This post itself ragebait.

Of course there is. Three or four of those companies you can simply opt-out of, the other two are causing deep societal harm. The fact that you know which two I’m talking about proves my point.

For starters, you could learn the difference between businesses you don’t like and those causing unavoidable and irreparable societal harm.

Here’s a peek of what I saw.

It’s a famously difficult (or at least expensive) book to find in person. I have a PDF copy of it.

Several years ago I met a U-2 pilot, and naturally we talked about the SR-71. I mentioned I had a PDF copy of Sled Driver. His eyes lit up and said he’d been looking for at least a digital copy forever. I sent him the PDF, and in thanks he invited me to the base and showed me all around the U-2 stuff; the vacuum chamber, the room in which they suited up, the planes on the ground, and most impressively took me in the chase car for a U-2 that was practicing touch-and-gos.

I saw Shul (and Walter too) speak at an event near my house shortly before he died. He closed with this story, which if I’m honest I’m sure 90% of the crowd was there to hear. It was like the Beatles playing Hey Jude or something.

This is a pretty good list, that I largely agree with. IF it were unordered. Ordered the way it is, it is an abomination.

So, so many poorly placed on the list. Band of Brothers is my personal number 1, but I’d accept it anywhere in the top 5; begrudgingly accept it in the top 10. But 28? GTFO.

DuckDuckGo is AI opt-out, and for me that’s a non-starter.

I’ve personally found Kagi the best search alternative.

The people claiming it’s humanity ending are all directly involved in the AI companies. One take is that they are the ones that know the most about it.

My take is they are financially incentivized in making sure their investments grow in value.

Yes, one thousand times this! I obviously don’t condone what he’s doing, but at the same time we should not give it any brain space. Release the Epstein files.

Agreed, it has been somewhat underpriced. But I also generally prefer my plex setup, and have only had Apple One for classical music, Friday night MLB games, and F1.

Strongly considered and almost cancelled Apple One this morning, but figured I’d hang on until the end of baseball and formula 1 seasons. This price jump changed my mind, and now cancelled.

What does that mean?

If you think his tax cut in any way will be a good thing, I have a bridge to sell you.

I thought that O- has undesirable plasma.

Oh well, for me at least, I feel good about the donation for donation’s sake.

Donating has always been on my to-do list, but I just never made the time. I think I did it once 25 years ago in high school.

I finally made the time about a month ago, and they made it so easy I told them to keep a standing appointment every two months (the maximum.) Found out I’m O-, so I feel like I’m doing some real good.

Buy used. OP can probably pick up five used CDs a month and stay under budget.

Of course the artist isn’t paid here, so you might as well pirate at this point.

Maybe not specific to this price increase, but the service does in fact improve over time. They were the first to add lossless music (no cost increase at the time IIRC), the first to add atmos, and then they added Classical for free.

You should take a look at Apple Music Classical, it’s really good and actually the only reason I subscribe to Apple Music in the first place. Classical is what I pay for, the pop music is bonus.

I mean, if you were happy with the service at 10.99, is one dollar that much of a deal breaker?

If you didn’t already know, the subscription comes with Apple Music Classical for free. Maybe look at that as a mandatory $1 add-on.

Take the time to see if any of the “IMAX” screens in your area are showing it in full 70mm (not digital). Worth it if you are close to one (and there are only fewer than 30 in the world.) We had to see it at 10:15 on a weeknight to make it happen.