Username/pfp checks out.

Formal education is just a means to an end, end being typically independence/jobs, not actually intellect (no matter how much it’s marketed as such).

You say non free SMS messages as if it’s otherwise “free”, but the product is you.

Utility or privacy, it’s your pick. If you value privacy more, you won’t give in to utility.

Government apps are the only one I think are hard to do without.

People should just stop being so addicted to convenience.

Quit internet banking and cardless payments.

He’s a molester, what makes you think this would be an issue for him?

Seconding this. How dare you criticise china! It’s a perfect haven, you racist!

Wasn’t rhetorical, was intended to ask for your reasoning in more specific terms.

Allow me to rephrase.

Do you think it is likely for voting to create a difference?

There is nothing constitutional about the US and how it operates anymore.

Do politicians still have your faith?

Let’s look at one study and ignore the consensus of studies, right?

It doesn’t hurt the sales of the games, that’s an unscientific assertion you are asserting that directly contradicts research.

If you want to play it for free, nobody’s stopping you from pirating it too. It seems like resentment here rather than logical rigour in your argument. It’s not a slap in the face for gamers who want to support the developers. If you don’t, there’s no reason why you should be obligated to purchase the game.

Games are made and developed for-profit, they only continue production if they are profitable. They’ve remained profitable despite piracy forever.

This has nothing to do with the argument that all games should be free or that developers don’t need paychecks. It’s an entirely different set of claims which nobody is making here.

Logic is objective, so saying it’s logical “to you” is illogical.

A sense of humour is irrelevant to a discussion from a logical standpoint. Furthermore, we literally have data and studies that show that piracy doesn’t hurt the sales of games— when provided with this evidence in the comments, you just “laughed” at it.

You ask for reasoning/evidence, and when provided, just laugh at it. Laughter doesn’t dismiss evidence.

Sure, just don’t pretend you’re engaging in logical discussion.

Except when people provide you with evidence and reasoning you just go “lmao” and leave it at that too.

Not the original commenter, but you seem to know a bit about communism (I’m currently looking into it)

Would you be up for a discussion on communism?

Goodbye!

That’s a fallacious argument. It’s like saying using a laptop made in 2026 is the exact same as using a laptop made in 2010 for privacy standards. News flash, it ain’t.

The killswitches in question wouldn’t apply to all new vehicles, or well, they would just be EVs, because they’re planning to ban regular vehicles.

Please restate concisely, then.

Not all GPT users are American/residing in America

Even foss is under attack. Linux (amongst other OS) are being forced to comply with integrating OS-level age verification checks, which means invading privacy and contributing to mass surveillance.

People have been arrested for developing end-to-end encryption too.