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Worth noting that the Microsoft plan comes with 6 users too, the value is well beyond what Proton offer.

I’d talk to your SO and have them have that conversation with them.

It’s okay to have boundaries in your house regardless of whether they are an adult or not.

My biggest problem with Proton is the price. Their family plan is $AUD800 (479 Euro) for 2 years at the cheapest price which is obscene. I can get a family plan with the likes of Microsoft (ugh) for just $260/2 years and it includes Office 365 as well.

Anecdotally speaking, if it wasn’t for medical cannabis I’d be on prescribed opioids + a concoction of other garbage as well.

I disagree. When you are paid for it you become reliant on it to make ends meet in your life, so you’re more willing to put up with absolute garbage that you shouldn’t have to. This forces people to try to detach from it as a coping mechanism while they fall further down the hole. Paying them won’t change a thing about the mental health issues and will probably make it worse.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t pay them, but we shouldn’t look at it as the fix for this either.

Yeah, I don’t understand who’s buying these at all at that price to be honest. I’m not sure if its the profit margin they want or production-related issues due to the low number runs they’re probably doing.

You can buy 2-3 cheap Chromebooks for that which will theoretically last 10-15 years though for your $1k. Basically no schools are going to turn that up vs a $1k Framework most of which will not last half that long with kids using them.

Sucks for the environment though as you say, I wish it were different.

Framework laptops are the exact opposite of what you’d want in a school environment. This is how you blow your schools IT budget out the window. Cheap, disposable, consistent configuration and manufacturer supported are the key concerns.

These are kids with various standards of computer literacy throwing them in their bags which they also kick around and treat pretty harshly all day long. A $4k Framework-style laptop is just silly.

I’m currently in the market for something like a Chromebook but I’m not buying one because of stuff like this.

Look up any model you are considering on the following websites and if it’s listed it should tell you everything you need to know about Linux support. I’d say you’d be safe with most laptops these days though.

https://linux-hardware.org/?view=computers

https://www.linux-laptop.net/

Goodbye Drop, nice knowing you.

Watch Corsair add maximum rainbow unicorn vomit while cutting every cost and quality aspect they can. Independent my arse.

Domain names are cheap, like $25/year.

Tried the official Reddit app today and boy people weren’t joking when they say it sucks. I thought it’d just be the usual experience plus some ads but I was totally wrong.

The official app doesn’t respect your subreddit subscriptions at all, instead force feeding you feeds of whatever their algorithm thinks will drive maximum engagement just like a shit version of Facebook. The “hot” etc functionality is completely stipped from it entirely.

Guess I’m here to stay on the fediverse now.