and Russia is rolling it’s own Debian derivative in anything that matters, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Linux

Really gitlab went down the niche client path and no longer is a non Microsoft alternative? Sadge, at least I know about codeberg now.

It’s also probably rewarding for people who can put half the time into something and get 2x the result vs just normal people grinding slowly.

I assume the more money they spend on advertising the more dubious and low quality they are, this seems to be the case most of the time I see ads for almost any product. Might as well be a red flag at this point.

hackernews has some good discussions and the source is right there. I see it as a bonus, if it was reddit I would feel differently.

There is nothing wrong with using a well made open source password manager like keepass.