My (least) favorite in this category is email addresses. It's astonishing how many developers screw this up by trying to validate an email address by some means other than sending a message to it.
is exactly like saying “why don’t you just buy a house?” to someone complaining about their landlord.
What an idiotic comparison.
Buying a house costs so much money and time that most people cannot afford to, and those who can generally must go into debt for most of their remaining lives in order to do so. Suggesting FOSS to replace "whatever commercial software they use" is the polar opposite, in that it's literally free (usually in both senses of the word). It's more like suggesting that someone consider a new route to commute from home to work.
Also, this opening...
Okay, all you open source evangelist people: your knee-jerk reaction to come at people
...is incredibly reductive and combative. The world needs less of that, not more.
I have a lot of criticism for The Witcher 3, but one thing I really appreciated was making lore and character background available for reading. It really helped with this newcomer's understanding of the world and story. (And later, with my understanding of the TV series.)
I wonder if there's a way that Bandcamp could split from Songtradr, and reform as an employee-owned cooperative. I haven't touched their services since Epic bought them, but would return in a heartbeat if they were independent once again.
Based on this, one should try to do as much as possible on a GrapheneOS device
To be clear, that is OP's opinion, not a recommendation in the article.
Personally, I would be more interested in GrapheneOS if using it didn't require (directly or indirectly) giving money to Google.
Why does ARM hardware become obsolete after a few years? Lacking ongoing software support and no mainline Linux?
Correct. (And firmware support.)
What does that have to do with the instruction set license?
Barrier to entry (cost) and license restrictions (non-disclosure) are generally problematic for anyone wanting to ship open hardware.
If you think RISC-V implementors who actually make the damn chips won’t ship locked hardware that only run signed and encrypted binary blobs, you are in for a disappointing ride.
I don't think anyone expects existing ARM device makers to change their behavior with RISC-V. Rather, RISC-V opens the door to new players who do things differently.
It's nice to see portable PC gaming become easy, but at least for me, it's not just about that. The Steam Deck has raised the bar, by also bringing freedom from Microsoft's ecosystem by default. I would rather have it.
(And I would rather give my money to Valve, who have been investing significantly in making that ideal a reality.)
No, it's the same reason as always: Nvidia stubbornly refusing to play by the rules, cooperate with the maintainers, respect other people's software licenses, or let you know how to communicate with the hardware you bought. It's part of why I stopped giving them money.
Subnautica.
Damn fine game, too, if you look past the engine bugs.
Also, frankly, even the concept of a “baseline” is a damaging concept.
This is all a bit alarmist, isn't it? My baseline is a sensible user interface, responsive controls, and fun. Very high-budget games from the biggest studios have come and gone (often failing those modest criteria) yet my baseline remains the same. Having experienced the epics doesn't raise my expectations or damage my opinion of the less advantaged ones.
Or to put it another way, I've been lucky enough to have a few very impressive multi-course meals, yet I still love a good taco.
Or in the hardware, like the baseband processor or even something more obscure. Replacing the OS won't help with that.