This is the mentality of most people there. There are countless videos of the average Israeli expressing such views.

What app is that all in?

The ones I really like I will still buy something from. The others I don’t listen to enough for them to even make $1 from streaming anyway.

Iraqi armed group claims responsibility for downed US aircraft

I know it’s not what you meant when you made the comparison, but the US-Vietnam war was also devastating for millions of Vietnamese civilians. Unfortunately, that is also likely going to be the case in Iran.

Haven’t used it for a few years, but Jitsi was great if all you need is video chat

It’s worse in the eyes of conservatives. They want their leader to be a strong man.

Don’t worry, your president will just declare himself president of another country and take all their produce for you.

If everyone on the internet was to use adblockers, most of the web would die out

Websites existed before internet ads came about, and while it may be true that most would die without ads I’d be happy to see them go because the vast majority of websites have no value and only exist to try and make a few bucks off ads.

Hosting for most websites these days is virtually free. For about 80% of mine I only have to pay for the domain names, and I have no desire to serve ads to my visitors under the guise of covering costs.

The alternatives are directly charging for access to a service, or providing it for free and relying on donations or payment just for extra/bonus features/content. These methods are very successful when something is actually worth paying for.

They are reporting on what he told them. Would you expect a news outlet to be able to somehow verify the testimony of a prisoner of war before reporting on it?

The title and article both make it clear that they are reporting his story.

Additionally, the rest of the article - including the ones before and after your quote - discusses numerous cases of other similar scenarios.

I’d imagine you’d need a browser that has developer tools, which is far less common on mobile. A simpler solution would be to use a separate app that just takes the page URL and downloads the video for you, such as this one: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.junkfood.seal/

It’s not something I’ve used very much as I don’t have much need for it, but I have used Locus a few times and I’m pretty comfortable with their privacy policy compared to the vast majority of other options.

What I meant was the difference in who was targeted. My understanding, which could be wrong, is that specific groups (and more specifically, their leaders) were primarily targeted by the operations carried out back then, whereas today they are also detaining/deporting etc people who genuinely have no offenses or ties to such groups. Even Trump supporters and their family members are being persecuted. I think it’s these seemingly indiscriminate actions that make the average person less willing to take a stand, especially if they don’t feel as though they’ve been affected badly enough yet to risk sticking their neck out.

In any case it’s a terrifying and truly fucked situation.

There are options that don’t use Google et al.

I don’t know that the suppression by the government during those protests was anything like what is going on today though. The government has been detaining regular protestors alongside movement leaders/organisers to scare people into thinking that nobody is safe. The Trump administration has even been targeting people for deportation based on the fucking Canary Mission.

Another big difference is the fact that many of the protestors back then were at risk of being directly affected via the draft, whereas the impact of the Palestinian genocide on the majority of Americans is minimal to nonexistent.

The point Aceticon is making is that it doesn’t really matter who the US president is when Israel is concerned.

Would you be saying the same thing if it was Russia “offering” for Ukrainians to just leave their home?

More importantly, where do you think those 2 million people should go? Who will house and feed them? Israel sure hasn’t offered to do it.

Do you have any idea how hard it actually is to leave even for those who want to?

It sounds much better when you say 1 in 167 people then vs 1 in 25 people today.

There are plenty of options for both software and OS, so not every combination is going to have the same level of support as Windows, where every user gets the same experience.

That said, I’ve heard lots of good things about NoMachine.

The US electoral system is utterly fucked. At least voting for a third-party in Aus can make some sort of difference.