Take a look at Port87. They have an interesting system. https://port87.com/

I like my Pixel phones, so I dunno what about it is supposed to be a joke?

My 3a still works. Wish they wouldn’t have removed the headphone jack from later models but the 7a has been fine.

Usenet.

Parasocial relationships and extremely niche content. Many girls will do specific roleplays. You want a girl to fart on a cake while calling you James Baxter? Someone will. Hell, someone probably specializes in it.

That’s not what DRM is and pirating has always involved extra steps.

I don’t know what “morally lazy” means as the author never defines the construct. Discord has an uncertain monetization model, sure. It’s not great for privacy. It will, no doubt, follow Doctorow’s “enshittification” model.

And then I’ll just spin up a Mumble server or something. So what? Should I feel bad for using a service while I can? Should I feel bad for having fun conversations with my friends? Maybe not everything has to be a fraught struggle of good vs evil.