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The app clearly explains that there are two options: a free version with ads and tracking or a paid version with no tracking or ads. Myself and lots of other users are happy to pay the developer for their work, and enjoy Boost with zero tracking or data selling.

If you prefer other apps, or if you only use FOSS, then don’t use Boost. It is not and has never claimed to be FOSS. But for me, it’s a great app, and having tried 10+ other lemmy clients, I was happy to pay for Boost. I just much prefer the ui and don’t think it’s wrong to pay a few bucks to a developer who makes an app I like.

Yes, I guess I take the different perspective with that. I’m fine sticking with my own arbitary rule for what is coffee, and judging people (in a very mild and irrelevant way) for not liking “real” coffee. But I’m also totally fine with someone judging me for doing it wrong. Or putting cream in my carbonara or whatever. I don’t think people judging each other and having arbitary standards is a bad thing, and I’m aldoy happy for people to disagree with that belief.

A cappachino is coffee and frothed milk, a mocha is coffee and chocolate and milk, etc. If you make something by mixing A + B + C then the result can’t be C. Personally I like just coffee on its own, but I’m happy to make others sweet and milky coffee drinks if they desire them. They smell nice and look pretty!

Defintely agree about the beans.

Super interesting! Thanks !

That does should plausible, some version of reward/threaten/drain. Thanks ! Even if it isn’t what was intended, I can believe it meant that and thus makes some sort of sense.

That’s quite an image!

Sure, it’s gatekeeping coffee - the reason we build walls with gates is to keep the barbarians out! I wasn’t trying to ‘gatekeep caffeine’ in the slightest, those concotions are defintely cafffinated hot drinks. And of course, by some standard they’re ‘coffee’ and so is tiramsu.

Apple jacks pop tarts are made from apples (apple powder, but apples nothertheless), and while it might be a small fraction of the total, the point where it stops being fruit and becomes a snack is an arbitary line. I assume you consider a drink made with instant coffee powder still coffee?

Obviously, it’s a silly semantic debate, and someone could equally judge me for wanting my coffee beans roasted and ground “why not eat the berries fresh if you say you love coffee‽”.

That sounds super interesting! I’d love to hear more about middle earth magic as law, if you can be bothered saying more (or if you know of any articles or videos) about it. I assume by legal standing you mean how gandalf’s authority (once returned as ‘the white’) is what grants him power over saruman, and such. Is that right? What do you mean by precedent?

Possibly, the general style of those “product history” pieces is pretty grounded. It’s not formal academic history, but it tries for a historical reporting vibe that makes me doubt theyd just throw in a nonsense phrase or in-joke.

But if no one can explain it, then it’s certainly a possible explanation, although if it really is meaningless I’d lean towards typo.

Everyone’s entitled to as much caffeine as their bodies can handle, but it is pretty odd to ‘love coffee’ but actually love ‘coffee-flavoured hot milkshake’. Like saying ‘I love fruit’ but really meaning ‘I love apple jacks pop tarts’, it’s not wrong, just a bit odd.