Walled gardens, and how they apply to shaving

A repost from five years ago for the enjoyment of new readers

A lot of modern shave gear can be seen as part of a walled garden; a term most often used around computers that describe a closed platform where a single entity (provider) has control over applications, content, and media, and restricts convenient access to non-approved applications or content.

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Just a short PSA

I realised I haven’t been on Twitter in a long time, since it has been turning into a cesspool after it was bought and renamed.

So I decided to ditch it completely, deactivating my account.

This is how Twitter feels to me now (AI generated image, feel free to use)

After all, Reddit, Tumblr, Mastedon, Lemmy, and Bluesky ought to be enough – in addition to my blog, of course