In terms of the memory usage, it's a reasonable approach these days. It gets hairy when we consider security vulnerabilities. It's far easier to patch one system-wide shared library than to hunt down every single application still bundling a vulnerable version.

It's a reference to her using her jet likely more often than I use my car.

Just because the gameplay was very simple doesn't make it crap. The details (movement speed, the gap between the obstacles) were pretty much on point and that's something that makes or breaks this kind of game.

Last but not least, it had little to none anti-user "features" that plague the modern games. I would choose Flappy Bird over most current games any time of the day. Actually there is no "would" in there as I still have it installed.

Time to show only the first 3 words of the title.

How are they even going to prove a specific person agreed to these terms or even used their app?

We get it Elon, your X has left you.

I'd be fine with ads, but Google's policy is only superficially about ads. They want surveillance and user profiling, not ads. Ads are just a way to deliver these. Over my dead body.

Not for free, for a browser. This doesn't make it any less evil.

I think you're overestimating the value of someone's IP address. Not much one can do with it unless someone really tries to expose themselves.

maintain a modified branch

So: a fork. It's not unusual for a fork to regularly merge back the upstream changes while maintaining its own set of changes.

...yes. That's how it usually works.

He was, but if I recall correctly the Romanian law has a limit of 3 months (?) they can keep someone in jail waiting for the trial. As much as I (dis)agree with the sentiment of "jail is for poor people", this is not the case here.

EDIT: Additionally, I think it's okay for him to serve his time only after the due process. This is what makes it fair instead of it being a lynch. Hopefully it's sooner rather than later.