I appreciate the external vantage point, and agree that life across the board is improving and it's tough to retain that perspective in the modern era. Equally as important is remembering that much of the progress we enjoy today was not free, but was fought and paid for in blood. It is also at risk of constant erosion and requires vigilance and consistency to push back on.

The Onion has been doing physical newspapers this year and they are entertaining potty reads.

Gabe's done a decent job keeping the capitalism at bay, but he won't be around forever. Even if you support steam and what valve is doing now, that may change in the future. Diversity is good for consumers.

Why does it have to be an app on your phone? IT should be able to support yubikeys (or similiar) and even printed OTP lists.

I was wondering where that thread went...disappointing but not the first or last time it will happen.