The number of times i get blatantly false or outdated info when using chatgpt to resolve some issue when resolving such a basic thing like updating packages makes me laugh. Its a glorified search engine. Even generating boilerplate shit its 50/50 at best.

Well you're cranky, aintcha.

so who are they pleasing? Companies. Germany tends to only care about German companies, to the point where they'll save them with taxpayer money every time their shares drop .2%

Yeah, sure. Like the police need extra help with racial profiling and "probable cause." Fuck this, and fuck the people who think this is a good idea. I'm sure the authoritarians in power right now will get right on those proposed "safeguards," right after they install backdoors into encryption, to which Only They Have The Key, to "protect" everyone from the scary "criminals."

No one likes little teddy, it appears.

This is good to know. I hadn't read the fine print, because I abandoned Telegram and never looked back. I hope its true and I agree, I also wouldn't think they'd do this and then renege into a possible lawsuit.

Domain or azure ad join is what I'm used to, but for personal machines and friends/family I do local accounts.