They have it in the screen shot. And my point stands: they said they would stop apps that were social or anti-privacy (by refusing to load them or dns blocking) and WhatsApp is both of these things.

According to their ad, it does.

It’s Linux, you can choose install (or not install) whatever you want.

yes, well except that is what they are trying to patent (as far as I can tell) using key based tools to not allow certain apps and DNS filtering as well. If its based on linux, thats one thing, but doesnt stop them from locking things down.

Privacy first? So what is WhatsApp doing on there?

I get why, that is for a lot of people the ONLY way they use a phone instead of calling, but this definitely not privacy first or social media free then.

they dont make them up.

Yes, yes they do. That has been a consistent thing over the last decade, maybe more. Completely fabricate problems to make people believe there is one.

Would making shit up work for you prior to established influence?

Yes. Happens all the time. That is exactly how it has worked recently. Look at the self declared Queen of Canada. She made it all up, lied through her teeth. Not charismatic, not wealthy, but knew how to just repeat bullshit until people believed it. Because they want to believe that someone else is the problem: bad parents, immigrants, whatever.

How was that foothold given to them? They don’t need much to work with. If it were evident there were no foothold, there wouldn’t be one.

They don’t need one. They will simply make it up. We have seen this over and over. That is why its pointless to even have this discussion.

Because it has nothing do to with parenting. You make a bizarre claim that there needs to be better parenting, when we both know that parenting has nothing to do with this.

You are suggesting, if I read what you said correctly that somehow they are able to get a foothold for these kinds of bills because of bad parenting. That is not true.

Why would anyone put WhatsApp on their computer?

Stop using meta people!