The last three articles linked.

They all refer to the same news,

Western industries like to cry foul. But if they did not do anything since these bans started about 20 years ago it means that they are happy with it.

I find absurd that many political groups including the Pirate Party moved to Discord. People who that claim to be fighting for the rights of user privacy then invite you to join Discord. Looks like they have been assimilated by big tech.

When was the last time you used cash?

Yesterday evening when I bought some groceries. I didn’t buy anything else since.

Now imagine you must use cash, because Visa, MasterCard, Google Pay, and Apple Pay refuse to work inside of the EU

Giving up suddenly 50% of their revenues? I doubt so.

No memory of your own? Already reprogrammed?

The protest were widely reported back then.

Nah let us back in

Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.

The problem with the modern media is that they frame everything in the context of money. Thus they ignore that the Britons joined just for the economy. They are a staunchly capitalist country that never managed to fit within the EU spirit. They kept resisting the integration and asking opt-outs for every initiative. During the exit process they acted as spoilt children, they absorbed all the attention and time of the European council and brought all the other activities nearly to a standstill. All of that tedious process ended up with a partial exit, the UK is still standing on the edge with one foot in and another out.

At this point I think that the best thing to do to stop crying over the spilled milk and do not even dare to think to come back, it would be just a pain for everybody.