Wouldn't say "dead" just put on the back burner. They'll get their way eventually just like they did with net neutrality. (Responding to the article headline not you exactly)
raven
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Environment_Integrity
Google is pushing for websites to implement this software that talks to your TPM (trusted platform) chip on your computer and has it attest to the state of your web stack. Then, the website gets to decide if that's okay and can deny you access if there's any "funny business" such as ad blockers installed, or you're using a browser they don't like, or maybe even running an os they don't like. We'll almost certainly find ways around it for a while, but it's going to get better (for them, worse for you)
I think this is on their eventual roadmap, somewhere just after not allowing anyone to log in without a verified WEI check for """"security"""" 
Then you can stop all the YouTube rehosting sites like piped by baking in little 1 pixel changes that uniquely identify the account that ripped the video. Netflix and others will do this as well too try to stop piracy.
They're going to go scorched earth on this, I just know it. The Internet will become as bad as cable was and this is the turning point.
Whatever it is I hope we don't end up "selling out" for a higher market share. KDE is proof that you can have stability while also having infinite configuration options. Gnome seems to be openly hostile to any other way of doing things that isn't the gnome way.
I don't mind gnome existing but it isn't for me and I hope I don't get forced into using something that I can't modify to meet my workflow wishes. I'm seeing a lot more programs being written without prioritizing being desktop agnostic. I think we can forge our own path making a desktop that is both as stable as Mac OS and as approachably configurable as Linux should be.
I'm urban centers you're required to get out of your car and push it 
I've seen said (but have not investigated whatsoever so please take this with a grain of salt) that although it was criminalized it was rarely enforced because there was a duty to demonstrate the social harm of a specific action and that was rarely "met" in court or something to that effect. Is there any truth in this or is it just cope?
Just download it and use the loop function on your media player program of choice?
I'm just upset that they took bitmap font support away from me 
Low res displays unusable now.
Can't believe Nintendo didn't make these for the switch you could have had one on each side it's so perfect.
I'm coming into my 30s now sort of going the opposite direction you are. From my perspective I'm realizing that I missed out on creative expression until now because I subconsciously realized it wasn't a "practical option" that I couldn't afford, so I'm waking up to the fact that I've lived my life up to this point as a STEM bro type missing out on a huge spectrum of experiences, and it makes me feel robbed.
I want to live in a fucking treehouse for a month, with a rope ladder, and a Zipline.
You see that's kind of where the problem is. You can say there's a genocide and I can say "where" and that gives me the vibe of a genocide denier. I've looked for evidence, I've asked for evidence, but the best I've ever gotten is a satellite image of some prison in China, some (AI padded) mugshots with no context, and some thorough browbeating by very serious liberals.
Let me put this another way. I'm of Jewish descent. My great aunt was in a camp. I'm not trying to "deny" any genocides, but what should my standard of evidence be? Particularly when there is a clear incentive for western media to create false narratives about their enemies, and have done so before?
If you have something to present that I haven't seen, I and the other "tankies" are wide open to engage with it.