CatherineHuffman

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

How in the world do you figure Apple hasn't earned their reputation for planned obsolescence when they serialize every part in the device, don't allow for 3rd party repairs, constantly refuse to repair devices, constantly make them harder to repair, don't make absolutely any repair documentation available, sue the people who find said documentation and make it available, and send ICE to raid businesses who are able to actually get their hands on replacement parts?

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

still don't fully know what's going on with reddit

Reddit wants to kill 3rd party apps so people have to user their terrible ad-infested privacy-invading first party app so they can harvest and sell your data.

CEO says devs are "choosing" not to work with them while sending them bills in the tens of millions of dollars.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I mean the internet archive is already scraping this data so if these companies want my data they can get it from there, unfortunately. Although when possible I will set auto-delete for 2 weeks to make it harder to find 😃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The solution is to go into your app settings and set Google Play links to open in Aurora. Then do a DuckDuckGo for the apps and when you click the link it will open in Aurora. Not ideal but it's worked well for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mods are afraid these other instances might influence your views. Just switch to another uncensored instance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

shocked Pikachu face

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can subscribe to RSS feeds from companies that provide them, or you can pay for a service that will create one for you like RSS.app

I've never heard of neuters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As few as possible. Browser extensions can be used to fingerprint you.

I only run uBlock, as it's included with most privacy-focused browsers like LibreWolf. Even better if the browser has built-in domain blocking like Brave, then you don't even need that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Couple of things: 1 is to run a privacy-friendly OS. AtlasOS is not really an OS at all, but really just Windows 10 stripped of all the spyware. This also removes pretty much all of the security features so you really ONLY want to run this on a gaming-only device, or on a gaming-only sandboxed partition. Otherwise, Proton has made Linux very usable for the vast majority of games.

Second: Look at the yellow boxes on Steam. This is where they disclose all the shady shit publishers are pushing on you. Don't buy games with DRM. Don't buy games with anti-cheat, this is incredibly invasive software. Don't buy games that require you to sign an EULA, which is usually just forfeiting all of your privacy rights. Don't buy "online-only" games.

All games on GOG require no DRM so those are usually a good bet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not really necessary. Just look at the number of respected community members who have been harrassed by McKay. He is constantly harrassing his own supporters. I'll forever be grateful for the work he has done with GOS but the man is unwell and needs help, and stepping down is the best thing he could have done for the project.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm doing it right now :)

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