The regular ad.

I can just feel the If you or a loved one were diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation ads pouring in with this.

Well, Mint could just fall back to LMDE if Ubuntu starts going in the same direction as RHEL and starts account-walling their source code and blocking redistribution under the penalty of an account ban, but I don't know about other Ubuntu clones.

Because Meta and probably Bloomberg too, bribed them.

They've actually already arrested people in the UK over social media posts before, so they'll no doubt try that tactic again at some point down the line, also, a woman in Texas got arrested for saying her town's water was bad on FB, so people are getting arrested over social media posts in the US now too.

The FBI seized a Mastodon instance once, there's nothing stopping the Fediverse from being targeted.

Even Windows is KYC'd by default as consumer Windows generally requires an MS account now and setting up an MS account requires your DOB and may some day even require a face scan or your ID, and in addition there's been active attempts to restrict Linux and BSD although the two laws of which I speak in Cali and Colorado ultimately exempted FOSS from their scope, and as for the Fediverse, the FBI raided a Mastodon server a while back so even that isn't entirely safe, and Windows 365 is facilitating thin clients connected to rented servers, plus the ability to build a PC is actively being pushed out of reach of everyone who isn't rich.

A dumb populace is easier to control.

Never gained ActivityPub support? Then how am I actively replying to ActivityPub posts and following ActivityPub accounts on Friendica?

Those laws have been gutted for years now.