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New Yorker. Interested in sci-fi, fantasy, online gaming, art, cycling, manga, and mochi.
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Can’t serve as many ads on the website because of ad blockers tho.
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I got suckered by an encyclopedia salesman when I was younger. It was one of the biggest wastes of money of my young life. I had no need for it at that time and later, when I could have used it, I had the internet (or Internet with a capital I back then) and college libraries.
I spent some time on Threads to see how it was and it’s a fucking cesspool of like-mongering and look at me oneupsmanship bullshit that was so fucking tiring to look at that I deleted the app after 4 days.
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Telegram chats aren’t e2ee by default. You’re essentially putting your chats on a server owned by a rich Russian person as a hobby.
I wonder if that was intentional on the instance owner’s part?
Good. Serves 'em right.
should we just quit using these sites or what?
Yes.
check out a Firefox extension called SponsorBlock. It’s updated by users but is pretty current and can be set to skip past self promotion and in video advertising.
I’m sure there’s a way to get around it, and if there isn’t, then I just won’t be using YouTube anymore. I survived before it existed. I’m getting tired of these companies’ bullshit.
Derp.