Worse than not having anyone around you, since they've all gone and no one is around to speak up on your behalf. This is how we end up lost in the "reprobate filing system" which includes jail and hospitals.
JoJoGAH
joined 1 year ago
Some forced Google bloat ware snatched it and ran
My experience matches op pretty much to a t. What I love about all of it is how light and free it feels. I don't feel hemmed in or funneled like I do on other apps.
There is a small local newsletter style that reports business news, then the rest is just social events. I listen to the police scanner for crime reports bc none of the local news talks about it. This is a tourist town .
Or find the newspaper someone else was done with which was my way of doing things.
I used paper maps before internet and smart phones, I used to have a better sense of where I was . I bought a local map recently as well as a good compass, the compass just to get oriented in which direction things are.
I feel more connected and grounded than when using Google maps.
Surprises are part of this path but that's true of any adventure.
12 years here. It's not to deprive others of information either. I did it because if people with the ethics of Spez own it, they'll use for whatever means they see fit, meaning money, or paywall etc .
The information people seek is still out there in the same places we all got it from in order to post it on reddit.
Reddit made this mess by destroying trust. I have no idea how they'll use that information if I leave it there .
This is know: it won't be for my benefit, likely it will be used to manipulate,or in bad faith. Similar to Facebook and insta.
I've been disappointed in Google for a long time. Using their shortcuts doesn't work anymore so it's all ads until it's "We don't seem to find..... leave a question" Which. No. I actually get much better and faster results from Bing or Edge or whatever it's called through Microsoft. DDG and Brave are no's too.
All started over a mudflap. Police escalated it as is the case almost all the time. The trucker was on the phone with dispatch and the entire unnecessary escalation is recorded.
What's really weird is the state troopers where screaming their faces blue ,yelling for the dogs to NOT be used, and then for the dogs NOT be released.
Seems either like code or absolute ego gorged local cops.