This looks really beautiful, but I’ve been hurt by SquareEnix before

This would be my suggestion as well. A Fjällräven Kånken will outlive you

There’s a number of both work and private reasons why that won’t be feasible. Also, I feel that we should not surrender the whole of Internet because of this bullshit.

Oh for fucks sake!

So, what are some good encrypted alternatives to common messaging apps? Signal instead of WhatsApp/Messenger etc? Proton mail/drive/etc instead of Google? Any other suggestions? Would a mobile vpn help?

Well, they did announce a while ago they were going to do 40 days of “long-range sanctions”

Fuck yes! This was an unexpected surprise!