Definitely don’t try to debate such a person. You’ll quickly find you’re the muddy pig and the only thing that’s moved is time.

That sounds ridiculous.

Do people unironically say that about themselves? That’s really weird.

https://archive.ph/20260323165847/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2519288-the-simple-questions-cracking-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness/

Again, I meant for profit companies, like Nintendo.

Volunteer led orgs are different. Particularly those run by socialists.

e: most volunteer/socialist orgs don’t have ‘customers’.

I wasn’t justifying it. Perhaps that came across the wrong way.

They’re selling shit they never asked their users for and that’s bullshit, and should be illegal. Especially with children’s data.

My point was they’re doing it.

I’ve been in software design and development for decades. Sorry, but you are wrong.

The reason these companies are so profitable is because they sell your data.

Whales are fine, but that’s not their only revenue stream. People freely give up their data to them and that’s stupidly valuable. If you think these companies aren’t selling it, you’re very naive.

And to be clear, you’re saying this in response to an article pointing out they’ve been selling your data.

Yeah, I didn’t think I needed to make clear I meant with for profit companies like Nintendo.

A good pair of shoes costs more, but your feet are worth it. And cobblers are still a thing.
Buy good shoes and have them repaired. This costs much less than buying cheap shoes every few years.

Same with tailoring. Buy a nice coat and have it fixed rather than buying a new coat. Slightly higher outlay up front, but it lasts far longer and is far cheaper than having to buy a new one when your shitty coat wears out in a few years.

Most people have never experienced the difference with quality goods. They seem more expensive, but are actually less expensive in the long run.

Buy nice things then use cobblers and tailors to prevent rebuying later.

Yeah, but many players don’t pay, especially the huge player bases of children. They can subsidise that by selling your data.

Nothing is free. All free services are using your data somehow.

If you’re not the customer, you’re the product.

In this case, it was mostly children’s data.

Every single time.

This makes me think you’re empathetic enough to not be able to think of a world without other humans. I like that. It’s a good place to be.

I just wonder if it’s fine to leave something for those who come after you, though …

This is such a lovely answer, thanks.

Oh, if it matters, I also run Memory Clean 2 to monitor RAM usage and do Extreme Clean from time to time.

I forgot about this because it’s basically muscle memory at this point, but maybe this is making a difference?

As of right now with just Sibelius, Scrivener, and about 40 browser tabs (no Adobe), I have 2.01 GB free.

e: I downvoted my original comment since it’s now occurred to me that this app may be why my machine isn’t struggling.

Yeah, I’m not sure about Tahoe since my machine is too old so it won’t let me upgrade, but at least Sequoia has been fine with 8GB.

Sequoia.

That’s not true at all.

I constantly have Illustrator, Photoshop, Sibelius, Scrivener, and about 100 browser tabs open on my 10 year old MacBook with 8gb of RAM without issue.

Sounds like a 120.