You do realize that you’re in the second group, yeah? That’s wildly hateful. It’s the exact same discrimination-based position but on gender identity instead of race.
Honestly, I hated the people around me trying to learn the same. CS was my original major in university (around 2011), and every interaction I had with my classmates was bizarrely bro-y and negative. Made me afraid that that type of person would be who I’d be working with for the rest of my life, and the thought scared me enough to switch majors into a more businessy/managerial direction.
Halfway —- I’m keeping my subs to indie or inexpensive things (Dropout, CuriosityStream/Nebula) or comped things (Disney Bundle via Amex Plat), and I just recently picked up a couple library cards for Kanopy, Hoopla, Freegal, and PressReader (as well as books). Got rid of Crunchyroll, Apple One, and YouTube Premium.
Officially: no, you need an Oculus account to even get a Quest set up to do streaming, and you need to separately make your account a developer account to unlock sideloading.
Not sure about the laser side, but for inkjets, the Epson EcoTank line is the best at not fucking you - it uses ink bottle refills, no cartridges in sight.
Guilt —- I was coming out of a lifelong emotional fugue state and starting to critically examine who I was, and I realized how wretched I felt for contributing to animal suffering. Started as vegetarian in February, went vegan a few weeks ago.
I’ve got mild insomnia, and I do most of my video watching to wind down before I go to sleep, so I usually use it while I’m laying down on my side (and I flip every now and again, so I can’t just set up a TV on one side of the bed).
I use the Logitech G600, which has some drawbacks (seemingly no driver support on macOS/Apple Silicon being the big one), but is ridiculously comfortable in my hand, more than precise enough, and looks professional enough (if you turn the LEDs off). It is an MMO mouse with macro buttons on the side, but I honestly don’t even use them and still love the mouse. I keep a small stash of them for when Logitech inevitably and finally discontinues it.