I do exactly the same. Ads were tolerable when they were just a few tv commercials, but nowadays we are flooded with them everywhere, and for me they manage to do the opposite of what they are made for, the more I see a brand advertised the more I despise the brand.

yes sorry, i just meant to direct companies, not to amass and hoard :)

AI hioefully will be able to replace ultrarich CEOs soon too and cost us almost nothing.

Bye nvidia forever

Ubuntu has always been a carrousel for me for one reason or another, Fedora is the most stable for me now with kde, and pop os (if you prefer ubuntu) popOS is ideal and stable

i hate these CEOs with a passion

My experience with a LAN/USB brother printer/scanner helped me forget my HP nightmares, they have drivers for Linux althought Linux recognizes it and uses it without issue or their drivers, and still got a firmware update the other day after more than 10 (i think) years that I have it. Model DCP-L2540DN.