Chromebooks are even worse: “Instead of hampering user’s computers for safety, we’ll make a ‘computer’ that just launches our proprietary web apps!”

And even if the App Store was perfectly safe, keeping users safe via restricting basic functionality instead of increasing tech literacy is a backwards approach

The fact that letting users choose what software they’d like to install wasn’t seen as an fundamental part of a computer really highlights Apple’s backwards philosophy towards user experience.

Palestinians taking their land back is justice after a century of genocide, not genocide.

Even if that argument was viable, I would argue Israel’s genocide starting less than a century ago makes it much more imperative to act against it.

LMAO what a horrible take, not even one of those countries originated in a similar way to Israel 💀

Fuck no.

Also add that the child is slipping a stack of Benjamins into Supermans trunks.

Coninutation of genocide.

But it adds so much flavor…

Great, now I need to memorize “RFC 3339”, because I officially have a new favorite date format. Thank you!

Nothing beats ISO 8601, YYYY-MM-DD

SimpleX has worked great in my experience! Currently torn between SimpleX and XMPP.

I cannot recommend Siskin, as those in my life that have tried it have always experienced random issues. I find Monal to be a better experience in every way, except for the lack of calling support with Conversations.

I have the same issue. What I do is use a VPN with a custom DNS (Only some providers allow this, and documentation is often unclear or inaccurate as to whether they do). Using NextDNS, I have ull control over my DNS, while also using a VPN. This setup + uBlock Origin has been flawless for me so far, and I have a similar setup on my PC.

I would look at something like TrackerControl, which is very customizable and runs as a “VPN” that simply filters out ads. This should achieve the same thing, especially in combination with either Brave browser or a Firefox-based browser with uBlock Origin.

Not in the default installation. From everything I can find, while you can root GrapheneOS, you shouldn’t. Source

Yeah, that ruling is ridiculous.

Usage time ≠ enjoyment.

Despite all those positives, the foundation of the platform is built in an abusive, addictive way. We shouldn’t ban any social media applications, we should regulate them to end their abbhorent practices / business models. I totally agree that we should ban targetted advertising, although there is a good middleground solution as well: banning targetted advertising which relies on cloud-based AI. If recommendation algorithms could run locally on your phone, with a way to validate everything is processed locally, you could keep the modern formula for social media while simultaneously maintaining privacy. I would imagine the suggestions would become more primitive to account for the extra processing power, but at least people can continue to doomscroll if they’d like. My idea applies better to post recommendations than advertising, but if ad recommendations could be kept anonymous (the entire system would need to be open source), you could have a privacy-respecting service AND tailored feeds / advertising.

Regulate Social Media (including domestic corporations) > Ban Social Media > The Current Situation, imo.