I find this argument compelling:

“We have a physiological need for privacy. Mammals in particular respond poorly to surveillance. We consider it a threat because animals in the wild are tracked by predators, and it makes us feel like prey.”

Taken from this TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/jVeqAemtC6w Quoted bit starts at 5:45

I’ve been very happy with OpenBoard. Accessing the emoji menu took a little getting used to (you hold down the enter button until it pops up), but it’s great overall.

Thank you! This makes sense to me

I know you said you have money, but Google’s “Season of the Docs” program might be worth looking into: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs

Thank you!

Thank you so much for this!

Thank you so much for the detailed reply! I’m learning a lot from this thread

Amazing, looking into this now

Hadn’t heard of it till now but I’ll look into it! Thank you!

This is great advice, thank you so much! I can feel the weight of countless bitter experiences in your post, and I am taking that shit to heart. Thank you again

This didn’t work for me, but what I’m gathering from the other comments is I need an SMTP configuration on my machine before I can do this. Thanks so much for the help!

Thank you so much!!

Oh sick, thank you! I’ll check it out

Ah, you mean run the script directly on the phone without involving the desktop computer? I hadn’t considered that but it’s a great suggestion. Thanks!

Too bad the cantrips they chose were Prestidigitation, Message, and Dancing Lights

I had to look it up to make sure-- there is an actual Chick tract about D&D and it is both hilarious and disturbing