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Instead of dismissing Signal, I wonder if it could be changed to support a federated model.

Just a thought, because Signal has seen widespread adoption. Getting people to change their messenger is hard.

The headline is clickbait.

• Bricked = totally dead, no recovery without serious intervention; device is completely unusable
• Malfunctioning = buggy, slow, or misbehaving, but still fixable

Do Android next. Please.

Played it. Loved it. Will play more.

Got confused by the options initially. I think I figured them out now. Mostly.

Is there a limit to the canvas? Or can I just add tiles endlessly?

Great game. Love that it can get as complex as I want to.

The GUI? Sure. Check out Zorin OS. Not to your liking?There’s others.

Steam? Mostly, yes. If you have a specific game in mind, a quick Internet search will answer that for you. In my case, 98% of games run (incl. most AAA games).

Good news: you don’t need anti virus on Linux (at least not at this point in time). If you really want to, there’s decent options. But I yet have to encounter an infected Linux machine. Infected Windows machines, on the other hand, are easy to find. With Linux, your security will go up considerably, coming from Windows.

Sure, but you don’t have control. If Microsoft decides that you are not allowed to disable this any longer, you will be left with no true choice.

That’s what Google does with Android, bending everyone to their will, not caring how we feel about any of their policies.

Why would MS be different? Just look at the numerous features Windows 11 removed as compared to 10. Did they give me a choice? Or what about their promise that Windows 10 will be the last Windows? Or what about them forcing people to buy new hardware to run Windows 11?

Trying to disable this stuff ultimately just sugarcoats the ever growing frustrations of using a system that locks down further with every passing year.

What holds you back? Go for it now.

Not worth considering. Even if one can disable it now, we can’t trust that they won’t disable that option eventually.

Just use Linux and these questions become “Oh no. Anyways…”.