The CEO doesn't own Proton, for what it's worth. He may have founded it, but he does not have complete and total control over anything that Proton offers, as some here may believe.
Just FYI, the majority of Proton AG (which includes all Proton services) is owned by a non-profit body called the "Proton Foundation". This are headed by a board of 5 members, including Andy (CEO) and Tim Berners-Lee (the literal father of the internet as we know it).
Just to be clear: Android is NOT becoming closed source! Google remains committed to releasing Android source code (during monthly/quarterly releases, etc.) , BUT you won't be able to scour the AOSP Gerrit for source code changes like you could before.
Maintaining "decorum" is the entire reason we're in this mess to begin with.
You give these asshats an inch, they run a mile with it and demand to know why you didn't let them run 10 miles since you already let them run one mile.
I wonder how much data a single bird could feasibly carry
I imagine it's quite a lot. You already brought up high-capacity SD cards, so at that point it's figuring out how much weight the bird can carry in terms of 1TB SD cards or similar.
Sure, but companies who employ DRM have argued against that grey area since DRM was a thing. Something something IP/copyright/licensing/whatever bullshit... IMO: fuck you, I bought it, I own it, eat shit.
However: German concentration camps were legal, while families protecting Jewish citizens from being taken to said concentration camps was strictly illegal.
What's legal is not always right (ethically and morally), and what's right is not always legal. Remember that.
Until RFK decides to ban it because he's a fucking lunatic "mRNA scary", even though this doesn't appear to be mRNA-related (someone please correct me if I'm wrong here).
My coworker is an air force vet. I just told him, with zero context, "it wasn't the war thunder forums this time". He closed his eyes, sighed, and shook his head, then went back to what he was doing.
The CEO doesn't own Proton, for what it's worth. He may have founded it, but he does not have complete and total control over anything that Proton offers, as some here may believe.