Orcocracy [comrade/them]

Those big multibillion-dollar centralised data centres aren’t as reliable as a little shiny disc

No

Then it would still have Google services running on it, wouldn’t it? If so, that brings us back to the original problem.

What’s a good Android phone that you can get with a Chinese non-Google version of Android but which also has a cellular radio that covers the bands used in North America?

No it hasn’t

Stowaway on a cargo ship or steal a small boat and claim asylum in the first port city outside of the zone of control you’re escaping. Technically this is a protected right under international law, but most governments in the west don’t give a shit about international law and try to stop people doing this. You might die on the way or get chucked in a refugee camp for several years because of the brutal and inhumane policies lots of governments have against refugees, but that’s what people stuck in war zones usually have to do because there is no other choice.

Google generally privileges US-based sources and has always been shit at searching for some topics outside of the US. For example, if you want to search for where a TV show is streaming, Google for years has given results pointing to bullshit like Hulu or Peac*ck or other platforms that are only available in the US. To give a more rigorous example, this study focused on art ( https://academic.oup.com/dsh/article-abstract/36/3/607/6042086 ) also shows how Google is heavily biased towards US-based artworks and galleries.

Google is and always has been an instrument of American (cultural) imperialism.

Yeah if you’re really hardcore you use a trackball in one hand and a Wacom pen & tablet in the other, none of that fake controller or mouse and keyboard shit for casuals

That reads like AI slop

Yeah, if you live in an ocean port city just take a look across the harbour on any day of the week and you’ll probably see at least one Evergreen ship.

Astrobot!

The perfectly alienated and isolated liberal approach that changes nothing. Festooning a suburban house with solar panels is like washing your oversized pickup truck with those unbleached brown recycled paper towels.

However, advocating for vasectomies and such gestures towards eugenics and eco-fascism.

You’re right, the Steamdeck can’t even run Fortnite! The Nintendo Switch is a much more capable gaming tablet than the Steamdeck is, and it has a better game library.

Yeah the Steamdeck is a pretty ok gaming tablet

For that kind of money you could just get a Playstation

All the stuff Snowden leaked about the US government owning everyone’s shit has been suppressed in favour of pro-US propaganda about China maybe doing the same thing, without any real publicly provided evidence.

If you borrow a DVD from the library for free you don’t need to pay for whatever streaming service is holding that particular film hostage, if it’s even available at all. And if it’s a Blu-ray Disc it will have better picture quality than a compressed stream. Making copies is also very easy if you have a computer with a drive, and doesn’t require paying for a VPN to avoid facing the risks of online piracy.

I’m a foreign bad actor.

It’s a perfectly nice game smothered under a terrifyingly exploitative business model. If you have trouble with addiction or gambling it’s best to skip it entirely, but if you can safely avoid those elements and like open world fantasy action RPGs then it’s worth a go.

Don’t worry, like most ChatGPT attempts at analysis it’s very surface-level and never goes into enough depth or detail on anything.