Words like “unalive” are a form of doublespeak just to get around the restrictions, it’s silly.

then go blind again when they fail out of warranty

Don’t forget you’ll also go blind if you don’t pay the subscription fees (but don’t worry, there’s an ad supported plan if you can’t afford Eyesight Premium).

If a true AI is any good at it’s goal of beating climate change, what are the odds it’s solution would involve genocide of the human race?

Peanuts aren’t nuts (they’re legumes) but they’re probably packaged in the same place as nuts.

Inevitably there will be a fediverse instance with ads, but whether or not people want to use it will be up to the individual.

And if you’ve ever used it you know how bad the search feature is. Case in point https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360043045592-Exact-search

What if the app also want’s a locked bootloader, Play Integrity, and whatever else. Like a banking app or Google Pay?

It’s just a little bit lossy

I’d add NFC to that list because mobile payments are awesome.