“An old white privileged men verbally scolds other old white privileged men, but only mildly”

Not to nitpick but like, if Halloween comes from a contraction of "All hollows eve", Hallow-e'en, then it should be called Jesuseen—which definitely rolls better.

not trying to be obnoxious or anything, all I'm saying is that people may not be achieving what they want by simply ditching Google services but keep using Android.

Yeah no, I kno. You could not use any Google service, but Android is still developed by Google—I mean Android as the OS—which is done behind closed doors. So Google still befits from u using Android and could still be used to gather and sell ur data just by using your Android operated phone.

Wait, isn't Android also Google? I think—haven't verified this myself—that Google's spywares are deeply interwoven with Android. Sadly, I don't see any alternatives to a phone OS, HarmonyOS maybe? but that's essentially Huawei… so 🤷

If by "explorer" you mean person who scammed money out of the Spanish crown to go about looking for places to pillage, then yeah, I guess.

yeah… no thank you.

If you MUST use a streaming service, from what I’ve seen, Tidal is at least a bit better for artists and consumers. But you can also still buy music from any artist from iTunes—yeah I know what Tim Apple did, but hey, the lesser of evils.

NICE! I hope more and more people and artists start doing this

WHERE?! 💙

Don’t mean to tell u what u should or should not do but I’ve been on a similar quest—what I found about kindles is you don’t really own the books you pay for—not exactly like, but similar to, streaming music. Including the miserable compensation that goes to the author. Just food for thought.

Finally getting to a game that’s been on my list for a long long time: Fire Emblem Three Houses. Engage for me hooked on the series and not I’m trying to play all major entries before the new one comes out.