I refuse!
I use KeepassXC instead.
Actually, with regards to data control, lemmy is the worst of both worlds.
Because it's federated, your posts will be out there. If you accidentally post something you didn't mean to like doxing yourself, there is much less of chance to permanently delete your data compared to a centralised service (like reddit).
I doubt it will ever come to that. Standards of living, life expectancy, consumer protections, the list goes on - all of these are way way worse in the US vs Europe.
But hey, at least you have guns that could have stopped this. With no negative side effects whatsoever.
I do agree with you on thing though - things are getting worse. But at least we will have you to lead the way, give us a hint what to prepare for, and to remind us that things could always be worse.
My bad, I went for the pentagon, since that was what the linked article was about. I always thought this was just a thing gun lovers said to themselves to justify keeping their murder weapons. I didn't know things were actually so bad that, contrary to most of the rest of the civilised world, you really do need them to protect yourself from the government.
I sincerely hope for you can find a way out of that mess.
That's against the local police though. My guess is your 2nd amendment won't be worth much against the pentagon.
It's not quite realistic to get feature parity with the huge platforms just on a volunteer basis though. And you might not care about 90% of the features, but that in turn means less adoption, which means less software, less possibilities.
I mean, I too would want all the best things without any of the downsides, but that takes a Huge amount of effort. And I don't see how we can realistically get there without money.
As little as possible. For me, less content to scroll through is a feature, not a bug.