Use of funds is misguided sure, but all the AI stuff is completely optional and has never ever gotten in my way

Yep it’s how I heat my place, though 40-60% of the heat still comes from natural gas unfortunately.

This would require investment in infrastructure, which is a completely foreign concept to american politicians when it’s not about adding one more lane

You know capitalism has reached peak efficiency when instead of laying some cables or even build a few more cell towers we decide to litter the atmosphere with satellites instead

I bet they will end up having granny use adb over WebUSB a la GrapheneOS

If you use the term “sideloading” you already lost the battle before you finished your sentence

I would actually pay for YT premium if it was reasonably priced and I think there are many like me. Why are they shooting themselves in the foot?

Patents shouldn’t be valid for more than 5 years imo. If you can’t make a large enough profit from your idea in 5 years maybe it wasn’t that good or original.