This is why I love the md array in Unraid. If I was to lose 1 data drive and 2 parity drives at once (unlikely), I’d still only lose the data on the single failed data drive, not the entire array as the data isn’t striped across all drives.

Yes it’s a bit slower but it’s my media server so still plenty fast for that.

Google getting mugged. Google gift giving. Compare the two. Draw your own conclusions about which is voluntary and which is coercive.

If you don’t give me money and I tell the cops to break your door down and beat the crap out of you, is a “donation” if I give you money to avoid that?

Maybe spare us the anti Apple rhetoric.

It’s not a “donation”. It’s protection money for a fucking mobster goon. You honestly can’t see that?

My 16 Pro Max has pretty amazing battery life. I don’t feel constrained by it at all. It’s still got 48% left at the end of a busy day today.