I wholeheartedly agree tbh

lich king was decent but it felt like the start of the downward spiral

oof yeah :| Twilio has pretty much made half a business model out of promising that you can refuse VoIP numbers using their APIs soo it's a real thing

honestly, this responses just pisses me off.

not everyone who needs to be careful with their privacy is fortunate to have a stockpile of money to spend on carriers that are WAY more expensive than they need to be. or reliable internet access.

i understand that you may not have an answer to the original question of "how do I ?", and you have the opportunity to avoid the situation in the whole and not have to think about it -- that's pretty awesome! but it completely ignores the fact that everyone is in a different situation, with specific and unique needs and context. it reeks of being patronizing tbh.

we don't know what this person's situation is, so the thing to do here is to take them at their word and help them with the problem in front of us. suggestions towards alternative solutions are of course welcome, but things like "not sure why youd want to do that" only serves to show that you don't understand the situation.

not everyone has the same choices available to them in their situations, everyone's threat model is different.

in my opinion, it's up to you. there shouldn't really be a strict definition, since everyone's needs and starting point is different. don't worry so much about trying to live up to a particular standard and figure out what level and methods of disengaging from Google (or any other tech company) works best for you.

(edit: autocorrect fix)

they were super cool, and i always wanted one. but i ended up mostly staying in Palm land, I ventured into iPaqs and other Windows devices a tiny bit, took a break from Palm for the Linux-based Zaurus at one point, played with Symbian here & there but still kept ending up back at Palm until my Centro kicked the bucket. tried to bounce around with Symbian and Maemo for a while after that but inevitably had to go Android with it

yeah i'll admit I still hear in Todd's voice most of the time... or occasionally McKay's

ba'al vs ball ofc

it's not exactly a new thing, but yes. they've been trying to bus people as far as they can get away with.

i'll admit to almost spitting out my energy drink snorting

weed, cigarettes, caffeine. lots of it 😅

clearly it was made by boeing...