You’re single-handedly saving this entire thread. I was about to delete it for being off topic.

Meaning separate alternative platforms for each Google product

Except for Maps Nextcloud offers it all, though. It’s not like there is any benefit of using Google Maps and GMail because there are no synergies at all.

I could do all those separately, I guess, but why would I?

You use Google Calendar as your maps app? Google Maps is separate from Google Calendar.

You still need a HDR-capable screen.

it makes sense, now, why Valve would choose KDE for the Steam Deck (which has a touchscreen).

I like my Steam Deck but I must be honest here: Desktop Mode, which is Plasma 5 and not the latest 6.x release, is trash on that touch screen. It just a shrunken regular desktop. You can use some environment variables to affect a few QtQuick applications but the results are mixed. There are KDE applications what are designed for mobile but don’t even consider the possibility of anything but portrait screen orientation. SteamOS doesn’t ship with a proper Maliit keyboard, it’s just Steam’s built-in one which never pops up automatically outside of Steam and Steam games.

Plasma 5 on that tiny screen isn’t enjoyable at all. It kinda, sorta works but I’m happy the touch pads exist.

which ones?

Lemmygrad comes to mind.

uh there’s plenty of Russian influence here already.

Entire instances were built around it.

Also, we’re talking average users here

Ah yes, the average user who deals with mounting hard disk partitions all the time…

This thread transformed from being about a serious issue on the fediverse into a pile of accusations on a personal level. I don’t see this thread becoming any more civilized the way the comments are spiraling downwards. I’m keeping the post up because, as I said, this is a serious issue, but I don’t think keeping the thread unlocked is doing any good.