Didn’t plan that far ahead

Easier to just host an .ics file with all the events in some website and let everyone use whatever calendar app they like.

Good/bad content is the same whether it’s AI or not, plus those using AI would probably just lie and say it’s not AI.

Unfortunately unless it’s the algorithm itself publishing the toxicity (which it isn’t), getting rid of the algorithm will not help much.

Set a systemd timer to start mpv in fullscreen with whatever you want as the screensaver in a loop

If I send an email to a gmail account my information is still sitting on a Google server. So is Proton worth it?

Due to the nature of email, assume privacy is impossible and just use whatever is easiest (yea, Gmail). Like you mentioned, the message will be in their servers anyways. That is, unless you explicitly only email other Proton users.

Using NearLink as a name for something networking related is a good way to make sure Huawei sends you a nice letter the second you get big enough.

If by “open registration” you mean that anybody with your domain name can just go and create an account with no extra verification, then that’s interesting. Good to know.

Element X requires MAS for registration by design, but login is whatever for now. They’re very adamant about making the app MAS-centric.

Also, open registration will get your instance banned from matrix.org homeserver afaik. Probably not an issue if you don’t plan to federate with them, but worth noting.