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Heh, that’s all very cool and lots of smart words, but have you thought of children? Have you thought of elderly falling and unable to get up[1]?

Surely you don’t want your fellow citizens to fall for Russian, Chinese, Another State Actor propaganda?

State surveillance on unprecedented level? Don’t be paranoid! Surely a state actor would never abuse the power to snoop for your private photos[2]!

Electronic waste? Duopoly? Censorship? Ownership? Those are made up words, comrade!

[1] - https://youtu.be/cwCtM6D4GOc

[2] - https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/karen-r...



> Surely you don’t want your fellow citizens to fall for Russian, Chinese, Another State Actor propaganda?

Centralized Appstore monopolies are best friends of the authoritarian governments. Both Google and Apple readily removed any app the local government points them to, saying that they are committed to working in accordance with the legislation of countries where they provide their services.

"....but added that it complies with the local laws of each particular country." [0]

[0]: https://www.techspot.com/news/67701-russia-tells-apple-googl...


Not an Apple user, but they support their devices for a long time, so there is that.


So does raspberry pi. They are supported even longer.




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