What’s the difference, really? Aren’t they both decentralized microblogging social networks?

Oh sheeeit! I used revanced on Android, but I had no idea there was also a Firefox extension for that. Thanks!

Not even, though. Practically all the YouTube “creators” these days have [this part of the video is brought to you by scandanavian interwebz to keep out teh hax0rs] sponsored segments that are [Have you shaved your fuckin’ nutsack lately bro? Check out this ball hair trimmer from clipyerjunk dot com] littered throughout [zzzzzzzzzip … ^reecrootah ] their videos.

That being said, some of them at least put effort into finding and vetting content-relevant sponsors that can actually be helpful. I can kinda just barely tolerate those.

Depends what you mean by “smart assistant”. Spew a bunch of trivia on a random subject? Sure. Understand your speech commands better? Maybe. Actually manage your stuff (meetings, reminders)? Nope.

Give you a big juicy fart? Definitely

Because it’s abusive and blatant rent seeking.

Look, if there’s an actual service feature that continually costs money to provide (eg.: a cell connection for distant remote start, GPS nav map updates, etc), charging a reasonable subscription fee for that is totally acceptable. But charging ongoing fees for fixed features like heated seats is 100% bullshit unless you’re going to include some sort of service benefits like free repairs (which I doubt they’re doing).

Good. There should be no such thing as unserviced features that are physically present in a product and locked out against its owner. Not in cars or anything.