You can’t force it on any Linux distro, but on everybody who has to give a shit about compliance.

Spoiler: Everybody would have guessed it.

Euro is the fully xapable alternative.

We can already see the process in the market.

Ok bear with me:

A Fiat Multipla with this paint.

You can order them here: https://qant.com/photonic-computing/

Germany is leading in optical computing. Simply why should the EU now invest in a soon to be obsolete technology?

You don’t get malware simply by being connected to the internet.

If you always stay inside i.e. don’t install anymore apps, stay on known websites, use your own mobile data, you have to be targeted specifically. Most people are just not important enough for the latter.

That’s how people who just want some basic functions from their phone get to skip the planned obsolescence cycle.

It’s you decision to bring them in your house. You don’t have to.

If you asked the Soviets, they are.

Wasn’t firmly socialist, but a socialist market economy.

If you never go outside, the chances of stepping in a turd are none.

Look some of your points were more true in the 20th century than today.

Military protection was a big deal during the Cold War. But today? Russia is too weak and the America can’t protect sea routes.

Energy dependance? Renewables are on the rise and the petrodollar’s days are numbered when this current oil crisis continues.

American tech is at a critical point. When the AI bubble bursts, you will see so much more enshittification and price hikes to recover costs. FOSS alternatives get their time to shine.

They will monopolize it by getting all the prime off-shore artificial islands and real estates where wind can be harvested most efficiently.

Original hedonism:

Withold pleasure so it feels intense when you get it.

Yesterday I read an article by an economist why airlines fail to be a sustainable business model and social media ticks the same boxes.

I have to give it to these Russian trolls, they have a broard fantasy.

He is also one of the few politicians that got his legal “totally not corruption” job at a big company before getting into office.

Planes coming in and out are extra things the radars have to track.

Mobile internet can be used by agents to coordinate attacks.

Back in the day TV program ended at night.

They continue fighting once it ends.

Bundeswehr had 500k soldiers in the 80’s. West Germany alone that is. It was a gigantic army in per capita terms.