Yea they seem nice, but they don’t I don’t think they sell laptops with AZERTY keyboards

You’re right, all manufacturers have their issues. I have a hard time finding one where you feel like it’s a safe bet. Which is why I’m leaning toward framework, but the company is young and has far less experience, so it’s also a risk…

I would never again recommend MSI… I bought a 3000€ MSI Creator 3 years ago for work :

• the hinges are breaking apart
• some metal part on the size broke
• the keyboard letter are scraping off
• the microphone on Linux is unusable because of the fans

Reaplcing the keyboard requires a full body replacement, which costs like 300€ 🙃

I’ve also had some very bad experiences with a entry price gaming msi for someone in my family.

Why do you say that about the framework?

What I meant behind federation was that the registration process can be hard to understand. But you’re right, after passing this step, you don’t really notice federation.

As for the self fulfilling prophecy, I think you’re right, which is why I still try to nudge my friends towards mastodon / pixelfed. I still believe in these projects, but I also don’t think Bluesky will be too detrimental to their growth.

I used to think so too, but talking about it with a few friends that genuinely gave Mastodon a shot, I changed my mind.

Federation (not easily understandable) + Lack of users (and thus content) are the main reasons.

Since the barriers of entry on mastodon are too high for mainstream users, Bluesky is probably a good thing imo.