IS he promising universal housing and food? Big if true.

Estonians pay a nearly 50% tax on salaries, we get universal healthcare and education, but not the other stuff you listed. Would definitely be way happier if we got that. Happier than a couple of euros more post-tax salary could make me.

The CIA knew it was bullshit but Cheney wanted there to be WMDs so chose to believe bullshit artists instead, if John Kiriakou is to be believed. One of the only times in history where CIA might have been the good guys.

I feel like Android and Linux (being that it’s what Android itself is based on) do the whole “everything is an app” much better than, say, Windows. On Windows, generally speaking, your entire desktop experience is built-in and so tightly coupled that it’s hard to switch it out. On Linux, you don’t NEED a GUI at all, but if you want one, you’ll have a display server, a window manager, etc. On Android, at least without the desktop mode, the base GUI is the launcher, which is just an app.

System apps that require root access are still apps. Of course the kernel isn’t really an app and I don’t think Google Play Services fits most people’s definitions of an app. System libraries aren’t apps. So those are the parts that you could consider true “OS updates” as opposed to “app updates”, but since the “apps” part of the system (if you include system apps) is so much more visible to the user, an OS update will seem like it’s mostly a bunch of app updates.

Round Iron Man 2 coming out and his cameo, I kinda felt that way too. Some 2-4 years later that feeling was entirely gone.

Yeah I actually liked the whole Vista/7 era Windows looks. Didn’t like anything else about Vista but that wasn’t Windows Aero’s fault.

Isn’t that what Whatsapp and Telegram are already used for?

Gen whatever slang often borrows from AAVE though.

I mean yeah, you’re right about the desktop mode, but 90% of new user facing features are going to be in one app or another generally.

Technically the desktop mode itself might also be an app, though a window manager or desktop environment isn’t something we conventionally think of as an app.

No idea when I’ll get to touch a new enough Android to play with it. My old Oneplus is on shaky custom rom support and my daily driver is an iPhone (which will likely get much longer software support and is newer to begin with)

Allegra

Everything in Android is an app tbh, even the launcher is a completely normal app.

Good ol’ Anja und Katja definitely helped me out in my teenage years.

It’s not just the nazis. Rich fucks from all over the world keep money there to hide it from authorities. Though I guess that’s changing now.

Oh boy

Switzerland has pretty decent privacy laws of its own, why you think Swiss bank accounts are a meme?

Also Quad9 is Swiss which may actually better than EU?

Maybe he’d had one too many pilsners?

Dutch one is still semi private

Orion browser is a bit better than Safari for adblocking but doesn’t solve the issue of other apps

Probably because you might end up giving birth prematurely on the flight and they don’t wanna be liable for anything

Those sound even worse than the AI gen car memes I get lol