Privacy Guides
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Given that the US has almost zero privacy legislation, the politics of the owner/maker often hints at decisions that eventually make it into the software. Many of the reasons to avoid chrome and chromium are similar to this, though not about a specific person but about the values that google holds in fucking over standards. We see this reflected in some of the decisions of say social media platforms (even "free-as-in-beer" ones) and many companies.
In many cases, you're still giving them money and/or power to continue fucking up open standards.
What money am I giving. I didn't spend a singular cent.
What power am I giving. I didn't vote for anything.
Who made you like this?
You sure about that?
Verily
Why waste your time on lemmy/kbin or the fediverse? Reddit/X/Threads are free-as-in-beer so you don't pay for them, there's more content, and you don't pay for them. You can skip all of the ads with adblockers and have a great time.
I don't get the point that you are trying to make
That part is clear. You're presumably concerned about privacy based on your participation here, but not about the people responsible for making privacy an issue of concern in the first place. You've artificially constrained politics to "voting", but voting is only a tiny portion of politics, and when it comes to non-government entities one that's not useful. Using software or a platform is inherently political, and when someone is profiting from that and working to chip away your rights it becomes important.
Yes that's the point. I couldn't care less about the politics involved, as long as the product is FOSS.
You like to attach "politics" to anything, because that's what USA television has warped your mind into.
lol. That's the weirdest mind-warping logic that you need to use to make that statement make sense.
I don't watch television in the US. However, everything being political was true when I lived in Europe for years. Many smart Europeans have written about this for centuries, but I'm guessing you haven't read their work.
Nice!
You are now reverting to ad hominem, while accusing me of not making an argument.
I guess its only normal that you feel so strongly about offending other people and making them beneath you
Is it a inferiority complex?
lol. I just turned your words back onto you, and that's it. I don't feel inferior at all, because I know who I'm chatting with now and why you don't get it.
I thought I could make you think, but it's not something you do
Yeah, that's definitely what's going on here.
We've been talking so much, i like talking to you.
What do you do in your spare time?
Same mate. read. You?
I enjoy learning languages, working on Spanish at the moment.
Its a bit difficult for me because I studied Portuguese in the past, so i mix the two!
That's awesome! Are you learning for some travel or just to learn?
I'd say both?
Traveling is expensive, and could you belive I've never been to Portugal? Was supposed to go there in 2020,but then it just fizzled away..
Nice! I've never been there either but had a friend who lived there for a few years. Well, maybe you'll get to visit soon and use your Portuguese.
The airplane ticket costs quite a lot, I think almost as much as going to the other side of the world.
Besides, it would make my Spanish learning even worse!
What's the last book you've read? 😊
Oh wow, that's expensive. Is it always that expensive or just because of the time of year?
The most recent fiction book I read was pattern recognition which was fun.
It's often that expensive 😕
What's the book about?
That really sucks that it's so expensive.
It's a scifi story about a girl who gets hired to track down who has been posting video clips online. The book's like 20 years old now, but was his first one set in the present instead of being in the not-so-distant future. It's a fun read.
Sounds cool, does she manage?
It's a bit of a journey, but she does.
So if money weren't an issue, where would you most want to travel?
Everywhere.
I'd buy one of those incredibly expensive yachts and live aboard. Every 3 days, a different destination, a new culture to explore. Can you imagine??
What would you do with infinite money
I like the idea of visiting other places and exploring, but I think I'd want to spend longer in each place. For the times I've travelled, I enjoyed the extended stays most where I really got to get past the surface and travel to the non-touristy places.
I honestly don't know what I'd do with the infinite money. Definitely not having problems would be nice. First thing I'd do is probably make sure all my friends were set and comfortable for life and retirement. Then go from there.
Nobody is stopping you from staying more time! With that amount of money, you can do what you want.
This is the world we live in.
Caring for "all your friends" would be very dangerous. They'll want more and more, and friends that you don't consider friends anymore, will become friends again, all of the sudden.
Sure, but if it's infinite money, it won't matter, right? :)
I guess, lol
Do you know other languages? :)