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That’s an ethical question, and as such rather difficult to answer. I prefer open source codecs, but you have a headphone designed with LDAC in mind. I don’t think you should feel bad about trying to get your money’s worth and using LDAC if it suits your needs.

Thx for the correction, I was writing from memory.

LDAC is proprietary, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t available on Linux. You can probably use SBC-XQ, though, which is open source and lossless. Try installing pavucontrol and check what codecs it offers you for the headphones.

Edit: SBC-XQ, not QX.

I straight up disagree with this. I recently (okay, six months now…) started using Tidal alongside Spotify, and literally think the shuffle algorithm is better than Spotify’s. The recommendation system took some getting used to, but I think it’s on par. Just different.

Honestly, my experience with Tidal reminds me of my experience with Vinyl: focus on albums and artist, not algorithmically generated playlists. I feel like I’ve become a better listener due to that, which is why I finally cancelled my Spotify subscription. I’m also sick of shitty mp3 compression…

You might be interested in river as a awesome replacement:

https://codeberg.org/river/wiki

I freaking love Tab Stash! Great minds clearly think alike…

I have the same workflow. Usually, I never have more than maybe three tabs open, but when I’m debugging something… oh god. Easily 15 or 20.

I also bookmark extensively, and actually have my address bar set up to only give me suggestions from my bookmarks. Additionally, I use a tiling window manager, which makes managing windows and tabs very easy. I really don’t have a use for tab groups, but, who knows, maybe I’ll learn to use them someday.

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This is very real and has been an issue for years. I remember when I was younger, watching public TV, and I saw a news report about an elderly lady who was forced to sell her home along with the rest of her village so that they could dig up the entire area for coal. At the time it was a big deal, because she took so long to agree, which got media attention. It was incredibly depressing. It felt dystopian.

You and me both with League; the day they forced Kernel level Anti-Cheat was the day I killed my dualboot setup. I can’t get into Dota, so it’s the end of an era for me, but I’ll survive it. LoL was getting worse and worse anyway… quietly sobs

It was made a little bit easier for me since I was maining Linux on all my other machines already anyway, but I feel your pain. I never ranked either, but usually played with international friends (horrible, horrible ping). I still keep up with them, but for the most part, they were the kind of friendships that were relying heavily on LoL. Honestly though, I’ve been happier since I quit. Now my gaming PC is 100% Linux, and I don’t feel guilty everytime I sit down for a game.