They also have a petition if interested: https://action.aclu.org/petition/get-the-flock-out

I wish you were exaggerating but my workplace has been sending multiple bricked laptops a week in for warranty. All windows update.

We’re definitely cooked when THIS is the content that convinces some people to vote a certain way.

Maybe if you’re worried about decreasing traffic don’t require an account just to read something on the internet.

I wonder if this will be the last reddit exodus, I don’t know how they can enshittify further so I imagine those that remain are pretty complacent.

I already think proton mail is pretty slow to render/load, they don’t have much room to make it worse before it’s too much-in other words they better be real careful with that vibe coding.

In general these events have me thinking of switching providers (and I have a paid tier).

It’s somewhat comforting knowing we’re all equals in terms of our mortality, for now.

A phone that would fit in my cup holder, and I could reach the other corner of the screen with my thumb-without moving the phone around was so much more usable.

I agree with that and care very much about privacy, but for me there’s a big difference between privacy and security-it’s why I’d take an out of date linux install over freshly patched windows 11-I think that in the right use case one could argue CVEs aren’t relevant so long as they’re not being exploited. Obviously though an up to date linux/graphene/whatever install is the best of both worlds.

I think a lot of these views for me were born from an anticonsumption standpoint. Some corporation decides to stop releasing software updates for a device, on their terms, and now I’m supposed to open my wallet? Nah. I used an out of date phone for 6 years and nothing bad came of it, but again it’s down to who you are and how you use it.

Unpopular opinion: security is overrated unless you do dumb things or are a high profile target

This is my opinion as a casual and probably more mainstream linux user: I switched to linux primarily because it’s not windows, and what is windows? Bloated, adware, spyware, AI infested, and buggy. I’m starting to worry about the direction some projects are going. We need a whole distro with the core value of being anti- these things.

Sucks though, it’s only a software update away from being national.

Well said. A lot of the freedoms we enjoy are a use it or lose it scenario. For example a business is more likely to stop accepting cash if only 1% of their customers use it, so I still use it even though I would often prefer my card.

I feel like if you ever replace that water heater you’ll never find one again that lasts that long.

Vintage audio equipment. It’s purpose built without gimmicky features, high quality, high performance, and built to last with discrete components and service manuals. Really it doesn’t have to be vintage, but it’s usually the old stuff that prioritizes these traits. I usually play local files (mp3/flac) over a bluetooth DAC but vinyl is fun once in a while. The same living room system gets used for movies and whatever else too.

Great ones, respect.

Same with my car. I think it’s more important than ever to learn how to fix things. “Buy a new one” is becoming less and less viable for certain types of products if you value longevity, privacy, independence, finances, sustainability, etc.

Get ready for the ISO to double in size

Probably the rock in a shoe trick as well if that’s actually a thing.

Aside from how the phones actually compare, I think it’d be good to show there is a market for a factory graphene phone. I want companies to see the difference (financially) when they start taking privacy and other pro consumer ideas seriously.