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Purely digital just drops that cost from a few cents to nothing. DRM free music stores have existed for over a decade and already de-facto operate in this manner.
There isn't a practical reason to require DRM in order to have ownership over a digital copy of a song.
From what I can see, it makes a call and receives an access token. This token can then be used to make requests to the matrix server like sending or retrieving messages. If this component is used for a matrix client, this makes sense. If the component is used for another service or app, I don't think this is a good idea.
Why should one use Stack Up over Ansible or Puppet?
The GDPR does create a new attack surface, in that companies now have a legal obligation to provide information. The article did not say whether or not there is a legal obligation to properly verify the identity of the requestor.
The way I see it the real value add for this phone is the software, and this whole mainline Linux, FOSS, run whatever you want approach is very attractive to me.
But is it worth $700? Is it worth $700 when my current phone is in great condition and most likely will be usable for several more years?
I feel bad, because I do want to support this kind of thing, I'm just not sure that buying __this__ phone is the right decision for me.
Congratulations you made an intentionally racist computer program.
In addition to being less user friendly, having the mindset that users/visitors to your website must live and work in ideal settings means that whatever you create will tend to be fragile and brittle because you don't try to take into account situations that you haven't seen before.