Did you ask this just to setup your reply??

Either way, brilliant.

I doubt it. I find it far more likely that the merchant is arbitrarily declining if they can’t scrape enough of your data to sell later…

Oh they allow alternative stores now, too; you can install Epic for example. I wonder if that’ll be subject to these new rules as well?

I’m more curious about Starbucks Exotic Coffee for Men

I sea what you did there…

I’m not sure that would be necessary, actually. Android is derived from Linux, surely they can do a translation layer for the majority of API calls? I mean there’s no need for emulating anything, nor would it necessarily require layering an entire android install on top of Linux…? But my programming knowledge is limited, and somewhat rusty, so I’m not really sure.

Eh, if the constitution was half as great as people think, we wouldn’t have the problems we do now.

And don’t forget, without the flaws of the constitution, us couldn’t have give full fascist so early and quickly.

Fuck the constitution, we need something better.

Hmmm. Yeah, I suppose. But I’m thinking of the weird alpha-release of TPM way back in the Windows ME days. Some laptops that were advertised as built for ME were bootloader locked, basically, and fighting that would almost guarantee you brick the thing.

So, I guess if I have a point it’s that these assholes have been at this for decades.

Technically Literally true.

I feel it’s reasonable to recognize the wealth he has collected, and to conclude he is not my ally.

I don’t fucking care who it is, wealth hoarding causes immeasurable harm, not to mention requires a sociopathic mindset. So…yeah, I’m not even giving him a chance. I got better shit to waste my time on…