I’d appreciate it if everyone could just stop burning fossil fuels, please. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Cake day: November 3rd, 2023

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  • In favour of whatsapp:

    • You’ve already got it installed

    Against whatsapp:

    • It’s one of those tech platforms owned by and run for the benefit of evil billionaires
    • The source code isn’t available, so nobody really knows if it’s secure at all
    • The metadata probably all just quietly flows into the Facebook data maelstrom
    • It never worked properly on my android phone that doesn’t have Google services
    • It differs from Signal only in ways that make it worse















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    14 days ago

    On my fediverse accounts:

    • I don’t have autoplaying media (and I do have noscript)
    • I don’t have infinite scroll (although it’s an option)
    • There is no “for you” feed based on tracking my behaviour
    • I view things sorted chronologically
    • I usually see only things posted or boosted by people (or groups) I chose to follow
    • I don’t get notifications when someone “likes” things or whatever

    And yet somehow it is addictive enough, whereas Facebook and Reddit made me angry enough to quit them forever.