We’ve been down this road not long ago. The great recession lasted longer than any government shutdown.

The top 1% know they have to keep the top ~20% to ~30% placated. Otherwise they join the working class in protest. They just have to bail out the “too big to fail” companies so the upper class can make a living. The working class is fucked no matter what.

That’s reason the status quo has remained these past several years. That upper class is still comfortable enough. So far they’re only inconvenienced enough to vent on social media. No so much that they will take actionable steps toward change.

Will there ever be an app ecosystem for Linux phones. I don’t see how could happen. I’m talking actual apps like banking or payment systems. Institutional software such as government apps that requires a stable platform. Not a janky Linux system that is prone to breakage every few updates or scatter across different distros. Seems like the year of the linux desktop meme could end up morphing into the year of the linux phone.