But I can use Facebook and play Fortnite on Linux right?

I seem to recall many years ago having to build some rpm packages. It was really not that difficult iirc. Cant imagine .deb or whatever is all that much harder.

This is good news. But why make this distinction? Why is this ok for FOSS but not other platforms?

Also private platforms are more likely to abuse this information.

This is why slack is bullshit. And discord. We should all go back to email. It can be stored and archived and organized and get off my lawn.