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Threema.ch already do this. Maybe that’s the answer?

I wonder what that looks like fleshed out a little, though. Is that a mandatory or voluntary payment? And by paying for what they use is that per message or per month like a subscription?

Exactly.

But do we trust entities that depend on our governments for funding? It could be argued that they’re fundamentally compromised.

Upvoted bc VC eventually means enshittifiication. But with xz getting back-doored recently, what is the middle ground that keeps these things sustainable financially and operationally?

According to @postcard64 below I’m oversimplifying things (at minimum).

Thanks. In that case is it known which of those two possibilities are most likely?

I thought that SSD fails “better” than HDD because SDD become read-only first.

Anyone know how this compares to FreshRSS?

Update: I see a few differences. It’s mobile friendly and is more simplified in some ways. That’s all good. They say to expect breakage so it mightn’t be as stable yet.

Looks like you have to stand on the tracks to get them.

The problem I see is that if they get too idealistic/absolutist, they will end up just like those examples you mentioned (Brave, TorBrowser, Librewolf); less successful.

Ah, that’s significant, although not surprising. They’re a national embarrassment.