Youngster. Bet you’ve never even seen an 8" floppy IRL. And don’t get me started on tape or punch cards…

With all the data retention and logging requirements being imposed by various governments, your “joke” might not be so far off.

They’re needed just to hold the massive encryption key, I’m assuming.

At the current rate of development, every city will have its own space heater data center, so with all that computational power available to just any maligned local city government dignitary, you’re right to be concerned.

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FTFY.

Seriously? Have you never run into a right-winger?

Seems like it would backfire due to heavy amounts of returns - especially in an economy like this where fewer people can afford to blow money on something that winds up just sitting there because it’s not meeting their needs.