While it's certainly possible to overcomplicate things, I find that brewing a good cup of coffee in the morning is a pleasant ritual. Some amount of complexity is actually fun, although it's a different amount for different people. In that sense coffee is no different than hifi, wine, chocolate, weed, or any other sensory-driven hobby.
I read the comment as OP threatening a mass exodus rather than claiming one was already happening. Not clear, though, so it's a valid question. I don't see a mass exodus from Ubuntu but it seems that most Docker containers these days are based on either Debian or Alpine.
I've had a pair of Hobie polarized sunglasses for around 30 years now. I bought them back in the '90's based on a recommendation from Practical Sailor magazine and they're still in great shape.
> There is nothing terrible about Apple making devices my 80+ year old mother can safely and easily use.
You're right. It's also true that there's nothing terrible about making devices that Chinese dissidents can safely and easily use. Luckily there is no government that wants to limit your mom's freedom (unless she happens to be a Chinese dissident).
When I buy a second-hand car, if there's a warning light on the instrument panel I put a piece of electrician's tape over it. Hasn't created any problems yet, but everyone feels better immediately.
In the opposite direction: I had a keyboard once that I set aside for a couple of years and when I tried to use it again some of the keys didn't register reliably. It took a couple of days of use before everything worked smoothly.
Gentle Giant is really more of a rowing club that has a moving company. They moved our company a few years back and I've never seen anyone carry as much weight as quickly and effortlessly as those guys.
When I asked for a refund I was told that they had changed their mind and they were no longer honoring their original policies. I have the phone now and it's pretty much a paperweight. Someday I might want to play around with it but at the moment it's more of a toy and less of a phone.
I'm curious whether you are still an emacs user. I'm a relative emacs noob, having started using it around the turn of the century, and I can't imagine how much time I would have wasted learning the editor of the moment over and over.
What would you call it if I broke into your house, stole your TV and laptop, and told you "I'm just holding them, I'll return them someday, probably 240 days from now but maybe later".
My daughter occasionally works for a small gift shop in Dedham, MA called "Nest". She's gotten calls from people wanting tech support for Nest thermostats.
By the same token I don't know why jp88 thinks it's okay to spend their time volunteering on behalf of Google. Is there some angle that I don't see or is there a subculture of people who enjoy providing free services to huge highly-profitable companies?
My first job out of school (in the '80's) was working for a company that managed the infrastructure for state lotteries. We ran the Texas lottery and, yes, we did occasionally have point of sale terminals drop off the network when a rancher forgot to close a gate.
4 years and counting for me, and my estimated shipping date (i.e., no sooner than date) is "1st Quarter 2022".
One note: according to the email they sent to crowdfunders in September, they've changed their policy back to what it was originally and will now issue refunds.
> If you would like us to go ahead with refund, we can now allocate your parts to another order and refund your Librem 5 product in accordance with the policy.
What you describe is quite reasonable, but that's not what's happening here. If the author were doing what you describe then we wouldn't be talking about it on HN. Instead, they've gone to the trouble of building a fancy pink website and also hidden the software behind a paywall (or something, I didn't click it). Speaking only for myself, it's the combination of those two things that creeps me out.