Knowledge Base

Here's what I can think of for the non-free software I use, and why. It's my walk of shame.

Steam and Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

I play AoE2DE because I've been playing Age of Empires 2 ever since the Conquerors Expansion in 2004. I remember the fun days of Voobly. The current scene is on the Microsoft services-centric AoE2 Definitive Edition, so I have to use it.

Discord

I use Discord for my AoE2 group.

Nvidia graphics

I have some hand-me-down Nvidia card that is enough to run Age of Empires 2. That's it. I don't care about anything else it can or cannot run.

Old computer games

There are many old computer games from before my free-software days, like kids' games, that I still have the original disc or materials for. I play through some of them on occasion. I'd say most of them are edutainment titles like from The Learning Company. Maybe this category doesn't count, because it's all old stuff.

Telegram

I use Telegram for communicating with family. You have to make a stand somewhere, and apparently I was way too late with my self-hosted Matrix idea (which still isn't implemented). I'm sure the NSA or FSB or whoever my threat model is can read anything I choose to send anyways.