Way easier, the catalogs are ready for you, you don't need to download anything in advance, you can use it in any device too.
If you use real debrid, there's no need for VPN either. So it's cheaper also.
It's also very low in maintenance, I touch my configuration every 3 months to update my details and that's it.
In corporate world, where I think MS makes most of the money, windows is the standard (unfortunately).
Your example was on Google Chrome, and your example said you had tabs opened with searches, so I assumed you were using chrome. I guess bad assumption though...
Stealing services doesn't necessarily have to do with copyright infringement.
My point is that OP over simplification of theft is not even worth considering, from a legal or personal point of view.
So salary theft by employers is not really theft. Got it.
Data plans exists, but there is no good middle ground. You have the unlimited 4g connection for 20 USD , or the WhatsApp only for a few dollars.
Most of the people, specially older age or people who already have unlimited data from work phones, do not need 4g unlimited connection, so why spend extra 15 USD (which is a lot in latin America), if you can still communicate perfectly fine via WhatsApp.
So you can say Yucatan is Mexico, the same way Ubuntu is Linux. Or the same way people say Windows, instead of Microsoft Windows NT.
OP is technically correct, but that's not how people express themselves in real life, there's an unspoken understanding in the community that when someone says Linux (when talking in a general sense), there's no way they are referring to the kernel only.
As any tool, it's as great as its user. I think younger generations are probably more eager to explore and expand, but it's ok to be suspicious when used incorrectly.
AI is great when used for some specific applications, but I had a discussion last week with someone asking chatgpt about immigration advice... Ehh no thanks, I rather talk to an actual expert.
Read between the lines, when an expert has ever said "I want to know everything", OP is clearly a beginner in the subject.
Animations and transparencies are the first thing I disable when I install an new OS.
If you don't mind me asking, what do you use it for?
Also, HDD are hard disc drives, so technically hard drives can be disc drives too, that's why the replier misunderstood you.
Is that trustworthy? I don't really want to go from Adobe spying to a random russian hacker spying on me.