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Today I'm donating my streaming sticks. I got a ONN brand 2k one I bought for 15 and I got an Amazon Firestick 4K I got for $3 from a thrift store because they didn't know what it was.

And I love the concept of stream sticks, I really do. Too fucking bad that corporate interests got in the way and now everything has to have a bundle of ads at every damn turn. Not even some of the things I'm subscribed to is free from ads because this is the future apparently, we're here.

Shame because I don't want to let these go and even if I were to subscribe to Netflix's ad-free subscription, that's only one source. Why do that when I can just grab a long HDMI cable, plug it into my desktop and to my TV and I can watch everything that's there, without ads because of the extensions I use to block ads.

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[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 points 4 hours ago
[-] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 4 hours ago

My therapist told me that family members can't be replaced. I disagree. They can be replaced. They only become titles but titles also can be ignored.

You don't have to associate with, acknowledge or interact with the biological family members if they've proven to have been a contractual mess of toxicity in your life.

I've replaced members of my 'real' family and I got better people. People who care and support. I recommend it, to anyone.

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 2 points 3 hours ago

Yes, thankfully my therapist doesn't say that but she does seem to say it's all on me to deal with and change since I can't change them, which is fair.

Thankfully I have a few folks helping me escape them, but it's a slow process.

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