Trying to disarm an aggressor is not the same as attacking commercial ships.
Calling him smooth brained is looking past the fact that it's just plain corruption. He has interests in the oil industry, and they are against public rail. Hold him to account for what he is, a criminal.
This is a game changer for me. I always loved Firefox and tried to use it exclusively, but living in a foreign country is hard when you're learning the language, and I had to switch to chrome sometimes due to the lack of translation in Firefox. Now I can finally remove Chrome!
It's more the principal that Google doesn't care about their ecosystem or users. There would be uproar if Apple killed their podcasts app, since it has been around for so long. But Android users are just used to this shit now.
This is why Google will forever be behind Apple. Any app that can't be monetised gets killed. Why give Android users a stable ecosystem after all? Fuck the users. Google fucking sucks.
What's wrong with Firefox?
Why are the memes on Lemmy so bad? Am I just past it?
Doubtful. They are mercenaries and won't be getting paid anymore. Mercenaries have no allegiance to anybody.
Look at Rupert Murdoch. He unquestionably holds more power than Musk and has been at it for a long time. Democracy is an illusion, since people are very easily influenced by the media they consume.
Doesn't matter, they are powerless.
That would require bravery from a lot of people. Few have been as brave as Navalni. Let's hope his death shakes people's apathy.