I totally see what you mean with the GNU-like Linux phones. But what issue could you have with Wayland in the year 2024?
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Maybe this isn't low effort bait but a bad NixOS ad
ARM I guess, or increasingly RISC-V
Getting a 503 with Tor. For others with the same problem, here's an archive.org snapshot.
I couldn't find anything about what concrete technology they are looking at. Judging by the dates, it could potentially be GNU Taler! The dates coincide with the NGI Taler project: https://taler.net/en/news/2024-02.html
As written in my other comment, "cash but digital" is a valid use case imo. It's just most cryptocurrencies are terrible for that.
XMR/Monero is the best one I've seen, but GNU Taler has the potential to do that without the ecological harm. I hope it comes soon™
Agree in general, but I just learned that the word "idiot" is considered ableist language. I was unaware of it's historic meaning/roots, so this surprised me too.
Some people are desperate for economic or social reasons. That maybe doesn't give them the same status as other scam victims, but I've seen smart and educated people fall for this gambling.
Awwww I wrote my essay and here I come back to your comment saying everything better in one tenth of my words.
My most positive but realistic prediction: Bitcoin is gonna stay around as a pump-and-dump scheme to make the rich richer. Other cryptocurrencies will slowly fade away including (as one of the latest) ETH. They are not suitable as a currency and are more of a ~~gambling~~ investment opportunity. Per default, most cryptocurrencies are a privacy nightmare, especially Bitcoin.
There are exceptions. XMR is fairly stable in value and is actually really close to what many people want: cash but digital. If GNU Taler takes off, there's will be a more comfortable option for paying while retaining privacy, making XMR more obscure.
I assume laws and the state will also have an influence, especially with the climate catastrophe questioning the immense amount of energy necessary to run all of this. Even if crypto were more efficient if it replaced fiat, it's not gonna happen. There's hard power preventing it. Both at the same time is reckless when there are people dying.
Also money sucks in general so best case scenario it gets thrown onto the trash of history.
inb4 crypto shills: Remember that there are people whose income and investments depend on people believing bitcoin is more than gambling.
It is not convenience, it's being able to use a device at all in some cases. In others, firmware (updates) contain vital security and stability fixes.
I agree that proprietary software should not exist. I just think that the way you advocate treating firmware harms that goal.
Some people take offense in referring to Alpine/postmarketOS as GNU.