Right now, it is a stupid check box I have to keep clicking. Just started maybe a week ago. And it is nearly every time I click on anything Slashdot, if I have a gap of time inbetween. Sometimes even a few minutes. It is very annoying.

>"So you disable all the tracking and that's cool and all but a lot of businesses use that tracking to decide whether or not you're committing fraud or not. So you use Firefox and they can't track you but then they won't let you make purchases on their website..."

This is actually insightful. I have noticed that with UBO and lots of tracking disabled (thank you Firefox), many sites, INCLUDING SLASHDOT, are now constantly challenging me to prove I am not a "bot" through their use of Cloudflare. So far it is just annoying. But that could evolve pretty quickly into downright disaster. And the more we outsource control of our sites to Cloudflare, the more dangerous it becomes. Soon, Google will be able to define the web in whatever freaking way they want, ways that will certainly not benefit user privacy or freedom. And Cloudflare will be able to completely control who is allowed to even browse the web, and how, and using which tools, and from where. Throw in AI nonsense to remove users from all direct sources of information, power more bots, and confuse everything with fake crap, and the outlook for "the web" is looking more dreary every year.

>"No. FF is hopelessly enshittified."

Couldn't disagree with you more. If you want that type of browser, look no further than Edge/Chrome. Rigid config, lack of user control, often mysterious goings-on, etc. That is on top of Google trying to completely take over what is web standards, mostly in favor of their own products and services (and drag all the other browsers with it, since they are now all Chromium, except Firefox and those based on it).

>"The only way to fix it is to strip out all the telemetry/AI/adware"

What little telemetry/AI/adware, if you can call it that, is 100% under user control. Mozilla is completely open about what they do and where, and you can turn all of it off. Nothing is hidden. And it actually is off when you turn it off. And it stays off.

>"and preinstall good adblock."

Mozilla isn't going to put that directly into Firefox. It would be suicide. Yes, we all immediately install a VERY good adblock, which is UBO. And it is the real deal, unlike anything you can put in Chrome or Edge. But that is our doing it. If that were preinstalled, it would make Firefox an enemy of some very powerful corporations. Mozilla has enough issues without adding that.

So you disable all the tracking and that's cool and all but a lot of businesses use that tracking to decide whether or not you're committing fraud or not.

So you use Firefox and they can't track you but then they won't let you make purchases on their website...

As a regular user then you go to Chrome because you find it if you use Firefox you can't buy stuff but if you use Chrome you can.

It's a problem that Firefox is seemingly unaware of and probably needs to find a solution for. Basically we need to find a middle ground of some kind.

I guess you could say the companies shouldn't do that because they shouldn't be tracking users but it's often the only effective way to catch fraud.

It may be *possible* to squint really hard and make up bullshit good-faith justifications for policies that mean one can avoid naming the obvious bad-faith actual justification for said policies. But it is not *advisable*. It makes you look like either a credulous buffoon, or someone who thinks other people on here are all credulous buffoons.

It’s not like Trump and his administration have *hidden* their desire to support ICE vehicles and damage EV vehicles, is it? There was some sort of weird hiatus in Trump’s own rhetoric when he was sucking up [sic and also sick] to Musk for a few months, but since then he’s been back to saying what he said beforehand, that he thinks EVs are shit and should be discouraged. And the rest of his admin never indulged in the hiatus.

Hear hooves, expect horses, not zebras.

Yeah but win amp was the first to whip the llamas ass, really.

And those can be explained in terms of other reasons. National security, protection of domestic production, immigration control, reduction of government dependency, regulation reduction to stimulate the economy, etc.

>"The current administration wanted to do that by imposing a national vehicle registration fee for EVs. Some states already do this with higher registration fees for EVs (and oddly enough, not all of the states are red ones)."

No, that is to make up for the loss of gasoline tax revenue. I think that is reasonable, as long as it is at least roughly based on mileage. In my State, they collect the odo reading during annual vehicle inspections. But for some stupid reason they don't use it and want people to put spy devices on their phones or in the vehicle.

No worries, with Tylenol under scrutiny,autistic programmers should fade out and we can all be happy.

We do not need a centralized grid. We only need food. There are many ways to live. Try a bit of imagination. Else ask chatgpt.

I do not think that was implicitly there. You may have projected something there. That is why you should keep reading. Judging is too easy.

Definitely a positive example. Government screws up, people do not stick to complaining about it and take initiative. Oy, US, taking notes?

Just file the paperwork for cutting the trees. I did this here (EU) Had to draw a plan on which all trees with a circumference of more than 1 meter were indicated. Made a rough plan. Did not spend too much effort on it. It was... accurate enough. Filed the paperwork and got a permit a few weeks later. As I had to cut down too many trees, I had to pay 2000 euro. That money is put in a fund to preserve and expand other forests. All makes sense to me. Consequences of being not alone on this world.

What do you mean by a four hour turnaround? I’m really confused.

My EV has a 330 mile range and my charging is either done at home (plug in at night, unplug in morning) or at my destination (typically a hotel, and once again plug in at night, unplug in the morning). If I really have to do a fast charge on a longer trip, I can go 10 to 80% in about 40 minutes, so I’ll time a charge for when I’m hungry. But I’ve only done that a couple of times in the last two years.

So it might well be that my current EV meets your nominal needs. Unless you mean something else by turnaround.

EU here. I have solar panels on my roof. In summer my electricity bill is zero. Is it a good investment? Yes, pays itself back in a year or 5. I bet they numbers are similar in the US.