It’s also beside the point. They said oil prices “barely changed” but whatever their definition of “barely” is, they changed enough to bankrupt a big company.

Not sure where you live but it shut down an entire low-cost budget airline for low-income people in the USA

Oh we’re definitely getting solar. Even with all the red tape around its installation and tax money spent oil subsidies, it’s getting to be so cheap that few of the roadblocks matter. There is very little even the oligarchs can do at this point to stop it’s adoption.

I mean, if you believe in capitalism as many of our dear leaders do, you wouldn’t feel a need to “ask people” about limiting usage. As a product becomes more expensive, eventually people will naturally limit usage and purchase another cheaper product.

Not saying that’s correct or how it works but might explain the behavior.

I don’t disagree with anything you said but the future may be here sooner than we think, solar has become quite popular for renters in Germany and New York recently passed a law allowing it too.

“The guy”? What?

The social ecosystem around FOSS is so horribly toxic. There’s an “upper middle class” of power user that aren’t quite developers, that insult everyone with less experience, and openly harass the developers themselves. I honestly don’t know how FOSS can expand adoption as long as these people exist. They are a dual-edged sword that disincentivizes both new adoptees and long term app support.

This is really telling. Coal industry receives large government subsidies, and solar is getting put behind a lot of red tape and permitting, etc. And despite these efforts it is still catching on.

I’m glad to see this in the Financial Times because “clean power” is only half the equation here. There is an economic benefit because solar is cheap power! And there also a national defense angle because solar is increasingly decentralized power that kneecaps both the terrorist looking to damage power infrastructure, not to mention the very concept of the petrostate.

If one wanted to avoid using for free anything that had a fascists hand in it’s creation you’d be living in a mud hut. Seriously.

I’m confused, Omarchy is MIT licensed. It means you can use it and keep all the rights. You are under no obligation to financially or politically support the people who contribute code and they do not get a say with how you use the software.

EDIT: Also literally posting this to a Lemmy instance…

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Proton is arguably the best option if you’re trying not to rely on Google, and they are slowly building a suite of apps with the goal of directly competing with Google Drive, Calendar, Sheets, etc.

boooo

I stand corrected! Thanks for pointing that out.

A standalone forum is an interesting choice in 2026 when ActivityPub forum software exists.

Looks like there is a Piefed and Lemmy.world community too.

Is this the Google Keep replacement we’ve all been waiting for?