As I understand it lemmy caches data from other instances you/your users utilize as part of federation which means it requires a fair bit of storage to operate and potentially sketchy data could be synced onto your hardware completely unbeknownst to you.
I think an issue that this event has really highlighted is that governments and the people who live there are not the same thing and often have conflicting beliefs
These bridges like the ones found in Beeper/Matrix require a Mac server to perform the handshake with Apple's.
As long as these servers require Apple hardware to function Apple is making money.
It's roughly equivalent to running iMessage on your Mac at home and making an Android/PC app that remotely sends/receives messages to/from that iMessage app on your Mac.
If it's anything like Beeper 's Matrix bridge then it's E2EE Matrix encrypted between your device and the bridge server and then using Apple's iMessage encryption between the bridge server and Apple/the other user.
The weak point is always going to be the bridge software as by necessity the message must be decrypted there to re-encrypt for iMessage.
At least in Beeper/Matrix the bridge software is open source and one can host their own bridge while continuing to use the existing Beeper/Matrix main server.
Doing so gives you no-trust security since the Beeper/Matrix host cannot decrypt the messages between you and the bridge you control and rubbing your own bridge eliminates that weak point.
they could just provide a template string for βunsupportedβ search engines.
Like everyone else does.
Apple isn't not supporting it because doing so would be hard, it's just another way to maintain control over their walled garden and make a profit selling exclusivity.
Firefox supports OpenSearch, you can just go to any search engine (like my searxng site) and right-click the address bar to add it to your search engines.
Or you can manually add it from settings by just adding the address of the search site.
It will determine the proper format automatically, no need to add the %s stuff you typically would.
Firefox also handles suggestions properly, Chrome doesn't seem to support them at all outside of their engine.
I like the way AppImages work on my Kubuntu system:
They automatically update themselves in the background and then trigger a system notification letting you know the app will be updated the next time you close it, with a button to initiate it now.
I work at night and Windows loves to push Windows Updates at night regardless of my normal work schedule.
Take a trip to the bathroom or just don't move the mouse for a few minutes and Windows will reboot (fuck whatever you had running) and spent an hour or two installing an update (fuck the rest of your night)
Linux doesn't ever try to force itself on you like that, it's a respectable OS
I totally get that people are tired of seeing Linux recommendations but..
Pointing out that there is an alternative without the same issues is hardly "forcing Linux as a religious zealot forces their way on other people"
That's a bit hyperbolic imo