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  • I let Bitwarden generate my usernames for throwaway accounts. I don't care if my username can be identified as Bitwarden-generated.

  • A true service provider.

  • We can talk about it if it's open-source and respects user privacy.

  • Can someone TL;DR the actual "worse" thing?

  • Plus, there are studies that show piracy can actually be a positive factor for sales in some cases.

    • Jul 16, 2013 WhatsApp changes its profit model with an annual subscription fee of $1 after a free first year.
    • Feb 19, 2014 Facebook, Inc. announces its acquisition of WhatsApp for US$19 billion, its largest acquisition to date. Facebook pays $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares, and an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units granted to WhatsApp's founders.
    • Jan 18, 2016 Jan Koum announces that WhatsApp will no longer charge its users a $1 annual subscription fee. There is still no clear plan for monetizing WhatsApp.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp

    So they started the subscription before the aquistion, but discontinued it two years after that.

  • from your desktop browser since it costs 10€ instead of 12.99€

    Are there any VPN shenanigans one could try to make it cheaper?

  • Is there an open source alternative?

  • 13€? Are they insane? If I were to use the platform I'd be willing to pay 3€ at most. 13€ is just ridiculous.

  • infrastructure-less

    I'd say it is infrastructure-agnostic and not necessarily without infrastructure.

  • it’s now out of date hardware

    What? It's not the fastest APU around anymore, but it's hardly outdated.

  • If Valetudo isn't fimware, what is it?

  • Should be pretty easy to bruteforce with the right mask applied.

  • Dolphin is so much better!