we should have learned our lesson after they did and done our damndest to create protocols immune to capture. there were excuses in 1989, there aren’t now

Regardless, the potential for a company to dominate the implementation of a specification is not a reason not to create said specification

yes it is

and they would never violate your trust and later force this onto you because the love their users.

the more apologetics for this shit i see, the less i trust it.

you don’t know me, my thinking, or my motivations, and yet have no problem accusing me of absolutism

irony ain’t dead yet, and projection ain’t just a river in egypt

the issue is the use, not the user, and who and what it supports, directly and indirectly. you’re just trotting out a word so you don’t have to think anymore. you like the tech and don’t want to feel bad about it

tough

i’m glad you have a word to hug and hold when you feel threatened by people who are different from you

the earth doesn’t care if you think this is a good use or linus is somehow worthy when the regular plums aren’t.

dario and his epstein wife sure do though. so keep going to bat for them

so the less you use it, the better? glad we can agree

is there a difference in the environmental destruction when used this way? no? these things have so many negative effects on the world in so many areas that making life more convenient for coddled computer touches doesn’t excuse literally any of it