Thank you!! I truly hadn't considered it would come across as this... Hence my edits and attempts to explain how terrible I am at communicating, especially when triggered.

I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment and again want to thank you for quite a wakeup call! I'm certainly not homophobic nor a liberal, and on top of it all, I'm a millenial. Best explanation I have is that at the time of the leaks I was surprised and frustrated at how surprising it was to so many...

I will still leave all my comments up for posterity because if anything, I want others to learn from my mistakes.

Edit: FWIW, the "sucking off the Kremlin" was intended more in the sense that now he has to play by others' rules instead of living the life he deserves. I do see how homophobic such a stupid phrasing is and will refrain from going so vulgar in future.

I'm trying, it's just when I open my mouth things go sideways...

Ah, I never meant to imply it was his issue to fix. I was just lamenting the fact that NOT much came of it and he now has to hide just to live somewhat of a life.

I do in fact care about our rights so thanks for pointing out that it came over complelety differently than intended. That's on me.

I guess I'm more angry that nothing (much) came of it despite my thinking that his leaks were important and the details behind them rather obvious. I will never assume that any government does NOT spy on us in some way, shape, or form... I guess I'm just angry the guillotines are still dry.

I deserve the downvotes, and you calling me a fucking fed twice.

Don't give a shit about my username. See my last direct comment on my post. I'm shit with words.

Huh... I'm terrible at communicating, apparently. Keeping the comment up for obvious reasons, but if anyone wants to chime in on how it was interpreted, please help me out. It was definitely not my intention to come over as a fucking fed.

... why do I even try. I guess downvoting is easier than helping me out.

Nah, I have a somewhat functioning brain, Ka$h wouldn't let me in :(

Edit: My bad. It's not Snowden's fault that no one cared :( I deserve the downvotes. Coincidentally, following the comments and other posts I've realized that he is, in fact, quite the definition of a tragic hero.

I don't know... did he achieve anything lasting? Are we better off? Is he? He tried something, it didn't work. I'm not convinced he did it out of the goodness of his heart amd I'm fairly certain he did not envision a life sucking off the Kremlin just to remain safe. Don't get me wrong, this could and should have crippled our trust in all governments... but it didn't.

I see where you're coming from, but you're underestimating scumpanies like Meta et. al. https://infosec.pub/post/400702

In an ideal world, your suggestion might work. Unfortunately it will fail in practice. How are we to determine when it's not too late to migrate?

Personally I don't care for those users. If they want to blindly follow their piper, let them. But I don't want that cancer ruining more OSS.

Owlmerican Gothic

Deeristocrats!

It's "Downtown" by Petula Clark. The first verse.

Damn, I think everyone missed that detail! We're talking about two completely different companies here -- my mind is blown! Just look at the Hemming distance between "Google" and "Meta"! I'm convinced! Meta will never follow Google's footsteps.

Now how about you take a nice, cold shower and re-think your comment.

Yes! I love this 🤣

Just like Google showed interest in XMPP?

https://archive.ph/iVyD2

You're a woodworker. You've developed skills that only few have. Carpentry Inc. approaches you regarding a partnership: you share your skills, they offer you their platform. Win-win, right? Now Carpentry Inc. decides to adapt the knowledge you provided, cutting you out of everything. You're powerless against a multi-billion corporation. All your years of work are gone. You're nothing more than an afterthought.

That's more or less the playbook.