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  • I had very similar experiences around 2015. Before that, it was reasonably easy to use a fully FOSS system, but things have gotten worse over the years. Sure, there’s more FOSS for mobile hardware than ever before, but the world surrounding the phone has moved in the exact opposite direction. Being compatible with the world around you is the problem here.

    Back then, I couldn’t find a satisfactory solution. One extreme is to go full on FOSS, and cut at least 50% of the entire world from your life, while the other is to sacrifice your privacy at altar of corporate greed. Between the two there are numerous dissatisfying compromises, and you need to do some soul searching to figure out where you want to draw the line.



  • Perplexity seems to do a pretty good job, whereas Copilot makes stuff up all the time.

    All LLMs I’ve tested had a tendency to agree with my delusions and misconceptions, so you have to be very cautious not to ask loaded questions. If you start misleading the LLM, it will go with the flow and give you a wrong answer.

    Copilot and chatGPT prefer to avoid PR disasters, but Mistral has no issues with sensitive topics. Mistral doesn’t really seem to have much opinions about anything so you can dive into any topic you like. The other LLMs do have clear opinions and lines they won’t cross.






  • Most cookie consent dialogues:

    1. There’s only one big accept button
    2. If the decline button even exists, it’s grey whereas the other one is green.
    3. The decline option could be buried deep under other menus.
    4. The sizes of the buttons

    Most companies are trying to actively manipulate you to accept all cookies, but nowadays there are a few companies that don’t resort to any of these dirty tricks.