Linux isn’t an OS.

Pedantically true, but practically irrelevant statement.

Neither sell their phones in (or ship to) my country.

And the march towards making the dead internet theory a reality continues moving forward.

You may think it’s crazy talk, but the concept has already been patented.

The way they want it to operate is not monitoring them, presumably.

Or pushing ads on the device idle screen, or inserted into other things you are trying to watch. (pre-rolls on HDMI sources…)

Is there a ful list anywhere of brands and models that lock non-network features behind a network connection requirement?

I’ve heard people complaining about some that don’t let you select HDMI input without first connecting to the internet and “activating” the TV, but the model is usually not specified in those complaints.

There is no simple solution to most of society’s issues.

Don’t let perfect stand in the way of better.

Threats to the bottom line is the thing that motivates companies faster than anything else.

Until this abomination of a law

The “patriot” act would like to have a word with you…

Microsoft exec admits it ‘cannot guarantee’ data sovereignty

Then you don’t get to touch my data (to the extent that I can control who already has my data without my permission…)

Or by a vindictive ex.

Nazi trains a nazi “speak & spell”

Whoopty fucking do.

The problem comes when large portions of the population use it and accept what it says without any shred of critical thinking.

Who said that?

The strawman.

good luck doing anything online and avoiding AWS.

Don’t let perfect stand in the way of good.

It’s not possible in most cases to even know if a given online resource is using AWS behind the scenes, so it’s not something you can really control.

On the other hand, if you happen to be a web developer, that is a different story, but for normal users it’s not something you can do much about.

Canada has also been increasingly welcoming American expat academics and medical professionals.

I still don’t understand their end goal. If everyone exept for them is poor and dying who are they going to sell their stuff to?

I’m increasingly believing that they don’t actually care about anyone other then themselves.

Their only goals are self-serving greed.

And the methods they intend to use to serve that narrow goal are extremely short sighted and lacking any peripheral vision.

Make no mistake, this administration wants to see people die.

They want to see people suffer before they die.

It appears to have support for the 4G and 5G bands that Rogers, Bell and Telus use

But the last time I was looking at Fairphone, they didn’t sell to Canada directly.

The US has a freebie wildcard

It’s called the “who’s gonna stop me” card.

Bullies like to play that one as often as possible.

We come in peace

^shoot to kill^