I was thinking of actually doing it, I do own a domain or two after all

Welp, time to move to another instance

Oh come on. I wanted a zenfone, I wanted the compact phone with a headphone jack and actual components. But if they're being cocky about it, there's no point. I guess I'll have to find another brand

Exactly! There's no entity aside from the instance admin, mods, and you. No corporation trying to maintain an image, no one stopping you from creating other accounts with different identities in other servers... It's just you and the instances. And if you don't like one, just go to another one, it's all up to you!

And I love that it's going mainstream. Keep it up y'all, let's keep these instances active

Does Lineage allow this? It's the rom I'm considering for my Galaxy Note 10

I remember listening the launch of this one in the local radio, the hosts sounded excited, I was excited, everything was great. Never got one though, it was my dream device at the time

Amazing post. As someone born in the 2000s, this is definitely an unknown story for me (I grew up with WinXP), and I didn't get to live this virtual freedom revolution. I do remember that MS owned everything though, they were the big promise, the big company that made computers and the internet work. Microsoft was everywhere.

Definitely an interesting story, I will definitely continue supporting open standards and free software, possibly even contributing once I get better at programming ;)

Agreed. I'd still recommend a VPN in case your ISP is some sort of big company that sells or sends your traffic to other companies or the gov though, or if you want to torrent in the US, Germany or other countries where the copyright laws are super enforced.

Just make sure you choose a reliable VPN, not some random VPN from youtube. Read articles, reviews, investigate, ask in privacy-focused communities