Depends on where you live of course. I always find it very disconcernibg linking bank accounts even I countries where it should be ok. The fuck ups are way too many for me. I don’t want any of that.

I like the ability to pay, I just don’t want to allow them access or even knowledge of my bank account.

ironically that is the last thing i would want to give to a phone company

Did you also read that he taught himself code by reading out print outs in the trash? He wanted to close that ability to learn. Shut that open stuff down and make licenses, while he himself learned from others.

Wow, I gotta say I asked and you delivered some ideas! Thanks for that I actually will check them out.

Its like youtube is so vast it is daunting to discover.

I wonder if, for me, the fact that you tube never transitioned from computer to TV. If I am on my computer I am already doing something, so I am less likely to watch anything. It just never occurs to me, and when I am at a TV are already have a million things vying for my attention that it never occurs to me to go to youtube.

I hear you about listening to stuff. I have a collection of podcasts to listen to and thinking about all the things I have learned over the years, its amazing.

There is so much to choose from.

I am not sure I need “content” in my life. I can waste time in a lots of ways. I always found myself thinking what am I getting out of this really?

Also, there is just so much on it, where would one even begin? I miss youtube when it started out, now that people make things for money, the idea is to just stretch things out and waste time. Like and Subscribe!

I made it a point to never subscribe to anything unless it was anonymous through a third party tool.

So, what do you think is actually “fantastic” on youtube?

Well, duh. I don’t spend much time on youtube, what is there worth watching? Not much.

So can I do without looking up some nostalgic crap from the past? Yeah I could live without it.

I am finding out now, as youtube keeps demanding that I sign in. Fuck off, aint nothing worth that.

What I wouldn’t give for a Valve Phone now that you mention it.

Great game, but lets get the next installment instead.

I avoid discord like the plague, but how does it help with gaming?

costs producing and publishing it.

That is pretty much zero no days though. The only real cost is time.

I mean yes, they will need a computer. They might need lighting if they are on camera, but from then on, zilch. You could do it with a cell phone for video.

I have a kid that published their music with videos, and there is no cost at all, using all the free tools available.

I am interested in those people who are not trying to monitize everything. So that is a good filter for me.

On the other hand, there is no reason why they can’t curate their own sponsorship, or even run their own ads. Seems like there is more money in that than trying to break big on you tube.

In the near future: You are mandated to carry the Advanced Information Device System at all times. It shows informational content (we call them ads) and tracks your location.

For a small monthly subscription fee you can add a web browser, email, or other applications to go with your AIDS.

Not really a fan of Ebay. Getting a used slightly worn phone doesn’t seem like a good idea. The usb C on every phone I have had (if it gets clean or not) starts to not work as well if at all, and the battery is certainly not going to work to 100 percent any more.

That makes no sense…

I am not trying to demoralize anyone, this situation just sucks.

For fucks sake: my tablet, my android tv, a firestick…

Uh huh. And the devices that are not phones?

And saying just change your phone, much easier said than done isn’t it?

My actions… Piss off.

There are a lot of types though. Walmart may not have them, but my little 4 meter by 3 meter patch has several varieties and produces enough bananas for about 4 families.

So someone will still have bananas.

Yuck. Nope. A used phone from a rando? No way in hell. Usb likely worn out, battery half the life of new… No.