We don’t have to worry about the government tracking us everywhere we go. These corporations will do it for them and then sell the data for a proft.

And reddit still shouldn’t release the IP address of specific users without a warrant.

I’m in the same boat with my PC. Bought a steam deck for the same reason.

When the majority of your population also lives in the same metro area as your seat of government, it really helps.

To your second point, this is actually a major problem of debates from a psychology stand point. Unless people are willing to change their beliefs, debates actually strengthen their belief in their previously held ideas. It is useless to debate someone that is not willing to change their mind.