Just the stuff that matters

Google and Microsoft keep turning up the dial on data collection. Here's what's actually worth switching, and what you can realistically ignore.

The algorithm doesn't know what you want. It knows what you clicked on last Tuesday at 11pm when you were tired and slightly annoyed. Somehow, it's been running your entire media diet based on that.

Console wars used to be the defining argument in gaming culture. Now those arguments are all but over — at least the way they were. If you're looking for a winner, you're going to be disappointed. The only thing that actually won was the subscription model, and it's currently raising prices on everyone regardless of which side they were on.