Why wont we have viable alternative ? We already have

Google is the default search engine because they pay a lot to mozilla, I doubt that would change

Here is a more detailed FAQ about what happened:

https://www.tenable.com/blog/frequently-asked-questions-cve-2024-3094-supply-chain-backdoor-in-xz-utils

I hope you are donating to your instance, otherwise by your logic you are stealing there resources.

How is that my logic? Admins of my instance are fine with people using their instance without donation so there is nothing unethical here. If people must pay to use their instance then it can’t be called “donation”, it’s called “payment”.

If the server owner isn’t fine with others hottlinking they can simply deny requests

Can I use same logic to say if you are not fine with people robbing your home, you must lock your door?

Hotlinking is stealing. Besides servee owner could change the images your hotlinking to. Or he coukd delete it altogether

I will get excited when it actually work

Full evs will fill a landfill in 15 years time and need an entire new car to be built to replace

Doesn’t that applies to any car? or you mean because many EV companies make it difficult to repair their product using a 3ed party? That’s why we need a “right to repair bill”, there is nothing fundamental in EV cars that make them non-serviceable.

New 1500 lbs of lithium and Cobalt and nickel battery as well to be mined

I agree that EVs are not as green as one might think and I am also hopefully that things will change in the future. however that doesn’t mean we stick with ordinary cars for now. If no body buy EV, the companies would simply shut down and there won’t be “future” to talk about.

It like solar panel they used to have terrible efficiency and lot of gas emission producing them and people were wondering if they really are any greener but had people stopped buying them back then, we wouldn’t have better versions today.

Ya that make sense. But then their positive effect on climate is minimal. Hopefully no one would think they are half helping the planet by buying a hybrid

I think I didn’t make my point clear. I am of course pro EV cars because of all the benefit you mentioned.

I am questioning the idea of a hybrid car that can only be charged by pumping more petrol. might as well buy a normal car and leave the batteries to the true EV car that truly need them

you don’t need to plug them in so no range issues or priving unregulated EV charging station to worry about finding.

But if these cars charge their batteries by burning more gas then whats the point of having EV at all?