Between basic storage being so much larger than it used to be (the 4-8GB days were brutal) and USB-C flash drives that can plug into your charging port, I seldom miss them these days

Still sucks that they removed them as an option though

Absolutely not, but I wouldn’t mind a primary

It was due to their (our) open admission policy.

They wanted a more curated experience, and were concerned that our instances would be full of trolls and bots

That makes no sense. You think it’s okay to deny service based on race?

I see it as a good thing. I don’t really want my server full of kids or talked about in the media, and would likely question the motivations of anyone who did

I think beehaw is the only major group that actually defederated us, but that was before the drama