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?
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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'.
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.
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.
No arguments here. Even gmail and YouTube are vessels of abuse.
When faced with a severe backlash, Google's response is always "We heard you. We've killed it. Here's an alternative" - and then proceeds to offer the same wine with minor changes in a new bottle.
This is what happened when FLoC was replaced with Topics. This is what's happening with WEI. They say that they will limit it to webview and embedded media! They talk as if they are doing us a favor! As if their stupid play protect and app geo-locking isn't causing widespread misery already!
Google - we weren't asking for a replacement. It wasn't a necessary functionality that was implemented badly. It was an evil functionality that shouldn't have been proposed in the first place! Of course you won't listen to us! You only took a small tactical step back due to the enormous hit you took to your image. But sure as hell, you consider your profits as more important than all the benefits of the web or the well being of billions of its users. You will get it by hook or crook - ethics and morality be damned!
If there's anyone who's still using chrome or one of its derivatives - ask yourself the reason for staying with it. You may have a hundred reasons. But at the end of the day, it will boil down to just two - convenience and laziness. You are not willing to part with even a small feature even after knowing that Chrome's creators are out to destroy the web for everyone except themselves. You forgot that freedom is not a right - it's something you have to fight for and earn. And in this battle, you laid down your weapons without a fight and let Google subject you and everyone else to their greed. Chrome's market share allows them to control the web standards and the web ecosystem. You are complicit in the damage the web is taking - because you chose convenience over principles.
They're too big to fail. Any amount of fine anyone can slap on them is just peanuts for them. They would rather break the law and use part of the gains to battle it out in court and push their opponents to bankruptcy. They have so much money that they can't help but spend it on subjugating the rule of law.
They have to be broken up. Broken up into a hundred different companies and spread around the world with restrictions on interacting with each other.
Honestly, the servers not being in the US is a feature these days - even for US-based customers.