Let me try again while only using non-nuclear options. *drops thermobarics on survivors*

> Small companies and individuals cannot pursue expensive lawsuits.

The fact that lawsuits are won by whoever has more money and time is so deeply problematic. I have no idea how you’d go about equalizing it. Spending limits with devastating consequences if it can be proven that you broke them?

Two more ideas

* More juries, and maybe something jury like for civil suits.

* Simplify the law and legal proceedings to the point where the extra time preparing won’t lead to better outcomes.

> * More juries, and maybe something jury like for civil suits.

Juries are available for civil suits, but most parties prefer not to have them because jury results have high variability. I'm following a case, currently pending appeal, where the jury found against the defendants for breach of contract, but awarded $0 in damages, so there's no actual relief regarding the breach.

Even simpler idea, Let the jury know the legal expenses of either party

Loser pays legal fees would be one small step in roughly the right direction (though it has its own set of problems too).

We have that in the UK, but its at the discretion of judges, and the loser can ask the court to look at the other sides costs and only award a reasonable amount rather than full costs (to deter people from running up costs to intimidate the other side).

it works reasonably well.

Simple, just make it public. You don't bring a lawyer, a lawyer is appointed.

This way everyone is on equal footing. Doesn't matter if you're a homeless bum or Jeff Bezos. Both just get an appointed lawyer.

If a suit is found frivolous, you are on the hook for the costs, as long as it's reasonable it's paid for by the state and if a party is found at fault they may also be required to cover the costs.

The VC treadmill ruined what should be a simple, sustainable business. They’re not going to light the world on fire trying to pedal a password manager as the be all and end all IAM story for enterprises. It’s not the amount of the increase. It’s that they’re chasing enterprise for VC unicorn status and clearly intending to leave their original market behind. I don’t want my passwords in a product becoming more and more derelict since the org’s heart is in another place.

Love how there’s never an “I don’t want new features, I want my current price” option.

When did using a single per-machine SSH key on a Yubikey become so dirty in the eyes of these enterprises?

For me it's mostly just that the SSH performance on a large monorepo is much worse than HTTPS.

If everyone sued them in small claims over it, there probably would be a whole lot of default judgments.

Then you’re on your own to collect.

You’re always on your own to collect.

> But... facebook.com/messages requires you to log in to your facebook account (which reactivates it).

“…and you can see our facebook sign-ups during this past quarter were significant, showing how people are just clamoring for our AI offerings. With your investment, we can keep this going.”

It’s interesting that not being able to discharge the loan in bankruptcy is because “you can’t take back the knowledge.” While true, you can still make the credential mostly useless. Everyone needs to do certain verification in a new job (e.g. I-9). If a job was posted that requires some degree, and a new hire used the degree they discharged in bankruptcy to get that job, the debt can come roaring back into existence when it’s caught during onboarding. Like anything, there are edge cases (e.g. starting a new company). But even there you might be able to have gates at financing stages that would trip the debt resurrection.

I guess the real question is: is there anywhere for the layperson to hide? Whose acorns will survive?

Just be ready to make practical quality of life adjustments. Learn about self sustenance, even if you can't practice it yet. It's not going to be Mad Max all of a sudden, but a lot of little things we've come to expect someone else to do will degrade or disappear.

There is Tiny Go, which is similar to what you seek