Oh? When did they change that?

And so the hell-loop continues. Matrix seems like the closest successor, but having used it for awhile I would describe the experience as janky-but-workable. Signal’s good, but requires a phone number. I hear that Mumble’s good, but it’s overly focused on VoIP. Hopefully the alternatives polish themselves up before the enshittification gets too bad.

Ah yeah, I remember reading that post awhile ago. I was quite surprised to find out how old Friendica is (first release in 2010); if that doesn’t demonstrate longevity, then I dunno what does.

Federated social media has been around for a long time; the oldest one that I know of was identi.ca from the late 2000s. ActivityPub platforms like Mastodon have since breathed a lot of life into the federated ecosystem and I’m excited to see what the future holds for it.

I wonder if it’ll be the porn.

I’m going to be so pissed if this AI bullshit ends up drawing too much attention to the best shadow libraries and they get bopped because of it.

Firefox gang rise up!

Here’s a cheap Sandisk one and here’s a cheap Sony one. I’d probably just install foobar2000 on your phone though. They also sell USB CD drives that you can pick up for cheap. I’m sure there’s plenty of Android apps that can rip CDs.

Half of the videos they recommend to me are things I’ve already watched. Sometimes there’ll just be blank slots like they couldn’t find any content to recommend. It’s so shit now.

Yeah, I’ve also been returning somewhat to how I used the internet before modern social media (and it has been nicer).

I’m getting the feeling that within the next five years I’m going to be abandoning YouTube and just living without video content going forward.

About time. I’ve been using well-federated Firefish instances to do my searching because that platform supports that feature, but now I won’t have to anymore.

What’s your social network look like, OP? For people in your situation, your friends and family will have to be your safety net. Shared resources can also bring expenses down.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps has gorgeous art. The Luma Pools area is my personal favorite.

You know, it’s wild that poorly reviewing a GPU cooler can lead to stuff like this coming out.

But why? Nintendo controllers are already pretty small.

Hot damn! Thank you, EU. Maybe we’ll finally be able to climb out of connector hell.

Hardware and the fact that their products became bourgie status symbols. Their aesthetic game is on point and UI is fairly polished, but their software can be super limited in annoying ways.

Apple’s big selling point has never been their software.

Good, hopefully it keeps tanking so we don’t have to pay any further mind to it.