Federation has nothing to do with the problem you are talking about. Moderation is. That's it. You're picking the wrong enemy. When any platform gets big, more moderation is needed, more stupid comments will appear. Has nothing to do with federation.
It's really so sad to see how marketing alone can shape the landscape even when they 🍎 are scamming their users so hard.
We are talking about one single notification per year that serves as a notification for the hundreds of KDE programs that you normally install on a Plasma desktop.
So, yeah, it's pretty fair. And it's free software, so you can fork it and delete those lines of code anyway. It's KDE so they'll probably even let you disable it at some point in the settings.
That's what happens when you have so much money that you can just do crazy things knowing that statistically something will make money.
This guy trying to steal your security questions!
Google’s work could encourage the adoption of MLS, much as it did with RCS.
How can you say what Google has done is "encouraging RCS"? They literally monopolised it.
Have you tried Heliboard? It's open and has swyping (you have to download a binary blob).
Some banking services do only work through the app, believe it or not, as it is "the trusted device".
4G is here to stay for a long while. It's fast enough for 99% of cases and 5G only covers very small areas, and will only be used (at least for now) on crowded areas where it makes sense.
Also, this device has 480p screen... I think 4G is pretty fine.
Although I totally get why lemmy.ml would want to do something like that, it's not "being polite...", it's "enforcing politeness..."
I mean, I'd love to get paid that amount of money for a few months, do barely nothing, blame my inferiors and retire with investments and a small restaurant in a friendly town.
It's 100 % because they don't really know if bikes can go on the roads it tells you. Their focus is clearly on cars, and they don't feel comfortable in their guesses on bikes, specially considering that the risks of bad injury skyrocket if you ride somewhere where you shouldn't.