jdrch

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[–] jdrch 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The FTC tried & failed. They'll most likely fail here too. It's tough for courts to rule against what the FTC sees as unfair competition when even the judges are likely Amazon Prime & Big 3 ecosystem subscribers.

[–] jdrch 4 points 7 months ago

what's my best bet for a set & forget situation?

Deploy WingetUI and set it to automatically update everything as administrator. The nice thing about this solution is it scales to whatever 3rd party apps the user installs in the future.

It's about as close as you'll get to Debian's venerable automatic-upgrades on Windows.

[–] jdrch 4 points 7 months ago

That's classic British humor.

[–] jdrch 5 points 7 months ago

You don't have to go looking for evidence, but I think you're within your rights to ban any underage interactors you know of.

[–] jdrch 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Research: it still exists.

[–] jdrch 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I use Termux + Tasker for this exact functionality. I can provide the scripts and setup to anyone who's interested.

[–] jdrch 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I used to subscribe to this blog. The takes were so bad I'd deliberately share the links the author was railing against.

[–] jdrch 4 points 7 months ago

To no one's surprise.

[–] jdrch 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Great news for folks in Jamaica where I'm from. Pretty common there.

[–] jdrch 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thanks very much!

I'm a manager in aerospace too, by the way.

That's awesome! I see from your profile you're a science fiction fan too 🤝

[–] jdrch 1 points 7 months ago

Still waiting on the Moline to Chicago rail line 😔

[–] jdrch 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah I wasn't referring to those.

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