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Cake day: October 22nd, 2024

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  • Ya as a Canadian I love the EU and support you guys; I hope we build stronger trade and relationships. I know I’m shopping more EU companies, just wish more could figure out how to ship to Canada.

    However, why tf would Canada join the EU… We are not in Europe, its in the title folks 🤷‍♂️

    The push to regain more control of our sovereignty does not sit well with the idea of joining yet another distant organization we will be beholden to.


  • FWIW I had my reservations about the “source first” licence grayjay uses as well, but I’m impressed by the FUTO org’s principles, how they respond to bugs, how fast fixes and improvements come, amount of sponsoring other FOSS projects they do, etc. Plus Rossman’s work for R2R and other generally good ethical behaviour. So I believe their reasoning when they say its necessary.

    I ended up purchasing the licence and am happy with that decision. I just look at it as a donation to support the development, and the fight against big tech which would have happened if it was FOSS too in my case.

    Also the best/only source available app to access nebula.tv content AFAIK 🤷‍♂️





  • I shopped used before I got my pixel 8 (and graphene). People wanted more money on marketplace for a used pixel 7 128gb than a brand new pixel 8 256GB costs on contract. AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACTS, you can take advantage of the deals.

    Here’s the deal I got. Similar deals throughout the year on current models, just wait for the price to drop and snag it.

    Koodo BF 2023 Deal (wait for current model to be <$10/month IMO, seems fairly common.) I went thru a best buy mobile kiosk to also get the $100 GC.

    • Pixel 8 256GB (no expansion so unless you like running out of space for apps and stuff don’t get a 128GB in 2025 ppl) - $6/month for 2 years = 6*24= $144
    • Buyout amount after 2 years to keep the phone= $240
    • Plan amount stayed the same from $60/month for 50GB to $60/month for $120GB CAN/US, so zero increase in cost
    • Received $100 Best buy gift card
    • Received free pixel buds.

    Total cost for phone over 2 years = $388. Try and find a used pixel for that cheap 🤷‍♂️ obv the bonus items are usually just around BF, but the cost is still cheaper than buying outright or used, and you get a 0% interest loan on the $344 cost for 2 years, if you needed it.