that their mediation is binding to discord too, depending on the mediator, it can be a good thing for customers too.

Opting out may be the safe way. But I have to wonder if that clause would be binding. ToS can’t overrule law.

Usually, your consent is a simple yes/no flag, no and saving that in a cookie is enough.

I have seen this “processing” before. My assumption was that it sets cookies on third parties websites instead of only the one you visit. The basis for that assumption being that some ad network and tracker websites have/offer “opt out cookies”.

I haven’t checked whether that’s actually the case.

There is no other reasonably valid explanation for it. Setting a few cookies doesn’t take that much time. It would then be either intentionally slow and lying to you, or has horrendous unacceptable implementation (which could be seen as unlikely given how obviously customer facing it is).

I think we saw how that goes in a Rick and Morty episode - Lawnmower Dog.

a worked - apparently doesn’t even need to be a valid/web email address

Before using any potentially valid domain name I try to use example.com, which is guaranteed to not be in use or claimable.

This laptop has no way to disable wifi. I at least did not find anything - no such function key. And the Windows setup required you to connect to a wiki, with no way to proceed otherwise. Like, wtf?

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I can’t say anything about it’s quality, but Wikibooks has German.

Looks like it may be worthwhile as a or an additional starting resource, but maybe not more.

Maybe add a Solopilot key too so I can use a local Windows account, and not have to uninstall adware or disable online-search when I search my PC.

That looks like cake

I just set up an HP Laptop for someone and Windows setup is horrendous. Fuck you Microsoft.

There’s no way around using a Microsoft account, but when you enter an invalid login, you can proceed setting up a local account anyway. Then all the shit is set up to my disliking. And of course, Microsoft installs its own services adware and additional third-party adware you can’t uninstall, and then, HP does the same, installing more scamware. Disgusting.

I say fault lies not with only one, but both.

Thoth was more than a messenger of a single message. Quoting Wikipedia:

He was the god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art and judgment.

Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being Ma’at) who stood on either side of Ra’s solar barque. In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes,[6] the arts of magic, the system of writing, and the judgment of the dead.

Nothing is an annoying, confusing brand name.

Very cute

yt-dlp supports various sites and authentication options (may have to take over from webbrowser). I don’t see an explicit extractor in the source, but it may work anyway. It’s what I’d try first.

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Yes, exactly. That’s what I was referring to in my last sentence.

My LG asked me whether I want to enable the smart voice, listening, and AI stuff and I declined.