I would want my surgeon to have 16k screen if that helps them do their job best

Surgeons already use cameras trough small holes instead of cutting you open wide. Screen technology finds a way.

https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2019/02/05/blog-cashing-in-how-to-make-negative-interest-rates-work

Oneday they will find a reason why its necessary for the greater good.

So they are trying to substitute company profit tax? I just checked with Google and they include VAT on subscription so it doesn’t seem the case that there is no tax.

I’ll be going with Fairphone 6 + /e/os as my next phone most likely. Seems like a very decent path forward.

going after small internet sites would mean we have slipped deep into authoritarian rule

emacs.ch ended like that and fosstodon also had it’s fair share

I just wish there wasn’t so much sectarianism on fedi. Or maybe it’s a good thing that this kind of social dynamic is possible in online world. I don’t really know. What I do know is that it’s rather annoying to see the instance admin being labeled as reactionary because someone dug up something from five years ago and decided to start a FUD campaing.