I saw this coming, with no easy way to cancel the monthly subscription and decided to pay with a prepaid credit card instead...glad I did, it saved me from getting robbed.

Well regardless, the world needs alternatives that are outside of restrictive US patent law and large monopolistic control. Thank god for pioneers:)

Light rail is infinitely more expensive to construct and it only takes one delay/accident and all subsequent trains after cause a log jam...vs a bus which can route around it.

A better solution uses corridors dedicated to buses that are electric powered.

Something like this was done in Colombia with these routes being connected by ground hubs, similar to subway stations.

Well that's cool:). Remove the profit motive/surplus goes a long way to slow down evil.

https://www.kickstarter.com/...

Time for #abode , I want to believe ;)

Amazing! I love seeing these #foss projects working together:)

Of course this is true, but moving to a privacy respecting OS, like linux or buying a phone w a custom ROM installed goes a long, long way to improving the situation.

That's the linux tax again...w a free OS no less 🤦‍♂️

Glad to hear it, now re-invest it into public services like healthcare and transit where it's sorely needed.

Personally, I don't this will have much success because titok is driven by algorithms and influencers...it's built for lazy scrolling consumers that follow the latest trends. People that use it don't care about the data privacy or ethics of it, they just want to know what the latest song or dance craze is ... Add to that ease of use to add graphics and music tracks. Also reach is everything.

I've had good luck by using https://peertube-search.com/ but beware, use an ad blocker because it's pretty loaded with spammy ads. However, if you do that you can actually filter by language, category, upload date etc. Everything that should actually be available in the official search https://joinpeertube.org/browse-content

It's important to note that currently it's in early beta, and in order to avoid playstore and apple store issues you only have access to a curated list of peertube instances.

So for example you can't connect it to your personal instance ATM... This will be available likely on a fdroid version or more widely after they manage to jump the official stores hurdles.

Great news, thx to all developers/contributors for your efforts!!

Because Americans are obsessed with iphones, as a status symbol and "American" product and it's a default...no effort required.

So great that you're doing this!

The most obvious answer you'll get is https://matrix.org/ which is a protocol, and the flagship app is element, but there are many more clients.

However for an almost identical experience there is also https://revolt.chat/

Your emails are already scanned by Gmail at that point, so you're defeating the purpose

One easy way to start is not by doing it all at once. Start by avoiding the Playstore and using fdroid instead. On your main OS replace proprietary software with foss alternatives. Once you get comfortable with that, THEN you can make the next steps. It doesn't have to happen overnight, but you'll be heading in the right direction:)

Such a great take:)

What a great shot!