Maybe I'm living in a parallel reality, but there are plenty of Slack alternatives and plenty of companies using Slack clones such as Mattermost and Zulip, among others. And yes, they work just fine.

Zulip was first released in 2012, Slack in 2013. Definitely not a clone.

Most European governments have already, in their own (weak) way expressed that this intervention isn't legitimate according to international law.

Which international law? Where's the book of international law?

Seriously? There you go:

https://legal.un.org/avl/studymaterials/handbook/english/boo...

That's just book one, BTW.

And if you violate those laws, what happens?

You're saying only facts and somehow getting downvoted, I guess denial is easier for some people.

It isn’t denial it is tribalism at this point.

So true. I think everyone should remember exactly that anytime a MAGA tribesman uses the language of reason and compassion to gain an air of respectability. They have no concern for truth or ethics and don't deserve the legitimacy of respectful discourse. Identify it early, call them out on it, smash their hollow arguments and show everyone how little respect it earns. Reason's due for a comeback.

"Don't worry, the democracy will eventually trickle down".

There is such thing as a post-Vietnam America, and its record is pretty bad.

It does differ, in ways that many others listed below. That doesn't make it any legitimate, though.

And kidnapping their president in violation of every international law. No big deal /s

Seriously, I'm patiently waiting for the day America or Russia will do the same to Netanyahu, who is an actual war criminal. Not holding my breath.

Muhrica gonna muhrica. It's been like this since time immemorial, the "regime" changes but the modus operandi is the same. True for all other empires.

EULAs can impose limitations on how you use on-premises software. Sure, you can ignore the EULA, but you can also do so on SaaS, to an extent.

With SaaS, you can be monitored and banned at any moment. With EULAs, at worse you can be banned from updates, and in reality, you probably won't get caught at all.

Are EULAs even enforceable? SaaS at least have the right to terminate service at will.

I first tried the demos on Firefox and was like "wow, this looks fancy". Then, I saw there was a "Chrome-only" warning. I actually prefer the way it looks on Firefox, TBH.

Highly recommended. "In our time" is incredibly informative, and we're so lucky to live in an era where we can enjoy the endless recordings of this show!