ReversalHatchery

like animals that unknowingly spread the seeds of weeds

its still better in a sense. usb storage devices all have an internal "mini computer" that run their own code and have access to the USB bus of the connected computer, with the ability to even present themselves as a keyboard, a network adapter or a lot of other things. that's not a good idea to plug in to the hospital computer after it was given to the patient, and it is also not the best idea to just plug these in at home.

optical media on the other hand does not store code that is executed by the drive.

the problem is that pendrives have a firmware, and too much capabilities, even when not accounting for errors in hardware and code that participates in making it work. some of them (maybe most?) is even writable with the right tools, and the computer's user doesn't even need to know that it's happening.
the most famous web browser that allows any website access to your USB devices with just 1 or 2 clicks makes this even worse.

with digital media recording has become a lot harder, thanks to Digital Restrictions Management

is it a natural disaster when members of one of the endangered species destroys it?

I have been using the same CPU for half a decade. Not everyone is an impulse buyer.

there is a very small subset of cryptos that can be exchanged for real world goods and services too.
let me introduce you to my new invention: SuperDuperCoin!

I'm joking. but the first part is true.

So I don't understand why people are taking issue with them cooperating with LE

some believe they (proton) are invincible and can do whatever they want. maybe because they think that's what swiss privacy and swiss laws mean

it was an attempt to refer to the phrase "I've altered the deal, pray I don't alter it further"

this is not "learning some second thing", but learning that the deal was altered

the issue is that they can't defy the law without shutting down and going into jail. proton has given the tool the activist would have needed to protect themselves: the service has an official onion site, which would have made IP collection impossible, and they could have just said they can't know it

why?

do you have canvasblocker? some settings in it can heavily affect performance. other addons may have to do with this too