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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I have cut off most mainstream social media from my life, also starting from the Reddit exodus. What strikes me from this post is the idea you are pursuing data privacy as a way to be "superior" to other people, and not only that, you separate yourself from this person by calling them a character. I dunno, it sounds like you are doing things for the wrong reasons.

I joined the fediverse because I saw the business models of the mainstream sites becoming more and more abusive and manipulative towards their users. Staying on those platforms just felt distasteful. If others want to stay there, that's up to them. Weilding my social media cred over others like a cudgel just isn't a factor.

This may be a point where you reevaluate what is important to you. You'll drive yourself crazy if you try to adhere to what every privacy advocate online tells you to do. I recommend trying to make good privacy choices. When you have energy for it. And encourage others to do the same.

[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This is one of those times where seeing it all written out feels redundant, but you know if those examples weren't there people would be asking if one book cost £0.5.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My SO and I have been obsessed with this game for the past few weeks now. Unlike any other game I've played, this one makes you feel smart for remembering small details about things you spotted earlier, or when you look back on a note you took that is suddenly relevant.

That said, we are at a point now where we know roughly what we have to do, but we still need to slog through multiple days to get the rooms we want to appear.

We've built enough starting bonuses that reaching 46 isn't really a challenge, so now the drafting just feels like a slog.

I think from here on out we're going to be looking up hints just to get to the finish line. [Edit: spoiler tags aren't working for me, removing them for now]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It's Tactics o'clock somewhere!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Please don't.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Unless there's some context I'm missing, that business model sounds... reasonable?

What you're describing just sounds like advertisement.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Other people are assholes too" is a terrible reason to support an asshole. Expect better.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Thank you for posting this! I had a vague recollection there was something scummy about Brave, and I was surprised to see it recommended in so many of the "Which browser should I use?" posts. It's really handy to have a chronical of bullshit like this to point to when it comes up

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I tried this out by searching for Amazon, and if this website was all you knew, you'd come away thinking it was a rather left leaning company, with a donation distribution of 68% Democrat and 32% Republican. That may or may not be true, but it ignores all of the hostile working conditions and anti-union behavior they are responsible for.

Just saying, don't rely solely on this app for evaluating companies.

https://www.goodsuniteus.com/brands/#/brand/amazon

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! Strangely this wasn't showing up in searches within the app store for me, but it did turn up in settings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

This! Thank you! Apologies for getting the reason for the penalty wrong, but I have personally had to pay this and I was starting to feel gaslit. Turns out, when you go on unemployment, you should still withhold for taxes even if you feel like you need that money more while unemployed.

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