I do too. And I don't understand why you think it is unethical to strip off the url params. I feel like it is unethical on the companies part instead to abuse the tech illiteracy among general populace.
Since the rules are known, the threshold has increased so much that people don't see any issue when leetcode hard questions are common place.
I have seen multiple instances where the interview questions are ridiculous by any sane terms. It incentivizes gaming the system by just getting good at algorithms and not building up other skills.
Just as an example, look at Google as a new user (without any brand context). The design is terrible, the product management is terrible, the hideous search bar everytime you open the android home screen, etc. all in my opinion caused by optimizing for one attribute in 99% of the hires. It causes them to think "oh well the data says people don't mind the change", but you can't track the growing discontent of the customer base. And you are a monopoly so don't have to give a shit about UX anyways.
I realized that everyone needs a base level of algorithms knowledge to write and design good software. Ideally it is pretty basic (leetcode easy), but the initial employees at FAANG companies decided to have a hazing ritual by creating increasingly complicated questions (e.g. leetcode hard) and it is exacerbated by a large number of kids from universities who mindlessly play this game. It spread to all other tech companies too and the process is just destructive.
I don't see an end to this. Its as if all companies expect people to be competitive programmers, and they optimize only on one parameter :/
You could try experimenting with Guix. If you take the time to set it up and if it works for your needs, you can just use the config file to get the same installation on every device.
True, I have spoken to a lot of people and there seems to have been a lot of political propaganda in every Netflix / Hollywood movie / show / even music videos. I am so tired of the ideology shoved down the throat that I stopped watching anything these days. I just want a good story.
I fear it will get worse because of the vertical integration and monopoly of the entertainment business, they can keep making bad movies and people will keep watching them because there's no other choice, in turn increasing the monopoly.
It just bothers me that they try to include a few tropes in every movie or show without it fitting in the story properly. As I said, if they maintain the logical consistency and in the context of a good story I don't mind some political push. But if it is in every show/movie, it just becomes repulsive.
They started going downhill with every original show losing logical consistency after the 1st or 2nd season, political pandering instead of offering good quality entertainment. And the removal of the user reviews was a degrade, as they want to push bad shows to users and waste their time, instead of letting them make an informed choice. I hope they get disrupted because of their arrogance.