@Seagoon_ hmm good point!!
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@Force_majeure123 @YarraByte I feel like I have noticed much less EOFY sales and offers than usual...
@imoldgreeeg hope you feel better soon!
I have something I haven't been able to completely shake for a week and I can't be bothered getting new RATs and wondering if I should even bother with old ones... doesn't feel bad though and I'm a #novid but there's always a first time.
@imoldgreeeg @CEOofmyhouse56 I mostly watch from the sidelines but I am rather happy to learn of this origin story.
@melbaboutown yeah when you realise "the cloud" is just other people's computers and "free" SM & other lockin has always been designed from the outset to bait & switch and basically enslave you it makes you realise the real costs of not being free and open. I remember when I genuinely believed Google was a force for good.
@melbaboutown I am glad I don't have to think about FB as have never given them my data. I need to anonymise on several services to at least try and thwart the AI feeding frenzy, though I'm rarely active anywhere except on Fedi these days. But I need to move Gmail as well. It's more than many people are even equipped to try, sadly.
@melbaboutown @YarraByte in the process of DeGoogling and it's similar. Though so far I'm only partway through Photos. It was always the intention to bait and switch and capture financially once the difficulty of leaving became extreme. I was always aware of Facebook which seemed blatant to me: Google and M$ actually more subtle.
@Grubbi @briongloid welcome! I am reading you from Mastodon, but I also have a Lemmy account, I just like to say hi from Mastodon occasionally to remind people it's possible ๐
@MeanElevator @Catfish seconding The Boys, and I don't even like violent or superhero. It's very clever, but quite awful, and very watchable if you can get past the ultraviolence.