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I’m not aware of the stuff with Firefox specifically, but I think I can agree with the premise. It seems that this boils down to the question of whether “good enough” really is.

This line of thinking is particularly relevant within this community. For instance, Proton/Tuta isn’t immune to subpoenas, so the only way I can think of to have truly secure email is to have a self-hosted service with a dead man switch. However, most email providers block most self-hosted email servers… so one either needs to compromise, or not participate. It’s an uncomfortable place for a lot of people, and calls into question their morals as well as their commitment to the same. I think this is why points that may seem spurious may often creep in, because we’re all trying to find something to better inform our decisions in uncertain circumstances.

Of course. It seems that one of the foundational truths of antifascism is the approach that fascism, operates in all tenets of life, not just on the debate floor, and so if one resigns themselves to only confronting fascism using the establishes channels (i.e. voting), they are “leaving the back door open”, so to speak.

This leads to a certain suspicion toward all things; for example, not accepting trump’s dismissal of project 2025, because it is a forgone conclusion that lying about something that is exactly something a fascist would do.

However, I think that worldview can complicate (and at times create tension with) other discussions, i.e. Proton. Someone who may not consider themselves fascist or antifascist, and just wants to degoogle, may look up Proton and feel as if they don’t have the tools to separate the stuff which isn’t in the scope of their inquiry from the stuff that does, which what I think is going on here.

To put it another way, it’s like someone saying they want a burger and asking if mcdonald’s is good, then being told that mcdonald’s sucks because their food is unhealthy, they facilitate factory farming, and they take advantage of the economically disadvantaged. While those data points are important to the person sharing their opinion, and may very well extend to the life of the individual asking, it doesn’t say anything about whether the food tastes good or not, thereby leaving the initial question unresolved.

So while the data points about proton’s CEO (and anyone else who may be implicated) may be true, and while there may be wider implications as well, it can serve to muddy the waters for those who are coming in perpendicular to the conversation.

I’ve noticed that there’s a peculiarly dogmatic approach to antifascism here, and I think that colors a lot of the discussion around Proton.

Interestingly, I just heard this on another lemmy post about alcohol. It wasn’t well received there, lol

A few years ago I was friends with a cohort of soon-to-be Psychologists, and it was a well known fact that your options for easy employment* were either to get a job as a therapist for a major health corp and make little money and have to deal with the terrible admin, or make 2-3x working for a tech company but having to incur the karmic debt of trying to give Jolly West and James Mitchell a run for their money in the Lawful Evil competition.

*Private practice, teaching, and/or research have their own hurdles that are typically too high a barrier for entry for new grads

What does the rest of the house look like? I’d try to match the time period. I.e. if victorian, then cast iron can be okay, if 50’s or newer, bare/painted wood banister.

That’s awesome! What kind of terrace are you putting in? I’m imagining a pergola?

Jealous of those bushes. Are they yes or juniper or something else? I’ve been wanting to put some in since I live in Suburbia but don’t want to throw up a fence.

What’s up with Tutamail? I’ve been looking at switching my email over to something better, and I’ve been hearing Proton for a long time, but I don’t know enough to sway one way or the other.

Also, how hard is it to self host email?

Ad Hominem. If you can make a point without a logical fallacy, we can talk.

tl;dw?

Thank god for duct tape

ok

is this problem limited to people who act like that in the South, or people in general who act like that? In other words, if someone was from Oregon or Colorado and was mentally ill and pro-criminal, would you feel the same toward them?

I don’t really know what to make of that but congratulations or that sucks I guess

that’s crazy, I didn’t know over 100,000,000 people who lived in a bioregion are mentally ill and also advocate for a criminal, damn. Or am I missing the point you were trying to make?

There is a lot of authoritative speculation in the comments on this one

what does it explain