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Your big brain conservtive/capitalist takes will be laughed at in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I just saw a post about eco-terrorism and people mostly agreed. Lemmy is 100% extreme.

bit of a hot take in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

GOD I LOVE TERRORISM

android companies vs apple in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

There are no ads in iphone apps? Battery life is not much different in my experience It's similar, but you can mitigate that on Android, not so much on iphone.

I just want to say that I'm so happy that people are taking notice of privacy concerns in cars in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If that's the case then why do cars cry about wanting internet connection for updates?

Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

That actually looks really amazing! I really want more services to actually compel users to pay to support them, and make it a good decision to do so. I think this is the best suggestion so far. Thanks mate!

Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I tried it but unfortunately it's very similar to Google search just without the trackers, and sometimes the results are a bit worse (worth it for not having the trackers though)

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Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines? (lemm.ee)
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I'm kind of tired of Google sending me to the same 3 sites whenever I search for something. If not the same 3 sites it's 7 others that are so generic and boring I just feel they're useless. It's always makeuseof, androidauthority, or whatever other sites that have useful information but I rarely feel like they are saying anything new.

I want to see the results from those small blogs that are sometimes linked here. I can't come up with one since... you know that's why I'm asking how to find them, but you know them; they talk about nerdy stuff and are not afraid to get technical in whatever topic they discuss.

Also duckduckgo and qwant do the same thing. If there is a way to curate the results to better fit my needs then that'd be great too!

I had to post from my alt account because lemmy.world servers are down in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I use my dad's basement to store my server computer and I have a lemmy instance there. And my dad works for the FBI as a janitor (he's old so he bought the house for cheap).

Priorities! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why would people do this? We want the hughest amount of users we can, and for most people to believe in FOSS or even copyleft philosophy, but this just pushes people away. Just use whatever app you like best and maybe donate to incentivize the app you believe in. But to just relenlessly mock non-FOSS apps only hurts the community and doesn't foster growth.

This is Depressing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What was the struggle 20 years ago?

This is Depressing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I guess it never really was perfect. But this one really caught me off guard since I took it for granted that the web is more free than the walled gardens that Google and Apple make. But the FOSS community is making some cool stuff these days that we gotta focus on.

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This is Depressing (lemm.ee)
 

Does anyone else feel as if it's over when it comes to really owning your own things?

As of now:

  • You don't have the option of having a phone with decent specs and replaceable parts
  • You have to have really good knowledge in tech to have private services that are on par with what the big companies offer
  • You have to put up with annoying compatibility issues if you install a custom ROM on your android phone
  • You cannot escape apps preventing you from using them if you root your device
  • Cars are becoming SaaS bullcrap
  • Everything is going for a subscription model in general

And now Google is attempting to implement DRM on websites. If that goes through, Firefox is going to be relegated to privacy conscious websites (there aren't many of those). At this point, why even bother? Why do I go to great lengths at protecting my privacy if it means that I can't use most services I want?

It sucks because the obvious solution is for people to move away from these bullshit companies and show that they actually care about their privacy. Even more important is to actually PAY for services they like instead of relying on free stuff. I'm not optimistic not just because the non privacy conscious side is lazy, but because my side is greedy. I mean one of the most popular communities on lemmy is "piracy" which makes it all the more reasonable for companies not to listen to privacy conscious people.

I wouldn't say that this is the endgame but in this trajectory, privacy is gone before 2030.