From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
   Coyo Stormcaller  wrote in   
   news:20160307130511.0212523a@coyo-Irresponsible:   
      
   > On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:20:59 -0700   
   > §nühw¤£f  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I still have an AIM (aol IM) thingy. I think the kids be usin   
   >> "snapchat" or the Instagrams nowadays.   
   >   
   > Kids seem to be using telegram and kik and baluga. Kids like their   
   > phones. :/   
   >   
   > Proprietary, privacy-raping and inferior, IMHO.   
   >   
   > Usenet, IRC and Gopher are all inherently efficient, scalable,   
   > have a small memory and CPU footprint, and are open and flexible   
   > protocols anyone can implement in their sleep with a children's book   
   > on how to program with common ordinary programming languages.   
   >   
   > That level of freedom and openness is not something that exists on   
   > phones. Stupid phones.   
   >   
   > There's stuff like Ubuntu Touch, KDE Plasma Mobile, Android   
   > Cyanogenmod, Firefox OS, Tizen and MeeGo/Mer   
   >   
   > But all of that relies on the assumption that the firmware underneath   
   > is all open and free and the SIM card isn't evil.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Teh gubmint want yer iPhones PW...   
      
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