[bsilvereagle]

> I understand that companies need to innovate to keep their edge

This is fine if a user can opt out of the “innovation”. Fortunately things like old.reddit.com and https://mail.google.com/mail/u/ exist. The major downside is both of those truly are frozen in time and don’t get features that I do want backported (reactive layout, for example).

We’re in a weird period of time for computing where you can’t go back in time and relive an experience. I can boot up a Windows 98 machine with a Sidewinder game pad and play pinball like I did 25 years ago. I can’t (ever again?) view my iOS lock screen with the same font that was used just 4 months ago. FOSS + desktop applications may be the only ecosystems that allow the clock to be rolled back.