Not necessarily. For networking, I wrote a bash script with just a few lines that creates and assigns a private networking namespace to a pod and sets up the default routes. That script is run by a systemd user instance and has the suid flag set. One could argue that it’s not rootless because of that but that’s just the moment when it’s starting. No performance impact and very robust. A lot better than the docker network bridges imho.

Even the root user has to use syscalls at the userspace/kernel boundary so there’s really no difference here. The slow part would be the userspace networking implementation (slirp4netns) which can be avoided. Btw, docker also supports rootless containers now. Personally I haven’t tried them yet but maybe that’s also an option if you prefer docker over podman.

I think the idea is that on the other hand the store will only get 2€ if the bill is 2,04€. On average there shouldn’t be any difference for both sides. About the gas stations I agree 100%.

Only if you buy just one thing.

And nothing else ;-)

Is torrenting really free though? VPNs and seedboxes are not and torrenting without any of those is a bad idea in many countries. Usenet is quite cheap. I use both but I prefer the usenet tbh.

I’m in one of the counties where it’s impossible without a VPN because there’s a big industry making money by suing people for copyright violations. But you’re right, in many countries nobody really cares.

No, but you can buy blocks (eg. 200GB) instead of time based subscription if you’re planning to download small amounts occasionally. There are good deals multiple times a year and they (usually) don’t expire.

Until you get to that one person that would like to end mankind way down the line.

Ist das nicht immer nur der offensichtliche Vorwand für mehr Überwachung und Einschränkungen?