Why wouldn't they? Their corrupt influence is what toppled the previous democratically elected government in the first place. The US is pretty eager to promote dictatorships and genocides if it suits them.
but App Store doesn't guarantee that the code on Github matches the app in the Store
This is why I like fdroid. They insist on building the app themselves, ensuring that it does indeed match what's on github. Now you need to trust only fdroid to do the right thing. Then again, if they do something bad, someone will recognize it.
Last time they touched an open chat protocol, they hung it out to dry. That was XMPP. That's why more than half of the fediverse is reluctant or outright hostile to federate with anything meta.
I was talking about the use of crypto as an investment, not as currency. While the latter was the purpose that cryptocurrencies were originally designed for, the former now far outweighs it.
While you do have a point, there are very well known exceptions where people make bad choices regardless. Ebooks are one example. DRM-free books don't cost extra because the authors often dislike DRM. Another is the example of browsers. Firefox doesn't cost a penny. But people choose a spyware browser from an ad company.
Most of the exploitation that we suffer in the digital world are primarily due to our laziness. If we had made the right choice instead of convenience, we wouldn't be paying so much to rent seekers.
That said, ebooks are one area where freedom-respecting choices still exist. DRM-free ebooks are still available. We have the opportunity to save them from greedy rent-seeking middle man corporations. Please don't squander it away too in the name of pathetic excuses that nobody wants to hear.
The return of investment on crypto doesn't come from any value it generates. It comes from other people who made bad bets and lost their money on the same. That makes investing in crypto the same as participating in a Pyramid. Your argument, if taken for face value, can easily be extended to defend pyramid schemes.
LOL! SpaceX doesn't do those things because of him. They do it despite him. They even have special procedures and meetings to stoke master Elon's ego and trick him into agreeing with them. Elon is a fictional visionary, not a working one. It doesn't take half decent knowledge of physics to recognize the nonsense he spouts.
Wow! You really believe all the lies Musk says? This is the same guy who has been promising 'full software driving' next year for nearly a decade, fantasizing about downloading human memory engrams, insisting that hyperloop is 'not so hard' and says things like 'I know more about manufacturing than anyone else alive'.
How much knowledge does it take to realize that 100 people per starship is simply impossible? There simply isn't enough room. And read your statement about underground dwellings and sunlight times together to see how they're incompatible. Musk isn't saying all these because he's a dreaming visionary. He's saying these to trick other rich people into giving him more money. It has the same vibes as the monorail song.
News doesn't become rage bait just because it is against your beloved Apple. The video does discuss very relevant points about how abusive this move from Apple is. In fact, this news has been discussed seriously for two weeks now.
Firefox does that too
Firefox is just a browser and has nothing to do with PWAs that require OS support. This is about PWAs as an alternative to app side loading, which Apple doesn't allow. You're needlessly misconstruing the issue.
'GenZ is emotionally attached to things from their childhood'. You can replace GenZ with any other generation and it will still work. The stupid article is about mocking one generation to create outrage among others.
But the fact is modern smartphones are designed to do many things OK-ish in compromise, but nothing so well as the other devices they replace (phones, TVs, calculators - remember those?, flashlights, keyboards, etc etc.)
Weird! Am I the only one who hasn't completely replaced old equipment? I have all of those with me, including landline, radios, flashlights, TV, scientific calculators, keyboards, etc.
And as you mentioned, I prefer those individual equipment over smartphones unless the convenience really matters (like when traveling).
I watched a few videos like that. It's OK most of the time. Those videos help see things from the perspective of the younger generation. It also helps you appreciate how much the world has changed.
Their confusion is understandable, if not amusing. It's fascinating to see some kids figure things out in a short time. Yet others have unreal knowledge about things they may have only heard about.
The only really annoying part is when some kids mock the elder generation for the 'primitive' tech and lifestyle they've had. Older tech may be primitive, but they were essential steps to what they have now. Even more, those older tech were things you could tinker with and learn - unlike the soldered and glued black boxes we have today. Besides, sometimes a little less tech is good for your emotional wellbeing.
What I learned from those videos is that those kids are as diverse as any other generation. Only their perspectives have changed.
If it matters, the mocking is not a commonly held attitude. When I read nostalgia, my response was 'that doesn't sound so bad'. Besides, wired handsets have their own charm. We still have a few around.
If anyone needs one reason to avoid the stupidtruck, it's the sheer ugliness of that abomination. I don't understand how people can worship such a petulant egomaniac enough to adore such a travesty from him.
Why wouldn't they? Their corrupt influence is what toppled the previous democratically elected government in the first place. The US is pretty eager to promote dictatorships and genocides if it suits them.