Minecraft Java edition got 1.19.1 back in July of 2022 that enabled chat reporting, message signing and server wide bans. It was the turning point where Microsoft pulled trust and control away from its users and begun acting more like a middleman.

Microsoft bring a middle man for player hosted servers is something that should never have happened.

It’s a tough change, I won’t lie. It depends on what you need too, good luck if you need Adobe apps. The first while is frustrating, weird and unfamiliar, but there will come a time where Windows will feel that way instead.

You gotta gamble.

The future looks bright!

That seems to be quite big on Reddit too.

You own the hardware, but not the software.

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It doesn’t matter all that much, if your service can be accessed in a country, you have to bend to their rules, or get blocked, and Turkish users will no longer be able to access Bluesky.

Every day just gets worse doesn’t it.

On the one hand, less censorship, on the other, something a lot worse.

Can we check and compare with archive.org?

I’d get LM studio or Ollama, and download R1 your system can handle quick. If you’re on Linux, Alpaca is on Flathub, you can get it and it’ll download models and run them for you, including Deepseek R1.