Most of the world can’t afford to buy one specific android and hope not to brick it. Most people can’t afford a google pixel and if they can, aren’t going to risk it.

And what happens when google cuts off third party tools like MicroG. I need WhatsApp for almost everything from talking to family and friends to Work. Most of the world does, and the same is true for Facebook.

There are open source 2FA. They require like specific apps OTP or something else?

I am not from the US but can’t you interpret the first amendment in a way that would work here?

Code is just information and you could argue that a platform is infringing on private free speech.

I can’t really read Arabic(long story). I only read and write in English, which does make 99.9 of all my culture’s literature inaccessible sadly. There some translations though and I would have liked if there were more Arabic audiobooks on the ausiobook scene.

Hi gibbon ape(I think I tagged you that cuz they were ur fav primate or something).

maybe giving a bit of your motivation

Ego I suppose, I like the aesthetics of academia and would like to feel a sense of accomplishment. Maybe down the line I become enthralled with a field, but for now its just a hobby.

I find that I prefer humanities more over STEM and I live in Egypt(thought I am not sure how that relates)