We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
@felix For BeOS this was one of it's famous aspects even back in the 90's on a real Pentium!
In 2024, France counted 13,335 millionaires who paid ZERO income tax.
This is yet another example of why we need a UN Tax Convention to fix global tax rules and finally make the super-rich pay their fair share, so there is real money for public services, climate action, and a green transition, instead of more loopholes for extreme wealth.
@ariadne Yep, I don't know the full history either, but from the context I got in this thread, things sound fixable so I hope it goes into that direction from the Debian side so that it stops causing problems upstream and for users of the package in Debian.
@ariadne That post now walks into conspiracy theory territory there. I know Andrej personally and I think you're assuming a lot more bad faith here than he deserves.
@alienghic @bri7 LFP batteries are quite safe. As in, you can throw them into a fire and they still won't explode, or you can take a pick-axe to them and they won't catch fire. They also last 3-4 times as long.
@Edwin085 A gen z would figure this out in an instant, you just press one of the buttons on the opposite side where the Yes label is missing due to an AI glitch.
@bugaevc For one, there's been a major shift in priority. 40 years ago the focus was on usability and getting more computer users on board. Now the priority is to make you click on ads.