because it creates new attack surfaces, new opportunities for bugs, and is very unlikely to accurately deal with all of the edge cases.
Unicode case folding has been a solved problem for a long time. The Unicode standard has rules for which characters should be considered identical, and many libraries exist to handle it (you wouldn't ever code this yourself).
Same on MacOS - when you format a drive, you can pick whether it's case sensitive or not.
Not sure how that's relevant, but some states do have an equivalent to GDPR. California has CCPA for example.
Google is not trying to block any sideloading (at the moment, at least).
Google isn't, and likely won't since it'd very likely result in fines in the EU.
Amazon are working on a new Linux-based OS for their devices called Vega that won't be able to sideload apps. Even if apps could be sideloaded, it wouldn't be able to run Android apps since it's not Android based.
It's definitely possible for Steam games to be DRM-free, especially older ones. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam
For those games, you can literally just make a copy of the game directory after downloading it, and back it up somewhere. Just run the game EXE (or equivalent on Linux) to run it, even on a system that doesn't have Steam installed. Everything you need is in there. That's all Steam is doing when you 'install' a game - downloading its files and extracting them. It also installs any required runtimes like MSVC or .NET, but you can do that yourself too.
Of course, the best idea is still to buy games on GOG instead.
So far, nobody has proven that any major phone apps are constantly listening and sending that data somewhere. That would be huge news if it ever happened.
For voice assistants, they're tuned to listen specifically for wake words like "hey Siri".
How would this be enforceable, though? Part of the benefit of the Fediverse is that multiple different apps can communicate with each other (for example, you can see Lemmy posts on Mastodon). Even if Lemmy implements something like this, what's to stop someone from commenting using a different app that doesn't implement it?
I'm actually surprised we don't see more spam on ActivityPub-powered systems, since spammers don't even need to have an account with Lemmy, Mastodon, etc and could instead have their own ActivityPub server to send the spam. I guess they don't do that since the spam instance would be defederated pretty quickly.
Not unless it's DRM-free. You don't own games that have DRM. You just have a license to use them, which can be revoked at any time.
The fact that so many people use Steam mean that gamers haven't really learnt either. Some games are DRM-free on Steam, but a lot aren't.
Oh, I didn't realise (I don't use it). Thanks for the info.
You don't need to root it to install other, more useful apps.
For example you can run your own Plex server on a spare PC, download movies and TV shows (I hear you can use torrents for this), and install the Plex app on your TV stick to watch them on the TV. Or, ask a friend for access to their Plex server :)
If you like cable TV, you can sign up to a much cheaper IPTV service and use the TiviMate app.
On the Onn one, I think you can just use Google Play to install other apps. On the Amazon Fire one, if it's not in Amazon's app store, you'll have to download the APK file.
I couldn't find a "Home Networking" community, so this seemed like the best place to post :)
My house has this small closet in the hallway and thought it'd make a perfect place to put networking equipment. I got an electrician to install power outlets in it, ran some CAT6 myself (through the wall, down into the crawlspace, to several rooms), and now I finally have a proper networking setup that isn't just cables running across the floor.
The rack is a basic StarTech two-post rack (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U14MO8/) and the shelving unit is an AmazonBasics one that ended up perfectly fitting the space (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09W2X5Y8F/).
In the rack, from top to bottom (prices in US dollars):
Other stuff:
Speed test: https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/3740ce8b-bba5-486f-9aad-beb187bd1cdc
Edit: Sorry, I don't know why the image is rotated :/ The file looks fine on my computer.
This isn't just a Windows thing... It's the same on MacOS by default.