Fonzie!

Apple customers are return customers, regardless of how badly they are treated.

I don’t know why you are downvoted, because this is just true.

I can’t think of a single other manufacturer that would sell me a small form factor computer with 4 or 5 Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports.

Oh. That’s why.

in case anyone doesn’t get it: Apple’s laptops and phones infamously lack all sorts of ports, the macbook “pro” m1 only has two USB-C ports and that’s it

I was thinking the same, but I’ve not seen anyone seeming like a weed dealer so far. I think it’s just a case of German humour 😋

Hm fair point!

XMPP is focused on personal chats, calls and group chats. It’s a better drop-in replacement for Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.

Matrix is great too, although it’s focused on channel-based, administrated chat rooms. It’s got a higher barrier of entry but is an excellent replacement for Discord, Teams and Slack for managing companies and other organised groups.

They fill in different use cases and are both excellent decentralised services with the possibility to avoid non-European digital services!

It’s so bad comparitively that I am considering to just not use AI anymore.

This is the way.

EDIT I misunderstood the post, this is what you’re using, not what you’re recommending, sorry about that!
I will still include my original comment below.

Still, I use and can recommend XMPP and the provider magicbroccoli.de! Arne the admin is also a swell guy!

Bold move recommending US Signal over European Telegram!

I’d personally trust neither very much; one’s US funded and the other clearly not as secure outside “secret chats”.

But what about Threema? Or a European XMPP provider like the excellent magicbroccoli.de?

Heck yeah, me too!

That’s not the right mindset, but he really did say positive things that were simply not true about Trump’s party in the wake of current-ish events.