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I bite the bullet and gone to the dark side

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Why

Monoculture isn't great.

Having and maintaining other options is good for if/when things go bad.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] comrademiao@piefed.social 0 points 21 hours ago

The age verification or something else?