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Age-verification partner Yoti is reporting GrapheneOS users to authorities for using GrapheneOS, due to "past security concerns." (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Hey, I used Reddit for years, I guess as anyone else here, and even with that Appolo client, it was so much worse than what I have now with Mlem client. (Speaking of iPhones right now.) And the quality of the conversation is so much better in here, even despite (or thanks to, who knows) not many people in here, really.

I think Reddit is better only for when you need a lot of people in the comments for some reason. But now I think you don’t need that for most of the cases. All you need is just some people to hang around, otherwise there’s tumbleweed and it’s not as useful too. But the number of people we all need, it’s not that big, actually!

I mean, fuck Reddit.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Seems like it’s mostly bots anyway. Hard to tell anymore what’s real comments and what is bot shill.

    Sadly, that’s a lot of the internet these days. The dead internet is becoming a reality.

    Just doing a search for reviews brings up so many AI written blogspam. Even the “trusted” sites from back in the day are scammy and advertising prices for whatever they review.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    It is indeed, but if we’d think about it longer … we couldn’t trust any review to be genuine in the past too.

    It wasn’t that bad though, that’s for sure. I do remember me buying some tech solely on the basis of having positive reviews. These days, I’d rather buy what’s cheaply (or for the sane price, depending on what I’m looking for) available online locally, and tweak from there.

    I found a nice essay on the topic recently, the boring internet.

    These days, not that genuine reviews are completely gone. They’re funnelled to some dark web channels (Instagram / Facebook et al), or live in private chats (e.g. me recommending something to friends). Personally, I’m trying to support others to start their own websites. For whatever hobbies they have. Unfortunately, not many are interested though. However, I believe that’s a matter of time before they realise that the social media platforms are optimised for engagement for the engagement’s sake. Which isn’t what I’m looking for. I’m totally ok with my blog being read by tens, not hundreds or thousands. Especially when these people are engaged in a mindful discussion, not just sending me millions of useless likes to pump my dopamine for no real reason.

    I believe we’d see the reborn internet (if it’s dead now) at some point.

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