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Seems generous, might be more like 5% reality.

Pour one out for a real OG

Steam Deck is great, 10/10, would recommend, but you could also just load Linux on your old system and keep using it.

Again?

AdBlocking is 100% OK, that part is correct for sure. Ad networks (including Google's) routinely serve up scams and malware: It is foolish not to use a browser with a fully functional ad blocker at this point (i.e. avoid Chrome, use Firefox with uBlock origin).

As for whether Google approves: Fuck Google! They have been serving up malware and scams in their ads. Their opinion should be irrelevant if you have any interest in protecting yourself, they have repeatedly proven they cannot and should not be trusted.

I tried but Nintendo issued a DMCA takedown

P r o t o n

Mint is great for beginners IMO

Protip: Install Linux because FUCK MICROSOFT!

Well that's dystopian as fuck, ads are a legitimate security threat with the amount of malware, scams, and other shady stuff advertisements online frequent contain.

Edit: Not even a day later there's a report about Google ads straight up serving malware because of fucking course that happened...

Shit can get pretty wild when you start writing stuff down

Isn't this just that "boofing" that United States Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh is rather fond of? What's the problem?