I already mentioned this elsewhere, but if you're concerned about privacy, you might consider Kobo as well; you can use their readers without having a Kobo account at all. That removes the store of course, but as long as you're ok with side loading your books, you're good.
boatswain
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Kobo is also great because you don't even need an account. That takes away some of the convenience features OP was asking for like syncing, but I love the fact that I don't need to hand over any personal information to Kobo in order to read my books; nobody knows what's on my bookshelf but me.
The fifth always evokes Star Wars to me, so maybe you're right about holy music.
What's the context here? Presumably not something like "How are you doing today?"
I'm from the US and I've never heard of it being super problematic, though I'd consider it a bit dehumanizing to refer to anyone by their job rather than by their name.
I'm a fan of Freschetta rising crust personally, with the caveat that you'll want some hot sauce or something for the crust.
Yup; we are not the target audience, I guess
My largely uninformed opinion has always been that it's about monetization: you don't make the kind of money off ads on a blog that you can off a popular YouTube site. That, of course, is all Google's decision. Presumably advertisers are willing to pay a lot more for video ad placement than for banner ads or something.
I've had three or four pairs of smartwool socks, and they haven't lasted more than a couple years. I have Scott ten pairs of Darn Tough I got on sale at REI that I've had for about seven years, and they're all in great shape, even the pair that I snagged on a nail once. They're fantastic, and also really comfortable.
There should have been only one.
The difference is the part immediately after you stopped quoting:
They don't understand how horrible the loss of privacy is...
What OP is saying here is that people know abstractly that smart devices are not privacy friendly, but they don't understand how big a deal that actually can be.
KeePass for life!