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Same here, so unless something is fully open source, self hostable and preferably federating, I’m not picking it up.

Actually, you’re right.

Oh well, a humanity, then, just not ours.

Not just “should”, the GDPR actually requires it. Not giving consent must be an easy option, not this dark pattern clickfest bullshit.

Iain M. Banks: we’re living in an AI-regulated Utopia, but the AI that we totally trust might be doing some light imperialism on the side.

Pratchett / Baxter: we’re headed for some bleak imperialist nonsense, and another one, and another one, and another one, and oops, a blank…

Edit: added the Long Earth one.

Enjoy that free time you regained? 😉

I’ve been rocking mine for close to two years now, and it just keeps getting better.

Not sure about the water-proof-ness, but actually a pinetime might tick most of those boxes. I’m happy with mine.

NAT is not a security feature.

See also: Google with Gmail.

Good luck running your own mail server these days, and getting your messages actually delivered to Gmail and Outlook/O365 mailboxes. It’s possible, but a hassle, and the rug can get pulled at any moment.

they have to rid themselves of third-party clients so that the app store numbers can’t be extrapolated to verify site-wide user activity.

I must be having a pre-morning-coffee dumb, but how would this extrapolation realistically work, in your opinion? Those install numbers aren’t exactly… exact, from what I understand.

Nobody fucks with Nintendo, or The Mouse.