The ad revenue part is true but what do you mean by not harvesting data? Mastodon definitely stores your boosts and likes, it just doesn’t use that data to recommend more content. And the big difference is of course that it is stored on your instance’s server, not a centralized location.
That’s fair! Although I fear big money will always come up with some way to make a “better” UX, either simply because they can afford more/better devs, and often by compromising privacy, accessibility, etc.
embrace extend extinguish has worked in the past and it can work again
So it should be Plato not Socrates in the meme?
It’s centralized. They allow federation using their own protocol.
But all you need to know is that it’s a capitalist, for-profit undertaking.
it’s quite different in the sense that you don’t see any recommended content, just your follows and their boosts.
That mindset is the problem. A slightly better UX at the cost of freedom is a bad deal.
Yeah. In Dutch cities people know to drive carefully at night because lots of drunk bikers are around. It’s infinitely better than drunk driving.
I moved to Germany amd I feel less safe biking drunk (I still do tho)
It’s the dilemma of any alternative space. People seeking alternatives don’t like the mainstream.
And with a bit of generalization, there’s two reasons not to like the mainstream:
I don’t think he had them all to begin with, but he lost the rest of his marbles. To be honest I think if he was a critical thinker and a bit more open-minded, he would have become an anarchist. But sadly he’s a Christian conservative.
Also as I’ve learned more about linux, I realize he’s wrong about most things there too 😂
fuck that hits home way too much
Da hilft kein Schütteln und kein Klopfen, in die Hose geht der letzte Tropfen.
Penis owner here, I used to do 1just to dab the tip cuz that’s what my dad did but learned later that nobody else does it and stopped.
whoever invented all those dashes… I just wanna talk
You gotta press that spot behind ur balls, kinda moving back to front, and it comes out. This secret arcane knowledge was lost for millenia in my lineage, no longer passed down man to man. A kind stranger on the internet shared it with me.
took me a sec to realize those were the feet
Oh woops! Thanks
what flag is that I am badly educated apparently
Firefox + uBlock Origin already does it too. No ads, and I can listen even when my phone is locked.
Wow I grew up eating this stuff and only today do I learn it’s spelled Plootz. Always thought it was Bloz