This is helpful, thanks.

You’re right that there’s value in having a software repository with “vetted” apps in it. And at the same time, there’s a difference between “here’s stuff we’ve done some kind of due diligence on” and “you aren’t allowed to install anything we haven’t okayed.” That’s what Apple and now Google are doing.

(I also think there’s value in having a word like “sideload” to describe the action of installing software not in a repository. It’s just that it’s tied up now in this paternal attitude from the big companies)

I think it would be nice to have greater block options, but have never had a personal need for them. What kind of internet beefs are you guys getting into?

Lol, I mean the focus on coincidence, like matching dates.

Do you guys remember email forwards? This is like something I’d get from my grandma

I think that was a bad thing to do

Yeah most children I know accept the police escort over detainment

I don’t understand the segment of people who were excited to come up with a new slur for AI. Plus it’s not even effective. It doesn’t make sense, doesn’t bite. Computers don’t clank, not even robots clank anymore. Are we in Battlestar Galactica or something