Stigma.

A very large number of people believe Linux is difficult to get into. There are a number of publisher that somehow think Linux users are all hackers that will cheat in their online games. There are a not-so-insignificant number of Linux users who like Linux to remain niche, and small, and exclusive, and difficult to get into, and scoff at the idea of a “general user”.

I mean… I’m already using Nicotine+ (Soulseek).

SSSSIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH…

Looks like I’ll have to prepare for yet another once-in-a-lifetime economic collapse.

“Big” does mean “everything is available”. But you are starting to ask the right questions:

What resources are needed to build electronics?

Where does one find these resources in abundance?

If you’re actually interested in learning the answers to these questions, you can find out the average rare earth minerals needed for a CPU or a GPU. You can also find the resource distribution of minerals on Earth, and their expected purities.

You’ll probably also figure out why certain countries make the diplomatic decisions that they do. Take, for example, the mineral deal between Ukraine and the US…

No, it’s not remotely viable because something always has to come from somewhere. The US, or any particular place on Earth, does not have every necessary resource available. Or might only have poor quality/purity resources available.

So even if you were to somehow move every manufacturing pipeline into a single country, that country still relies on getting lithium from other countries where it’s abundant, or magnesium, or titanium, or sulphur, or cobalt, or gold, or platinum, or perhaps even just decent steal.

And since you’re getting those resources from other countries, it’s far more logistically viable to process those resources in the countries where they’re mined.

And since those country are already processing the resources, it’ll also be logistically way better if they can process them into basic components too.

Hmm… Here I am trying to think when the last time was when I gave EA money for anything…

I guess the Mass Effect Remastered collection. I got that through Humble Monthly, but I’m pretty sure Humble gave EA money for that. So I gave money to EA through Humble… That was quite a long time ago, though.

They looked at their calendar and thought “Oh shit!” when they saw they were overdue to start V for Vendetta.

Well, this is happening earlier than I thought.

Holy shit. An actual interrobang.

This is like finding a shiny.

Certainly more based on reality. OP could’ve also simply used a single word:

“money”

Ok, but it doesn’t say anything about “nay to ye zionists”.

And how do you know it’s not malicious in nature? I’d like to know what your definition of “malicious” is if you’re just fine with letting a Corpo run system look at everything you’re doing.

You consider actual, literal spyware as being merely telemetry?

The better option would be to not use spyware as an operating system.

Can’t agree on Discord being hot garbage, unless you’re specifically talking about how monetisation has creeped its way into it.

However, with Vencord I don’t have to see any of that shit, while also having a far more functional and feature rich client.

Of course, a FOSS, potentially federated alternative would be greatly preferred, but it must have at least the basic functions of Discord.

I’m stuck with Google. No aftermarket OS supports my phone. :(

*Windows XP.

I hope we’re talking about that Linus, and not that Linus. You know, the one that works with computers, and not the other one that works with computers.

Never even heard of the site until now. That’s certainly not where I get my switch roms from.

Can’t wait to play it! :D