It’s a real challenge to get a fully encrypted system with secure boot (easier now but still hit or miss with Linux) and tpm.

What you’re describing is the user never security model which is as you said restrictive enough to be annoying, and more controlled than windows.

I don’t know what you’re responding to, I’m responding to a comment about refresh rate.

You didn’t explain the implications of what radio free Asia is, I did. I don’t know what words I’m putting in your mouth.

That’s fine, but why?

You have granular control over universal windows apps (ie windows 8+ apps) and one global lock over all desktop apps (non uwp), and one global lock over everything. It’s pretty solid considering how little control Microsoft has and it’s wonderful fetish for compatibility.

Tldr basically same as Linux, except app distribution in Linux was bad enough for so long that more stuff is in the new restricted format while windows still has tons of things which will never go away and aren’t in the sandbox. I think not finding a way to sandbox all desktop apps was a mistake.

Define properly shut down. Do your thieves usually ask first?

If it has to go to disk for immediate loading of assets while playing a video game you’re losing more than 1-5 fps

Signal is an objectively better experience than xmpp, and has about identical security (same with matrix). Irc isn’t secure afaik. Telegram isn’t secure afaik.

A better wish would be that people in 2024 would stop being fuckign weird about their cell number. Some people don’t want to give it out despite white pages being the standard for years (and how the Terminator knows who to kill). Other people refuse to use a messaging app where they can’t use their phone to sign up. Some people want to sign up with their number but not give it out.

Moxie would be spinning in his grave if he weren’t still working there…

Matrix or xmpp, bonus points with a personal server

Thanks to interest of late, the conversations and gajim apps have come a long way in recent years, and matrix has made good strides too with element-x

So tldr, since you didn’t finish your thought, is that they got a grant like 3+ layers down, from the US government.

I have some news for you, or perhaps I can offer you a bridge.

I didn’t notice or care about their comment, it was meaningless bs. Yours is something for which it’s feasible to provide evidence, it’s a novel claim, and I saw nothing to back it up other than hostility.

That the switch to linux has a lot of friction? That it’s difficult?

Everyone mostly agrees on this, not interesting. Also you didn’t even directly claim this in your post, so obviously I wasn’t asking about this. You’re just seemingly using this hostile badgering approach to stifle the conversation.

That Microsoft has deliberately cultivated that friction?

This is the interesting claim. After all Linux deliberately shoots its legs off every few years, why does Microsoft need to help?

Nothing in my statement says that’s a requirement

You right, that’s just a weird firefox setting

Was thinking of touch: https://superuser.com/questions/1151161/enable-touch-scrolling-in-firefox

Probably true since transmission loses come after engine losses. Ammonia is also pretty cool though, I’ve read about the idea of using it in big engines since it’s also easy to store/make.

Keep in mind it’s still a drastic reduction in security by default.

25% reduction in refresh rate to only 4x the historical standard that most humans alive grew up with balanced against any semblance of privacy seems like an easy win…

Calyx uses ug and I haven’t had banking issues. You can check plexus for your bank.

Can you provide a citation for your claims about the process of switching?

It’s a sliding scale