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"Systems that break email already exist, so let's add more to the world."

Please, no.

I don’t think getting freebies from them counts as supporting them

I do. Some examples off the top of my head:

• giving them access to your stored data, by letting their code execute on your computer
• giving them access to your behavioral data (a form of biometrics), through the same
• giving them access to your system fingerprints, through both code execution and account creation
• giving them legal influence over you, by agreeing to their terms
• giving some of their legal arguments greater weight, by increasing their market share
• giving them greater sway with publishers, such as when seeking exclusivity deals, by bolstering their user count
• giving them greater value to investors, by the same

There are probably other ways in which it supports them. Those are just the first ones to come to mind.

Agreed on all points.

Out of curiosity, why did you capitalize random nouns in your comment, and leave the proper noun in lower case?

We have every reason to be skeptical of Google where privacy is concerned, but the design described here looks interesting. In particular, proxying only the off-site resources, and running them through two proxy layers from different providers.

I still won't use Chrome, but if the design holds up to scrutiny, something like it on Firefox (with configurable independent proxy providers) could be appealing.

And will surely be on F-Droid when it's ready, just as their previous apps have been.

Disclaimer: I haven't looked at the code.

It looks like Nvidia's proprietary driver was caught circumventing measures that keep proprietary code from mixing with GPL code in the kernel, deliberately violating the kernel's license. The kernel maintainers are responding by adding more restrictions.

I don't use Cloudflare because it has so many hooks into so many places that it's a one-stop shop for tracking people's internet use, which I dislike.

Seconded. If OP lives anywhere near a city, there's probably an electronics repair shop within reach that would solder on a new connector for less than the cost of a new SSD.

Can’t we just find a new way of monetize stuff without ads?

Please let us know if you figure this out. There are at least a few talented, detail-oriented developers who dislike both ads corporate life.

Takes a lot of risk out of the game.

Indeed. But on the other hand, the thing at risk is the player's time, and only the player can manage it appropriately. A game that doesn't respect that can quickly become a chore.

Just hope one wins and everyone posts there

That's one way.

Fragmentation exists even on centralized systems, though. (How many Dungeons & Dragons subreddits are there? How many are there about cats?) So it's probably best to temper expectations of one forum to rule them all, regardless of what platform we're on.

or is there a technical solution?

We may start seeing fediverse clients that can group related communities together and show them as a single feed, like multireddits.