refalo

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[–] refalo 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

requires

Not for everyone everywhere apparently. It seems dependent on some secret trust algorithm of your IP/fingerprint/something.

I made the same claim before and every time, people proved me wrong.

[–] refalo 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

69% of the world population doesn't use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks, only 5% of the population, not their target audience, it seems most people don't care enough about ads to ever try to stop them... at all.

[–] refalo 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

That doesn't mean we need to cater to their business model at the technical level.

From what I have seen, it does... if you want to have a popular site that stays running well, and don't charge your users for access.

[–] refalo 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

69% of the world population doesn't use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks (only 5% of the population not their target audience, it seems most people don't care enough about ads to ever try to stop them... at all.

[–] refalo 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was logged out of the mobile app but was that all.

EDIT: RSS feeds are broken as well, getting a 400 error.

[–] refalo 1 points 1 month ago

Wow you sure do like to talk a lot! The length of many of your comments are impressive.

[–] refalo 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, I wasn't trying to refute that. But Nintendo can still ruin your life fighting a losing battle if they wanted to. To me it's just not worth the risk of putting your name on it.

[–] refalo 1 points 1 month ago

You're not wrong. I just think that if you believe there is a good chance of having legal problems for your project (I don't see why they wouldn't have thought that), then it makes the most sense to do it anonymously from the beginning to avoid getting sued. Yes they can still possibly offer you money, but it might not be worth revealing your identity at that point either, as any continued development could be assumed to be you, and then you must defend yourself in court if they sue, even if it was never you.

[–] refalo 2 points 1 month ago

I would consider that cartoony as well. You might disagree but that's ok. I'm not trying to pretend like my opinion is popular, it's just how I personally feel.

[–] refalo 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I should have articulated my point better. I meant that this has been the "final straw" for some people for most of those steps along the way in the picture. If you look at the comments from then it's often the same kind of thing you're seeing right now. That's why I mentioned selection bias, because there are actually lots of final straws happening over time, people just aren't seeing those or weren't around then.

[–] refalo 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think if syncing of (at least) upstream histories between clones was done automatically, they might consider that more in-line with their definition of decentralized.

Also kudos to both of you for communicating your differences properly without resorting to arguments.

I feel like so much of the arguing and trolling nowadays is simply due to a difference in subjective definitions and people not being able to calmly communicate that with each other.

[–] refalo 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't think any of the recommendations here are even close to what OP is asking for... QUIK from my understanding is just a replacement SMS app, it does not "sync messages to other devices" or allow you to send SMS messages via your phone from other devices, nor does it have a desktop/web version, all of which is what Message+ does. Pretty sure this requires a self-hosted server to do (or a third-party proprietary service like MightyText).

SmsMatrix, KDEConnect/GSConnect, Nextcloud Talk are some examples that will do this.

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