You’re not alone.

On a good large screen, 1080p is a noticeable upgrade from 720p.
But the distance you’d have to sit at, to get much out of 2160p over 1080p, is just way too close.
However the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

On the other hand, storage is pretty cheep. A couple cents per GB really.
But you’re talking more about bandwidth, which can be expensive.

But yeah. You’re not alone.

That was the original idea behind Hulu.
But Netflix had a much better UX and ate their lunch.

Gratis versus libre

I was an avid Usenet user, until torrents were invented.
I’ve never needed to go back.

When they start getting lawyers involved. That’s how you know when it genuinely leaked, and wasn’t part of the publicity plan.

My bookmark goes directly to the subscription page. I never see the home page algorithm

Kagi AI generated summary. (I had to do it)

The web has become an extraordinary public resource, but it is now at risk of being destroyed by the advent of AI. Generative AI models like large language models (LLMs) are disrupting the traditional relationship between writers/creators and their audiences. LLMs can synthesize answers to queries, cutting out the original creators and leading to the rise of “large language model optimization” (LLMO) - manipulating AI outputs to serve special interests. This threatens to degrade the quality of information on the open web, as creators may stop producing content for the public commons. To preserve the web, search engines need to act more like publishers, platforms need to nurture human creative communities, and AI developers must recognize the importance of maintaining a healthy web ecosystem for their own benefit.

Exactly! We need HIPPA style laws covering all personal data.

So it doesn’t actually matter if Kagi can do something SearXNG can’t.
It’s cheaper. No argument with that.

Because it’s not just that.

So I only have to find one thing Kagi can do, that SearXNG can’t?
Then what?

It always seemed like a massive amount of money and effort, to replace a couple dozen low wage workers. In the end it didn’t even do that.

Notification controls on android are pretty great in my experience.

Most apps (good ones anyway) breakdown different types of notifications, and you can turn off the ones you don’t want. And if they don’t, you can just turn off all notifications for that app entirely.

It all works pretty well.

“It came up with more or less the same recommendations. Though it didn’t fully understand the specific target goals of your project, so our recommendations are more complete and actionable ready.”

Can you curb your sensitivity?
You used the wrong word. Maybe you didn’t know. That’s fine. We all do it occasionally. No harm.
Now that you know better, you could simply show some grace and humility by saying “Thank you”. Then everyone could move on.

Have a good one

What you just described is roughly exactly how the internet actually does work. There are some additional details as you suggested, to make it usable. But that’s the basic foundation.

Actual pirate ships were very democratic generally. When splitting the bounty, everyone got an equal share. Maybe 2 shares for the navigator and 1.5 for the captain. But that’s it.

So while they didn’t care much for non-pirates, they certainly treated each other fairly.

Nearly all the rules members need to follow (which can vary from one tracker to another) are about seeding enough. That’s the main universal thing. Not allowing people to “Hit and Run”. For a member to do that, it typically takes dedicating some substantial drive space and seed time. Far more than most people are willing/able to dedicate. This allows the tracker to curate a large library of high quality material. That’s the primary ideology.

Secondary to that, it has the added benefit of making sure everyone involved is “cool”. Cool as in, not a nark who’s going to get people sued and the site shut down. That used to be a big issue. I don’t know if it is now. I’m kind of out of touch with public torrent sites.

As to why we’re insufferable elitists? What do you want me to say? Rulers’ gonna rule.

That doesn’t sound very “Open”.

Proton Photos as a simple archive sure. Drive can already do that.

But they won’t be able to do any of the fancy AI driven features, as they would all require Proton to have direct access to the images. That goes against the whole idea of Proton.

Same problem with AI document features.