I haven't seen a 2.5mm jack on a phone in a long time. I still have a 2.5 to 3.5mm adapter that I used to listen to music on my flip phone in 2006 though.

A lot of people see articles showing how to do something and it uses the terminal and they think that's the only way to do it. In reality, it's just easier to say "copy and paste these commands" than it is to walk someone through how to do it in a GUI.

There are some sites out there that won't work. ESC Configurator won't work in Firefox because it needs web serial to program an ESC connected over a serial port. That's the only site I use that I have to run in chrome. I'm sure there are more out there, but they are not very common.

You can get free accounts from sites like Eternal September, but you only get access to text groups, which are mostly full of spam anymore. If you don't download much, it's best to just get a block account.

Do you really want countries like North Korea, Iran and China having access to software that would certainly be used for missile guidance?

I wonder how long it will be until one of these fails and causes damage or injuries on the ground?

I certainly would never ride in a flying taxi. They are not capable of autorotating like a helicopter, they will fall like a brick if they lose power.

A power supply is something that a lot of hobbyists will build themselves. It's very easy to build one with an LM317.

People could always switch to a privacy friendly web browser.

It's only an issue if you want to use Wayland and that issue will be fixed soon. There's also the Framework 16 if you want an AMD GPU.

System76 has gaming laptops with Linux preloaded, but they start at around $1700 if you want a dedicated GPU.

You also get regular updates with open source firmware. Many of the ISP provided routers will never see an update.

It takes a long time to get a nuclear plant up and running. While it would be great to replace coal plants with nuclear, it wouldn't help with all of the power being wasted on AI right now.