Words evolve, and sometimes, they gain new meanings. “Bare metal” is not a scientific terms, and so it can be bent depending on the context.

You can either accept that or not, it doesn’t change the fact that that’s what it now can mean.

It’s just what it means in this specific context.

They’re not running directly on the host, with directly meaning directly.

If you go by definition, I agree with you, but the definition is not always the thing to go off of.

Have you read my comment? It’s about where the packages and services are installed.

In this case, they’re installed in the container, not on the host

Not in this context. Bare metal means all packages and services installed and running directly on the host, not through docker/lxc/vms

Removed by mod

it’s satire

Yeah, but people don’t like change, and I’d expect low level engineers to like it even less.

And looking at Linux, that shit still supports ancient hardware, being able to actually get rid of old code (that now has to be maintained alongside the new code) is gonna be a PITA.

I’m just guessing, but what about backwards compatibility? Or cross-system compatibility?

For example, something like a syscall that’s existed for 20 years. Changing it would break old apps.

Of course you could just keep the now “old” syscall and add new methods that replicate it’s behavior, but haven’t you then introduced bloat? More ways to do the same thing, meaning (eventually) more bugs, more fragmentation, memory usage, etc.

In that case I’m sure they’re enjoying their 60 cents per month

You could actually run an actual legit miner on the thing, but yeah, you’re not getting ahead your electricity usage.

They live with 2 roommates

I don’t think even the combined power of all the phones in the plane would be enough to cause interference for anyone

The phone’s modem is not powerful enough, it takes a couple watts at most, which is tiiny compared to what a cell tower can output

You don’t, but they do. It’s a no brainer for them, which the parent comment expressed quite clearly

How else am I gonna have a neat.af domain tho

Yep, fair enough.

Yeah that’s very far from the definition of a scam. A bad product isn’t a scam, you know exactly what you’re getting, it’s on you if you “fall” for it.

Still more complicated than Netflix.

Also, none of the money you pay goes to the original creators. If I’m already paying, I want at least of the cash to go to them.

But this is a Piracy community. RD costs money. Not good enough. We’re talking about the “ideal” solution.

So that’s interesting, how exactly are they scamming people?

Yeah but you just named three things you’ve got to setup to work together, where RD is actually paid.

Netflix you open and it works, that’s my point.

Netflix, with everything and with an option to download an .mp4 if desired.