Matt Payne

Yeah the nub invalidates the n. It’s the wrong shape.

I think your wife invented that

They’re so gross lol

Yeah they want to make it too difficult to bother intentionally unsubscribing.

Federation will become part of our cultural language and people will come over at that point.

They’ll start setting standards, other instances will comply, and meta will control (or destroy) the fediverse.

You think we can’t get people to join lemmy unless our Genius Daddy Savior Zuck brings them in?

Nobody is suggesting that we destroy Threads. We just don’t want to let it control the fediverse.

They will start setting standards that other instances will be pressured to follow. Those standards will be mechanisms to control the fediverse and make it a data-gathering ad & sales platform.

This us exactly the threat. They’ll start setting standards that other instances will be pressured to follow. Those standards will be ways to control the fediverse and make it a propietary data-gathering and sales/advertising platform just like everything else.

Good news! Fuck Zuck!

The universe growing souls like flowers, or something

I don’t believe in a soul that’s separate from the body, or that lives on afterward. But the way that “inanimate” matter can spin up thoughts and feelings and a consistent personal experience that can last for decades… It’s almost fair to call that thing a soul. It’s fair to talk about nurturing your soul and growing a soul.

Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Shudder.

I also pay content creators for a ton of podcasts and stuff like that.

I forgot about them. I didn’t know they were FOSS. Is F-Droid primarily for nerds and programmers? Or do normies also use it? I stopped working on Android apps because I don’t want my hobby to be subjected to the whims of Google’s acceptance criteria. But maybe I could publish to F-Droid instead.

What kind of FOSS software can you get for your android?

At this point I only pirate media that I can’t find through legit means. I think it’s honestly hilarious that they don’t just make every movie or album available to purchase and download without DRM, since that would be the best way to combat piracy.

I pay for what I can, but I’m also a big Linux user who loves FOSS software. Adobe can get bent. I use Gimp, Krita, and Audacity/Tenacity.

Microsoft can also get bent.

Where is the state power in the fediverse?

They seem more node.js-friendly than other hosts I’ve tried. I might have to take the plunge.

Except instead of Nazis (?!?!) it’s corporations.