that someone doesn't always have to be you. many have produced amazing work and left it in the public domain for everyone to enjoy for free without any limitations. they are the ones that paid the cost, and to many of them, the cost is worth it.
there are 100% free (as in gratis and as in freedom) tools out there for people to use and enjoy, it's just not the norm and don't ever expect it coming from for-profit companies, those are not known to be altruistic. 

 ok with me as long as everyone puts the milk after the cereal 😄 

 check protondb 

 replace bitcoin with methamphetamine and this now becomes a lot more reasonable 

 Nostr? 

 in summary, the way i see it: identify with values and principles, but support/appreciate specific products and solutions. 

 i'm pretty sure that's UTF-8 :P 

 not really, waiting for solid open source alternatives that can be self-hosted on a remote server. 

 still better than what i expected. glad to see it. 

 privacy is as important for the individual as transparancy is for a group or collective. this is why i advocate for individual privacy as well as state and government transparency. 

 i mean, i believe software audit companies do this internally. 

 kudos to the red team, blue team got some work to do. 

 i promise that one day i'll install trisquel, mr stallman 

 performance-wise won't be anywhere close to the top open source models, but regardless, more open-source models are always welcome. 

 with unlimited resources? SSTO. without unlimited resources? possibly cryonics-related machinery and software. 

 closest thing i am aware of so far is the PINE64 PineTime 

 a classic watch wont monitor your heartrate or your sleep schedule. the point of a smart ring isn't to provide the time. 

 you should try following tags that interest you such as #privacy #foss #linux and such 

 in my nostr client i can just click a tag from a post and then prees the follow button, i can simply make a search for posts with a specific tag beforehand. 

 in my view: the more advanced, educated and responsible a society is, the more it should accept free information. right now there's less free information that there should be, but free information absolutism is also absurd at this point, maybe in a few centuries. 

 doesn't seem banned, perhaps unpopular or umderrated. i just read that the author was inspired by henry george, which i have respect for. thanks! 

 yet you go to a social network to talk about how you're a bitcoiner, if your account ever gets tied with your real identity later down the line, all your effort was in vain.
even better opsec would be to never mention it anywhere at all. 

 lagging behind on quantum resistant encryptiom but apart from that i agree 

 that episode is almost a year old. 

 simplex chat when? 

 dark brandon's got swagger. 

 what purposeful activities were sports in the ancient olympics replacing? 

 yeah and so is bitcoin, the internet and computers. we really should just return to being hunter gatherers. the transistor was humanity's demise. 

 the beatings will continue until morale improves 

 careful with that, soon enough you'll start questioning reality and turn into a solipsist 

 the right answer is always more M-Discs 😎 

 civilized people advocate for this https://image.nostr.build/2aaa443115f0c6bb6d116be71c6b9a42a8bb9c87d7fb416922d31aea702ee308.jpg 

 welcome!