I already have. Long before the threat of tariffs. I shop thrift stores, yard sales, and social media markets. I go to electronics recyclers and find perfectly good laptops that just need an OS installed.

I’ve had the same phone since 2017, and the same car for 10+ years, neither of which were new when I got them.

That only works until they find a leftist who is armed and fed up with their shit. Then they take the pine box challenge.

What’s a good VPN service? Is Proton still good?

Last I heard, torrents would leak your actual IP. Has that been fixed?

Apple is a US based company. For them to just roll over sets a bad precedent, especially for our fascists who are now running the show here.

What’s to stop the US government from going after the same services here? What’s about Tor or VPN services?

The authoritarians will smell blood in the water after this. Since the big player just gave up, who will stand in their way?

AI has already stolen everyone’s work. The internet is officially a free for all.

Substack has had a Nazi problem since its inception. At first, there was a liberal backlash, but they all eventually went there anyway.

I can’t wait to get a hold of a bunch of cheap TP Link routers. Those things run OpenWRT like champs.

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No, the only thing I wish would center around the US is an asteroid. I absolutely hate it here, but I don’t have the means to leave.

One of my in-laws has dual England/US citizenship. They divide their time between the two countries. It directly effects them.

Is it wrong to hope it hits the specific city I live in? 😅

It affects certain people from America. I have a relative who is directly affected by this.

Not if they are in the UK? Idk, that’s probably a weird edge case, but unless we’re all free, nobody is.

The UK is part of 5 Eyes. They swap info on citizens among members. No warrants, no constitutional protections. All they have to do is ask MI5 for info on Americans with dual citizenship.

No, but they’re part of 5 Eyes. The US government can ask MI5 to spy on US citizens, which gets around 4th amendment protections.

This will allow them to spy on any US citizens with dual citizenship.

I’d just as soon not use google apps, where possible.

A better title would be “Apple helps the US government bypass the 4th amendment”.

A better title would be “Apple helps the US government bypass the 4th amendment”.

Is it wrong to hope it hits us?