Subscription based? Why would something like this even have internet connectivity in the first place, let alone a subscription?

Old man yells at cloud.

I remember the “ban calculators” back in the day. “Kids won’t be able to learn math if the calculator does all the calculations for them!”

The solution to almost anything disruptive is regulation, not a ban. Use AI in times when it can be a leaning tool, and re-design school to be resilient to AI when it would not enhance learning. Have more open discussions in class for a start instead of handing kids a sheet of homework that can be done by AI when the kid gets home.

Why not use codeberg.org?

That’s fine as a general guideline, but does not need to be a steadfast rule. You can use your own judgement. I like ProtonPass’s SimpleLogin feature so I use that for email aliases. Its so nice and convenient.

if buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing🗿

Why

This is definitely the biggest barrier. I’m not sure what the proper solution is. Probably needs government backing.

Ive convinced a decent chunk of my friends to message me on Signal by simply being unresponsive on WhatsApp lol. It’s much harder to get people to use Matrix instead of Discord though…

Imperialism and Colonialism is only bad when done on White people apparently…

I thoughts it’s generally the tighter of the conflict that pays

What’s wrong with having your data on proton’s servers? I thought the app and browser extensions are verifiably only sending encrypted packets? Or do they only encrypt your password and send metadata as is?

No IoT is a win for me! I might buy it just for the fact that I can save notes and reminders locally on my phone. Just waiting to see if the app or a compatible one will be on F-droid…

please get in line for Mandatory Penis Inspection

just use signal

This is not unscientific. This is exactly what science shows. Re-read the title.

That’s definitely going to be a solved problem very soon with RAG LLMs. I have a friend who works in LLM research and it’s crazy how much progress they make so quickly. Their cutting edge stuff he shows me makes GPT-5 look like a toddler.

Everyone should just use Signal. And donate to them! It’s easy enough that my grandma can use it somewhat

They’ve already lost my trust. GrapheneOS or LineageOS are the only safe bets now.