Should we assume by anything you mean edge devices? You don't update your PC? Your phone?

I update my PC but I don't update my phone. Android is pretty much a complete product, and new updates just shuffle around the icons.

> Major changes in Android 16

> Battery icons are changed to landscape, with the percentage shown inside the icon

I think it boils down to how much you trust the software vendor to operate in good faith. My PC runs on Fedora and those people don't have any QA, but at least they do their honest best. My gaming handheld is on Bazzite and it's a similar situation. But Google has a proven record of enshittification of Android. I turned off TV software updates long ago because I only use it as a dumb screen so I don't understand what is there to update. My headphones yell at me "there's firmware update available" but I don't want to discover what new problems were introduced, current firmware works correctly. I have a smart robot that's fully cloud-operated and they recently introduced a completely new app. I'll keep using the old app as long as I can because I don't want to be their beta-tester and the old app works. I have smart light system and there's no reason to update anything because the functionality "use remote control to choose the desired light setup" mostly works with small glitches that aren't too annoying.

> You don't update your PC? Your phone?

You make it sound like it's almost a crime not to.

It's not a crime, but it's a foolish thing to do if you care about your data. Find vendors that aren't user hostile and still deliver security updates. For me that's various flavors of Linux (Debian, Fedora, arch, depending on my mood) and GrapheneOS on mobile.

AppleTV makes sense, but Amazon's garbage is just as bad.

I switched to Apple TV after having tried the firestick indeed

Want to bet we can find holes in your solution too?

Me personally, no. I found the only way to increase my book consumption is to create accountability. Our book club is going on its 3rd year and I'm reading more than ever.

Your insults weaken your argument and detract from the overall conversation. Aim higher.

The don't tread on me angle is just as overplayed as the one you're complaining about.

I disagree that it's a misconception. Yes, the premise is that the true 'monster' was the creator, but the monster itself is intentionally grotesque and disfigured to teach us the beauty on the inside lesson.

He is unsettling but definitely not simply grotesque and disfigured:

> His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.

That definitely sounds grotesque to me. Sure not "simply grotesque", but grotesque in a complex way.

Thanks, I also noticed they allowlisted the FF about page...which is a bit cheeky.

Good. Movie theaters have been anti-consumer for decades. Time for them to reap what they sowed.

Yeah, now it's tv's turn to abuse the consumers!

Same stone, different people trying to squeeze it. But every time we go around the loop it does seem to improve. What we have now with "home theater" is instant, on-demand, portable, and super cheap both compared to cable tv and movie theaters.

The only thing that hasn't seen the price drop is live sports but it also hasn't gotten worse.

I host mine locally to backup the cloud or in case Google just screws my account one day.

Would you support removing age restrictions elsewhere under the guise of 'just parent?' Drinking age? Gambling? Driving?