I think Free Software philosophy is polarising because advocates understand proprietary software mistreats the user and there is too much risk or temptation by developers or their corporate interests for profit. If you follow that train of thought you should be able to see why it would be inappropriate to recommend proprietary software in FOSS spaces.

I feel mentally unready to constantly hear about AI all day everyday.

I wouldn’t give them a cent or negotiate at all either, and the public aren’t going to give a shit about how they’re being tracked.

Search for ‘Enshittification’ if you want a pretty good analysis of what’s going on. But basically greed, capitalism and the never ending pursuit of growth.

Fair enough.

At least the copyright trolls are targeting Twitter instead of individual users I guess? DMCA is a farce.