Ilovethebomb

That really nails it, I think. Tech is a hobby for some, a means to an end for the vast majority.

I've used my share of free software. Some of it worked well, but it always felt clunky, and just never as straightforward to use as a paid product.

But sure, I couldn't possibly have reached that conclusion on my own, it's obviously the marketing.

Christ this is such a Lemmy take.

The other option is users just not using tech at all.

I've said this before here, but techy people vastly overestimate both the ability and the patience of the typical user, and it's the reason so few people use FOSS products.

Products from big tech aimed at private individuals are designed to be as simple to use as possible, which is why they're so popular.

It will be like Russia, where they make nuclear threats on a weekly basis, but know they would be obliterated if they ever actually used them.

Having said that, you're right about Israel having nukes being nothing to cheer about.

Why Hinge? Are you thinking of Grindr?

Also, dozens of people isn't enough to make a significant blip.

No, but they can certainly kill the Ayatollahs, and I don't think they're willing to die for the cause.

They quite famously killed the guy in charge, is what I'm getting at.

How many senior Taliban members are still alive from those days? The organisation persists, most of the leadership didn't.

The US response to something like that would almost certainly result in a regime change in Iran, and the death or life imprisonment of its leaders.

I really don't think Iran's leaders are that foolish, after what happened last time someone did that.

Getting called ignorant by a Saddam apologist is... Something.