I’m definitely curious. Browser-switching is annoyingly mentally difficult, though. I keep bouncing between Arc and Firefox, so maybe this is the perfect marriage.

Crosscode was such a delight. I found the story surprisingly compelling.

No but when I tried to change Mastodon servers, I was frustrated to learn that I could carry over my followers but nothing else. The platform highlighted “easy mobility,” but I found that to be misleading.

I think the biggest problem that Mastodon et. al need to solve is changing servers/accounts. There needs to be an easy way to move servers while retaining past posts, etc.

I can agree with this. Or pirating old games that aren’t available through GOG, Steam, etc. Like if I want to play Battletoads, I don’t have many options…

I feel like the “pirate everything” mindset focuses on shitty corporations but ignores that paying for media also helps the creators pay their rent.

Clearly they do care though. Look at all of the earnest replies to his posts! If folks didn’t care, they would say as much.

That’s fine, but we need to just admit that and stop trying to get the big users to stay by sheer force of will. Either give them the tools they need or accept that Mastodon isn’t for them and that they’ll go elsewhere. You can’t have it both ways.

I follow him on Mastodon, and I think many regular users misunderstand his specific problems. They’re unique due to his huge number of followers, and I think that if we want Mastodon to grow, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to include more tools for folks with large followings.

If you’re looking for a free alternative, check out how to use Markdown files. Obsidian is a popular (but not open-source) program. The beautiful of .md is that it’s plain text and can be easily imported into a variety of applications, including a simple text editor like Notepad. Here’s a good overview video.

It’s a really great system for writing technical documents. I used it a ton in college for my research papers.

The folks who run the archive website have some weird vendetta against Cloudflare.

Give me that big-box Plytanium!

Have you tried Swiftfin? It’s 3rd party open source. I find it works much better than the official Jellyfin app.

At this point, it’s just a tradition

The only thing I wish Apple Reminders has is the ability to set a recurring task like “30 days after task completion”

Easy pathway for some Cat6!

I don’t have a need for a trackball mouse, but I just want to say thanks for the incredibly detailed review! I still read the whole thing.

Another vote for Proton Mail! I’ve been using it for years with a custom domain. Keep in mind that your emails are secure and encrypted on PM’s servers, but not necessarily on the servers of your recipient.

Maybe this is a good excuse for me to (apologies) shake off the Rust and contribute some. I’ve only contributed once or twice to a FOSS project, though, so I’ll need to read up a little on best practices and etiquette.