I definitely stay far away from either freenet as they have a huge CSAM problem.
Wait until the cotton gin arrives, all the hand weavers will become jobless and no one will have experience anymore.
Wait until the printing press arrives, all the scribe monks will become jobless and no one will have experience anymore.
Wait until the computer arrives, people will become obsolete and no one will have experience anymore.
Wait until the steam engine, automobiles, planes, calculators, telephones, bla bla
"Slippery slope" arguments like these assume that once a technology introduces a specific risk, society lacks the agency to create counter-measures, new norms, or alternative uses for that technology.
History shows that when a "slope" appears, regulation steps in, technology evolves to solve the problem, or the culture shifts to reinterpret the tool.
In almost every case, the feared "bottom" of the slope was never reached because humans constantly built ramps or bridges along the way.
What defines “mostly”? What defines “tolerated”?
The staff, arbitrarily at their discretion of course.
Via uses the built-in WebView renderer included on the Android platform.
And it's proprietary!
imagine complaining of too much freedom
this would be useful for when I need to talk on the phone near others without disturbing them
surely gstreamer could've handled that easier?
Linux distros have the same kind of device ID mechanism (/etc/machine-id or /var/lib/dbus/machine-id)... the only difference is how applications use it.