I disagree with those critics that moving to flatpak is somehow worse than distro repos. At the same time, flatpak and docker are not the endgame. We know that a better way is possible (take a look at BSD jails for an example), it will just take linux another couple decades to get there as it always does.
It's a tradeoff. You have to include more in the image but being able to target way more linux users is an obvious win. I would call the horrible state of linux desktop fragmentation "very bad" as well.
Did you read the article? The legislation steadily increases the legal age limit so that kids don't get hooked on tobacco in the first place. No one will have to "quit cold turkey".
One of the biggest issues with the war on drugs is that it criminalizes the use of certain drugs. This doesn't do that.
As for your claim about a black market and a mafia:
we have already taken steps to reduce smoking rates. This includes providing 1 million smokers in England with free vape kits via our world-first ‘swap to stop’ scheme
They're still providing people with tobacco, just a less-deadly kind. Comparing that to the war on drugs is ridiculous. The point of the war on drugs isn't to get people to quit using dangerous drugs recreationally, every reasonable person wants that. The point of it is to control minorities and poor people. That's absolutely not what's happening here.
None of this is to defend Sunak btw, he's a broken clock that happens to be right in this instance.
Serious question, why would you consider Bluesky? I would argue that mastodon is "the" decentralized social media platform, I mean it's not owned by some billionaire; and if you mostly care about audience size, nothing beats twitter. I've never felt any inclination to try bluesky for these reasons.
iPhones are great for one reason and one reason only: they have a great app ecosystem. Most Android apps are really shit. I know there are great exceptions out there, but it's rare.
It's weird how the EU is forcing Apple to make better products, since tbh the combination of better apps on the app store, and being able to sideload your own from anywhere kind of makes the iphone a no brainer.
It's frustrating since by using your tethered connection you're using the same data that you already pay for. If there's a limit on how much data, why does it matter how you use for it?
That was my thought too. I'm guessing you're American. Rural Americans are especially bigoted for some reason. I've been to rural areas in other countries and they're not this bad. People openly stare at you in rural America if you're not white.
I think it's humorous how many people are getting offended at such a silly post