What a cool question, actually.
In my current situation? Probably a coffee date with someone new.
In a hypothetical "blank slate" scenario? Some easy way to play music. An mp3 player or something among those lines.
Alternatively - I could absolutely purchase a used dumb phone for that amount of money, as well as free calls within network for a year (in my country).
You're right, I hadn't actually realized how small a number that was. That's almost suspiciously small, given the sanctions against Russia.
Mind you, I was also thinking of the sheer amount of brain drain and population drain Russia's war has resulted in for them.
Also, USA's spending on its military-industrial complex compared to its spending on every other part of its government is destroying its population, but that's another issue.
That was the final straw for me. I don't much care about Apollo, but the behavior spez displayed there sends a clear message.
He will lie, cheat, and do whatever the hell he needs to, so long as it results in profit, or he believes that it does.
There's genuine intention to cause harm, there. And since that's the approach reddit takes to the literal foundation of their community? Fuck 'em.
Yep. Spez and the reddit admins have gone full mask-off, realpolitik, "do what we say or get the fuck out".
The platform still functions, for now, but this is genuinely the beginning of the end as far as I can tell.
Russia posted a first-quarter deficit of almost 2.4 trillion rubles amid the war in Ukraine.
Putin has absolutely destroyed Russia's economy and population for decades to come, for absolutely no reason and no benefit.
That's just tragic.
For better or for worse, spez was correct in claiming that this will just blow over. People in general are shit at boycotts, redditors doubly so - there's barely any group cohesion or leadership there.
The people who see an issue with reddit's current behavior have left, the others will just keep going on a much shittier platform. As it has ever been.
Just the chilled, filtered tapwater I carbonate at home.
Ludicrously cheap, the taste doesn't get old, and there's no trash to deal with. 10/10.