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Everything on the Internet is public domain.

If I disappear for 3 weeks, assume I’m dead.

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Finally upgraded my phone - no, that doesn't mean a new one. No need to spend hundreds just for some extra storage, or to give up my data to some dodgy cloud where I have no control over it (lemmy.world)

Honestly, if we could upgrade the RAM in phones, I'd probably be fine with this one for a decade. (Or until they start making phones with qwerty keypads again.)

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There's no reason why at least the motherboard couldn't be a replaceable module if one is happy with cameras and display, or the other way around. Not saying it has to be super simple like plugging in a Lego module, but it's definitely doable. Most peripherals are borderline off the shelf anyway and their functionality and support is mostly in software.

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I usually just use SyncThing to back things up, but yes that's the idea.

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Motorola G6, a reliable oldie

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So many Reddit apps I've never even tried, and yet I feel sad seeing these kinds of posts.

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All 3rd party apps are getting priced out. Only one remains that got an exception, and one (that I know of) will try to go subscribers-only.

But the actual bad part, is how Reddit has shown its true colors and bad faith. Users create all the content on Reddit. Moderators keep the ships running. App developers make that stuff available to everybody.

Together, these parties create literally all the value on Reddit.

Reddit does nothing but own the infrastructure.

And yet, they behave like they own everything and can dictate all the rules.

Imagine the owner of an office building hosting multiple companies suddenly starts busting onto individual offices and companies and making a mess while drunk to their eyeballs. That's Reddit.

So that's bad, but also it has a bright side. Now that we know, we could leave and make our own little world. A better one.

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So I have two questions, first how does a browser stop websites from scanning open ports and second WHY THE FUCK DO WEB SITES SCAN OPEN PORTS

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But re 1) I'm so confused, how does the browser have access to such information, never mind an addon?

I get that browsers can do way more than tcp port 80 these days, but I didn't know it can do so much, man.

Or is that sniffing so closely related to the web site itself, i.e. is the actual web server doing it? I would expect that if someone would want to snoop on my network, they'd be using something else than a web server.

Guess I need an eli10 for modern browsers.

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Yea I've always been weirded out by it. Thx

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Hm, but browser addons?

I guess I'm mainly confused because the abilities of browser extensions have been so heavily eroded over time. Can't make an extension to manage bookmarks anymore and lots of other things. So I'm surprised it could do such things.

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The link is also down at the bottom (at least in mobile version}.

I've been lookin at some block lists just earlier today. I have to fess that some instances' block lists make me uncomfortable.

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I don't know if an instance has an active way to know some other has defederated from it.

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First, because some instance's block list indicates unwillingness to see anything beyond their little world.

Second, because in some (only only some) blocklists, there are links to some actual shitty people who I wouldn't think actually have the capacity to run a server.

In the last few days there's been quite a fuss about some instances storing insulting jokes and whatnot, but maaaan that's honestly nothing compared to what else is out there.

“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.

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Verge should give up on Reddit like we all did. It's a waste of energy.

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Actually I can lol, but I won't. Took me a while to figure out the connection to SW, I gotta admit.

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Maybe I'll reconsider my position. Kill it with fire.

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I could always go to the dark side and start issuing bans :p

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Right. That's not the Jedi way...

Waves hand You don't want to show me creepy Ewoks.

Ed: ok but srsly can you delete those pics in responses to me. I often need to go to my inbox to look for something I needed to react to and this is actually terrifying.

(I can delete them but ya know, dark side and all)

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I need to keep coming back to the old ones too.

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I honestly find it crazy how so many people actively demand that competition and choice should be minimized and are breaking down at the thought they might need to follow more than just a single source of information.

If you think about it... That's scary.

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Yea but the more I'm using Lemmy, the less I care about some universal community umbrella.

The word right there - community - means some specific identity and togetherness. Even if it's something generic like technology, I can imagine the people involved in those comms feel connection to it, and wish to share that connection to the users too. At least that's how I feel about starwarsmemes.

Putting everything into an anonymous basket means loss of that identity by default, unless the user actively seeks for it.

Which I think is the wrong approach. I keep saying that humans have evolved to exist in smallish groups, communities. Societies who keep existing in such way are happier than those who gave that up for industries, cities and whatnot.

And it's not like having an identity means people and communities can't cooperate, Fediverse clearly shows how we can.

It only requires a little effort from the people to familiarize themselves with some specifics instead of just blindly consuming the newsfeed.

A tiny bit of effort.

If we can't give or expect even that, then what is the point of all of this?

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Isn't this the plot of like 75% of all cyberpunk stories?

How is it that modern capitalists keep reinventing and putting into reality the worst kinds of dystropian ideas that the most cynical sci-fi writers could come up with in their nightmares?

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Hah you said it !fucksubscriptions

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Thanks yo

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