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This hasn’t been the first time I’ve seen this exact complaint against them in particular here on Lemmy, which seems sus. I honestly doubt the veracity of this.

I’m in the US (though I connect from various countries) and I haven’t seen this particular prompt there ever. I use Firefox mobile and have it set up to send the GPC (Global Privacy Control, AKA “do not track”) signal, which the site says it honors whenever I land there.

To be fair, I am also signed in with an account I set up using a randomly-generated [at] duck.com email alias, fake name etc. It’s a free account, but even just doing that gets rid of the worst nags there. I also have given them money in the past (just random donations, don’t want to do the whole subscription thing). I still see the prompts to subscribe, but it’s like with Wikipedia - everyone knows it’s annoying, but it’s necessary for them to do that and have money coming in.

Honestly, the Guardian is one of the best major outlets that lets you read for free, which is a difficult line to walk. They filled a hole left by BBC, which has clearly mostly gone down the tubes. I’ve never been blocked from reading an article, as long as I’m logged in with the free account I made. I’m personally ok with that minor tradeoff to allow access to (IMO) the most prominent non-American western outfit still doing high-quality journalism.

Why not go after the actually shitty sites (especially the ones our crowd may not realize are actually shitty), and not the one just trying their best to generate needed income without compromising quality/integrity and, meanwhile, letting anyone read for free?

It is, for the most part. Doesn’t mean it hasn’t its share of issues.

This is nice! DMs open!

Looks like that faraday suit will be coming in handy after all! And to think my wife made fun of me for it!

Hey now, I’m not one of those nerds /s

That means prices go down, right? Right?

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RELEASE THE GUINEA FOWL

I’m in the blue area and for us it refers to OG New Englanders. Usually used to contrast us against those dirty southerners.

The front fell off

Little known fact: it used to be called “Plaintext Private Key Bank”, but they shortened it a while ago for unspecified reasons

Take it from me, I’ve got one too many spent rods laying around. Just gotta bury it deep in over and over again, that’s what i’d say, but it’s also a young man’s game.

erecting towers gets harder and harder over the years, but it’s still worth it. Just keep your equipment hydrated is all, and you can keep pumping away. Flaccid output as equipment ages is completely normal for many operators. There’s nothing wrong with a little chemical assistance now and then, either.