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If they're smart they won't do that as they know people are buying their products specifically for that reason.
If they're smart...

Bittwarden or KeyPassXC are good self-hosteable alternatives.

politicians are incapable of actually fixing any of our problems.

They're not incapable, they just don't care. They're your problems after all, not theirs.

Fairly private.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Focus instead on enforcing standards' compliance so i can open a .docx with any program and be usable anywhere.

Then focus on enforcing FOSS software in public services but don't bother with a "european linux distro", that's just a waste of resources. There are already a great deal of distros around. Considering geopolitics i'd go with SuSe or some other EU-based distro.

Good, certificates should be automated anyways.

The problem being when that can't be easily automated? Did you read the article?

John Oliver had a piece recently about it. Quite enlightening.

That's hardly the VCS's fault.

Wasn't it Munich who did that a few years back, only to backtrack sometime later?

Ah yes, the rust zealots shitting on one of the most important languages of all time... again.

Kinda weird how the number one way to promote Rust has been to downplay C and others.

Tech content is passable, wish he'd stick to that. Been losing points with politics, cheap merch and lazying out with what basically amounts to reaction videos.

Any other recommendations for tech content? Seytonic and The new oil are nice.