german people have large privacy and date security fears. This has kept them off of many other platforms. Most people in my friends circle never had a MySpace / Facebook… Being in an anonymous space like here is nice.

While this is true for me(*) - partially, it’s not a fear, it’s a certainty that my data is not secure anywhere online - I would be positively surprised (but kind of doubt that) if younger people actually think consciously about their online privacy.

* never had myspace, deleted all my facebook posts, comments, contacts & then account in 2012 when they changed the terms & conditions to own everything you upload - and before then I had never used my real last name there

I am strongly anti-violence but sometimes I think a bit of torture wouldn’t be the worst means to remind politicians who they represent.

“barely any” is neither entirely accurate, nor does it excuse the use of flatpaks.

isn’t flatpak by definition relying on a second software source, hence 2x as much risk as relying on a single source (your OS repo)?

I love everything about this story.

I’m a 10 year pro,

You wish. The sheer idea of calling yourself a “pro” disqualifies you. People who actually code and know what they are doing wouldn’t dream of giving themselves a label beyond “coder” / “programmer” / “SW Dev”. Because they don’t have to. You are a muppet.

mildly amused