This idea that nobody on the internet is willing to pay for anything is outdated. Most people know that if it’s not money, they’re paying in data, time and/or attention. I much prefer paying with money, as do most people that use Proton, Kagi and other paid alternatives to free Google products.

I simply turned off my watch history, no more algorithm.

Depends on altitude really. If you’re higher up it’s freezing meltwater, which might have a non-zero chance of containing disease carriers but it’s probably extremely unlikely.

Yup, really wanted ANC ones for on the train and very happy with my €50 Edifiers. Sound fine and the ANC is good. Watched tons of reviews on XM5s and Bose QCs which only seem to offer meaningless improvements.

I do also own good cans and DAC for when I’m at home, but paying over €300 euros for something you’ll only use in noisy environments and fussing over audio quality you won’t be able to optimally enjoy anyways is silly.

5-min ravioli.

Children here in the Netherlands use : as a divisor symbol. I don’t know whether the ÷ sign is particularly American, but it’s not universal.

It has a Gold rating on ProtonDB, meaning it runs (using Proton) with only minor issues. And that’s now true for most games.