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What a sarcastic comment. It may be true on average, but definitely not for everyone. I'm one of the counterexamples, because I think about it a lot, and I'm carefully considering my options and alternatives.
They collect your money. The annoying part is that you can't build your own hardware. Not completely up to date with the situation, but I heard with the new CPUs you won't even be able to upgrade your RAM. The RAM will be integrated on the CPU.
I would strongly consider MacOS if I could run it on whetever machine I want. I would even pay for it.
Same with me, I have an old @hotmail.com email address. I changed my password to a random generated one, and I have 2FA. Other than this, I don’t know what else I could do. But I think my account is safe as long as there are no vulnerabilities on the site, which it is highly unlikely there are.
I have a much simpler trick for this. As the page loads, if you start hitting Esc repeatedly really fast just at the right moment, when the content is loaded, but the overlay is not, or a little bit earlier, it might work too. Not always though.
Edit: If you miss it, just hit F5, and try again. It’s a good game.
My mind works exactly the opposite way. If I see a domain like BikeTours.com, I immediately assume that the business is built primarily on the domain name, and the quality of the product or service is inferior. Hence I don’t click it. But I assume the majority of internet users don’t think this way, so it can be a profitable strategy.
Edit: Well, thinking about it, it’s not always true, but at the very least I check out the other options too.
Not in my case. I often get a very annoying dry cough from common colds, but my throat is perfectly fine. The irritation starts deeper, and it’s not pain, just irritation which triggers cough.