Maybe not Mastercard or Visa but your local payment service for most stuff. The Netherlands has Tikkie, Switzerland has Twint, Spain has Bizum but yeah what you can pay with those can be quite limited

Please not another USA buyout. I’d love to keep our stuff here for a change

I’d love to move to Element but nobody’s there. It’s already been a struggle to get people over to Signal and that one’s got more momentum. Maybe the EU taking a louder stance could create some? Idk

Yes and no. What you say sounds like an oversimplified parole though. I’d argue how far you branch out depends on the political system your country has and the people at the top. Most of the time its good to take a stance rather than staying quiet, so you’re not an ignorant bystander. Talk to people about stuff, friends, family, posts, sign petitions. You don’t need to be far left or far right for that. Though going on the streets demonstrating can block assholes from passing laws that only benefit them and give it more urgency

Yeah, can’t use a phone while driving but a way bigger screen is fine. Makes sense

Separate issue I think but yeah, we are

Luigi was onto something

Yes, we need to vouch with our own attention and money. Many people stay on those platforms because their friends are there but maybe tell your friends where they can find you from now on. If we just suggest that there’s another platform, they’ll never leave. Most people got enough stuff going on in their lives and rather choose what’s comfortable

LinkedIn does suggest the same job like 20 times though, so there’s quite some bias too

Folks, please don’t polarize because some rando on social media tells you to. We live in an increasingly polarizing world. I’m with you on taxing the rich and holding them accountable and distributing incomes more fairly again but PLEASE know you can be centrist AND make the change you want to see. Following identity politics in the far right or far left part of the spectrum isn’t the answer but mobilizing peope from the entire spectrum to stand up and build a resistance TOGETHER is. Don’t cut out that many people from your movements because then you’re only fewer. You lack persuasion in numbers, and for these things we need masses. Maybe I may remember you of the “let them eat cake” lady. Different times of course but you get my point

For music production you sadly only got Ardour and Reaper and I consider neither of them good enough to work professionally and fast workflow in writing sessions, else I’d be over to Linux already

Go to the Zurich lake. You can see the mountains in the background. In summer, you can swim and hang out there and at the Limmat