If you use their DNS they see every domain you visit.

There was speculation that the NSA is deeply involved in Cloudflare, which wouldn’t be a surprise at all.

In fact all US services are probably infiltrated one way or another.

Sports rights holders are bleeding money due to IPTV got even more greedy and they own the politicians.

As far as Neobanks like wise or similar are concerned, mostly yes.

To access my banks website I need to authorize the login with the mobile app, there is no alternative to using either iOS or stock Android to get in - NONE.

Doing transactions at the bank, even at the terminal is not free and also ridiculously inconvenient…

As far as mobile payments go, i live in a country with its own currency so my only option to get favorable exchange rates in the EU is using a virtual card from a Neobank which only works with Apple or Google Pay.

We need rules regulating that banks do not rely on closed services to function - period.

Suggesting to use a second used phone for banking is ridiculous, for most of us banking and mobile payments are literally the most important functions of a phone after getting messages and email.

Cause it’s a European / national security concern in the long run.

Maybe they can regulate themselves first as a start then. They already use Matrix, so it’s not like they are completely lost regarding IT Security and FOSS.

We need the EU to regulate Banking and Payment apps to not rely on Google apis first and mandate that they have to be available in open app stores or as apk.

In the past you could get 3 month trials for the streaming service by “stealing” VIN numbers from used cars on autotrader, not sure if that still works.

My bank is accessible via web only if I authorize the login with the iOS or Android app - there are no alternatives.

Sign ups for Swiss VPN providers from the UK are up massively, nobody will use their ID for porn.

You don’t really need to reposition nuclear subs as a show of power - that’s not how they work.

They play a specific role in nuclear deterrence, in that they stay hidden and provide retaliation capability in case the mainland gets attacked and nuclear silos in Montana, etc. get destroyed.

German speaker here, we call weather Wetter for a reason.

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“god doesn’t exist” - That’s why Americans have supply-side Jesus instead.

I take such downvotes with pride - it means the joke works as intended and some people are confused:)

Stop spreading lies, Jesse Waters already independently confirmed that this is not the case and Weirdfish is correct.

Check out PhotoGimp

Any Software that I previously used that switched to a subscription model has been replaced by FOSS on my end, even if it’s not fully up to par yet I am usually much happier with the alternatives.

Plex > Jellyfin

Office > Libreoffice / Collabra

Photoshop > Gimp

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