intrepid

Maybe they’re having problems with bots at the moment.

I have to go through the ridiculous cloudfare verification page now. How do they have a bot issue?

How many instances will one have to register on? This isn't going to improve until forgefed is done.

Some people seem to think that setting up send-email and mailing patches has too much of a learning curve and 'barrier to entry'.

I think you misspelled 'hoarding' and 'price gouging'.

The same question applies to cars, refrigerators, AC, thermostats, TV (aside from multimedia streams), washing machines, sex toys, regular toys, house locks, fan controllers, tooth brushes, toasters, microwaves, water heaters, stoves, ovens, trimmers, shavers, watches, ...

Privacy is a natural consequence of freedom that FSF is talking about. Their stance is that any computing device under your ownership should do everything you want it to, and only what you want it to.

While I agree with that sentiment, I really wish people use something other than YouTube. I wish peertube or even paid platforms like nebula take off.

I share your concern - matrix is bloated as a protocol. I assume you tried synapse. I wonder how conduit (rust) or dendrite (go) would perform.

Don't be deceived by the 'limit' on it. Now they can develop it away from public scrutiny and then expand it easily, gradually and silently in scope. The only safe version of WEI is a dead version.

I wish I was as optimistic as you are about people ditching Windows. I see that happening only with people who are too poor to afford a monthly subscription. The (relatively) poor people are also likely to adopt Linux/BSD more since they have modest expectations that Linux/BSD can meet. The rest find it hard to adapt, even though there are good alternatives. Imagine people complaining that you need a CS degree to use Linux.

If you didn't read the article, the biggest source of smoke there is the burning of rice stubble in the neighboring state to prepare the fields for the next crop. The framers have repeatedly ignored all pleases over the years to avoid this.

No arguments here. Even gmail and YouTube are vessels of abuse.