Privacy isn't fixed by technical products, it needs to be fixed at a legal level.
The existence of crypto near any product makes me immediately do a double take anymore, because there are tax implications there that you're kinda forcing on people.
The design of these apps needs to be much more refined if you want to charge money for them. I'm usually willing to give a bit on it when it's for the right cause, but... this stuff feels so off that it's tough to look at. If you're gonna play in the iOS app store, you need to be willing to invest in this.
End hot takes, I guess. I want Purism to succeed but I feel like they're just making the same mistakes every "year of the Linux desktop" scenario made, wherein they're not competing on the features that draw eyeballs. It doesn't need to be the focus, but you can't neglect it either.
Exactly, I won't trust a company based in the US my privacy, no matter how cool it is.
Maybe for stuff that requires convenience but not security. I don't trust any five eyes country neither.
I currently use Swiss and Romanian services for my business, and while the experience is not as smooth as, say, Gmail or Digital Ocean, it's good enough.
The existence of crypto near any product makes me immediately do a double take anymore, because there are tax implications there that you're kinda forcing on people.
The design of these apps needs to be much more refined if you want to charge money for them. I'm usually willing to give a bit on it when it's for the right cause, but... this stuff feels so off that it's tough to look at. If you're gonna play in the iOS app store, you need to be willing to invest in this.
End hot takes, I guess. I want Purism to succeed but I feel like they're just making the same mistakes every "year of the Linux desktop" scenario made, wherein they're not competing on the features that draw eyeballs. It doesn't need to be the focus, but you can't neglect it either.