I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated

Its not debated. Its bullshit.

flat earthers existing doesnt put the earth's sensual curves up for debate either.

I'm so happy the internet allows us to read other people's dumb takes.

Every vehicle behind it was really fucking warned though.

Before too many people come in saying she needs a longer sentence just a quick reminder; The singular only reason she is serving time at all is because she stole money from other rich assholes. Had she just scammed the poor rubes likes us here as the top class is supposed to do she would probably still be on several boards and gotten press coverage as the "inspirational power woman who bounced back".

if we really want useful AI tools they need to be open source and customizable by the user.

This is a very valid reason.

Can't fix everything, but Google drive is easily replaced by proton drive. Google notes/keep or any kind of note taking is easily replaced (and improved) by Obsidian, and on android you can install f-droid as an alternative store.

Downside is that these thinks cost money. But everything has a cost, and at least here the cost is clear, and upfront.

My god....I could block the porn gifs at the source. Ha ha! Get less fucked, timeline!

In all meanings of the phrase, in this case apparently.

as others said the concept of email is already pretty good. But if you're worried about your data, simplest solution is to stop relying on free email services where you are the product (like google) and start paying for services whose business model is privacy (like proton).

As an addendum, what about the popular tools we use in our daily lives? The calendar, note tools, etc all are products of companies driven to maximize profits.

proton offers email, vpn, password manager, file storage, and calendar.
other companies also offer parts of that if you dont want to rely on the same company for all of it.
obsidian offers local, secure, and encrypted sync notekeeping.
For everything you mention there is a company who offers it, and who's business model is providing a good and secure service for a fee, and not "free"(paid by your ad profile).

Is there a community movement that can somehow mitigate this? Or is there really no choice for us?

Im possibly just really cranky from allergies so apologies if Im out of line, but this gives the impression of just wanting free crowdsourced solutions, instead of looking into the viable paid solutions that are already out there.

I have used Affinity for about 5 minutes. Not because it's bad, but because I'm not a designer and I'd first need to watch ten hours of YouTube before I can make a decent template for whatever. And no time for that yet

But I did buy the full suite, just because (1) everything I would ever make with it is my own property. (2) I own the software, not rent it and (3) fuck Adobe it can die in a ditch. I'll pay a 100 euros to your competition just because they are not you.

Im not going to deny the threat of Extend/Embrace/Extinguish, but everyone defederating now, and threatening to defederate all other instances that dont do so as well, comes across as an incredible hasty and mostly an emotionally driven decision.

Less than a week here and I'm already out of the loop

Barrett claims to be Christian, but took her position predicated on a lie and in bad faith

Sounds perfectly christian to me

I imagine a future where the youth raised on tiktok video's matures and ask each other in six second max conversations over nuclear winter bbq's where they were when the furry insurgents stormed the kremlin and ghadaffi'd putin.

No sense in engaging with tankie talking points. China indeed has a long history of conquering and then culturally and ethnically assimilating everything into Han. Makes it a lot easier to rewrite history into saying you are just uniting your people. Same playbook on why the Uyghurs are experiencing genocide by China.

as in, actual post originating from people using a lemmy based instance, or all fediverse ActivityPub entrances?

Since you opened up to a response; Yeah. A little bit gibberish. But thats okay.

blockchain is a public ledger. There is no increased anonimity in it. Its core essence is that it is open and public, and everyone can check and validate it. The privacy part comes from not knowing which person is behind which wallet. But hey! You can do that here! Or anywhere.

Looking at the article:

According to Kolektiva, the seized database, now in the FBI’s possession, includes personal information such as email addresses, hashed passwords, and IP addresses from three days prior to the date the backup was made. It also includes posts, direct messages, and interactions involving a user on the server. Because of the nature of the fediverse, this also implicates user messages and posts from other instances.

Focussing on that last part first; Posts, PMs, and other interactions are open and public in the ActivityPub protocol (which lemmy and KBin and Mastodon work on). If the FBI wants that, they can just go to the website and make an account, no raid needed. Blockchain tech wouldnt chance that.

Focussing on the first part: email addresses, hashed passwords, and IP addresses, those are not all open to the public. And you may want to protect those better. But as I said, you dont need hip blockchain for that!

• Dont use your primary email directly when making an account, but hide behind an email-alias. SimpleLogin, HideMyEmail, Guerilla Email, 10minute mail, Proton Pass, are all services that let you provide an email that is not your own, but does connect to your actual inbox.

• Dont reuse passwords. Use a password manager to generate random ones for each website. Bitwarden has a good rep. LastPass is still used, KeePass exists, Proton Pass is new and promising.

• Dont browse without a VPN.

• bonus (use a privacy focussed browser with extensions that block un-whitelisted javascripts, block trackers, and block canvassing/fingerprinting).

Can your private info now still be obtained? The answer ranged somewhere in between possibly and probably. But you've made it a lot of work. Work that almost only a governmental agency can perform, in a way that takes manpower time and warrants. You'll have to have them very interested in you as an individual to go through all of that.

I compare it to going outside. You wear clothes so that you arent naked, shoes that protect your feet, and if you touch something icky you'll want to wear gloves. The internet is basically the same. Just remember, like outside, most of the internet is a public space. Information that you volunteer, conversations that you have are public. And differently from the real world, they are recorded forever. Need to discuss sensitive stuff in private, switch to "private places" such as encrypted email, Signal, or Matrix based platforms like Element.

Now this post probably isnt complete, and flawed. So I welcome anyone who wants to build further from it.

A hell of a lot smoother than chrome

In ieder geval voor de komende paar maanden...

It needs an account to be fully readable