They even earned themselves their own acronym. The problem is growing up Schools (at least in Canada) have pushed these corporations onto kids which makes them think these are the holy saviours of the internet further feeding their data collection and the cycle.

• G - Google
• A - Apple
• F - Facebook
• A - Amazon
• M - Microsoft

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech

Ah yes, this surely will push me to vote Liberal!

Preach about inclusivity, then go and pull this when someone bothers to questions it.

Come to Canada and find out how weak our defense is!

Ah yes, I’m sure once October hits and the liberals start confiscating people’s semi-automatic rifles everyone will feel so safe!

Fun fact 604 area code is Vancouver.

America is no rookie when it comes to threatening & invading countries for their oil, it’s a shame Canada has little means of defence and the liberals are further taking that defence away.

Conservatives are not much better however, we can no longer rely on the US for national security.

Elections are coming up folks, pick wisely between the two evils.

ditch the homepod and don’t replace it with any other spyware

Family has gotten use to the HomePod being around, makes simple things like settings timers for cooking or other related task a bit easier.

And yeah, I’m aware it’s spyware. I wanted a “smart-home” and essentially landed on Apple products.

I was so hyped when the EU pressured Apple into allowing external software on Apple devices.

Apple killed that hype making the change EU only, problem is I’m encapsulated in the walled garden with an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Air Tags, HomePods.

Thinking of getting a second phone Android based to partially-escape the garden but if I ditch my iPhone all hell will break loose network wise.

Tired of the liberal government, weak backbones, abusing OIC by blaming the increase in gun related homicide on registered firearms owners and law abiding citizens, unnecessary carbon tax, shoving “pride” down our throats, increase in price for essential items.

We need a change.

Shall I introduce you to the folks over at !selfhosted@lemmy.world?

Definitely not a complete FOSS setup but I decided to go the Apple route a self-hosted Homebridge for non Apple home-kit enabled devices.

If only there was an operating system that is resilient and doesn’t crumble over minor errors.

ai

I wish I could say the same, I use PayPal very frequently because my credit union doesn’t support debit-visa. With PayPal I can make payments with my bank online rather than use my cc.