@ryo According to @beardalaxy, they no longer require it (surprisingly), but I personally still don't trust Twitter.
@ryo I think the ultimate plan for subverting Linux is to make it near impossible to install it directly on hardware and to force everyone to use Windows Subsystems for Linux. I bet most Linux users buy Windows computers and replace the OS and that's slowly becoming impossible. So you will be stuck either buying niche or used hardware if you want to using anything other than Windows or macOS.
@PhenomX6 They will use inflation to make guns unaffordable, making gun control unnecessary.
@Mr_NutterButter All Seeing Eye which is a symbol of freemasonry.
@ryo
>using Linux no longer feels like running a free and open source alternative to proprietary peasant OS’s, it now feels more like running a freeware version of those proprietary peasant OS’s
No. Even using a shitty distro with SystemD is a 1000x better than using Windows because since at least Windows 8, you are required to register for an MSN account just to set up your computer. Windows 11 took it one step further and requires you to provide a mobile phone number. Windows markets itself as a service. It has forced updates, requires an MSN account like I just mentioned, and integrates itself with OneDrive or whatever they are calling their cloud service these days.
I don't know about macOS but I assume it's the same thing, but with iCloud instead of MSN/Outlook/Hotmail.
@beardalaxy Don't. The fact that they still require a phone number is enough to avoid it.