That’s actually what they’re doing. They built their own messenger based on Matrix.

You might want to watch the latest “Rare Earth” video “I Overheard a Secret Chinese Meeting in Micronesia on Vacation” for some context what’s going on in this region…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shXCsemt-js

A Brezel has to be eaten fresh. Once it’s older than 30 minutes it gets stale and stops being a proper Brezel!

Nowadays, ironically some of the best Americana music comes out of Sweden by First Aid Kit.

If you calculate what you’d spend on regular phones with a 2-3 year lifetime instead of a single one for 8 years (even including a few repairs), it might be actually cheap.

…but Merkel opening the floodgates to mass migration

Please don’t replicate right-wing talking points. She didn’t open any gates - she just decided (contrary to all countries around us) to not suddenly shut our open borders when millions fled war and were seeking for refuge.

She basically did, what she always excelled at: sitting it out and doing nothing, then selling it as her political success. Active change was her constant enemy.