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• kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What you’re describing is intentional. Keeping people dumb about the tech they’re using while maintaining messaging like “Facebook works day and night to keep you safe” was the point all along so that people don’t understand what they’re doing. Granted that extends far beyond social media, but still

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  • applemao@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They don’t realize it’s the big shiny companies that are actually scamming them and stealing their data.

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• nadram@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It is a very big ask… For chat i moved to Signal and convinced my closest relatives and friends to humor me and get the app, but they didn’t let go of Whatsapp. It’s lonely but i enjoy the quietness, and do not miss the endless groups!

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Maybe some government officials will keep you company by inviting you into their war-plan discussions.

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• ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  One of my phone browsers has warned me that one Lemmee instance is a scam, that doesn’t help if it is happening to others.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Name and shame. Which browser and which instance?

    And is it just something like an SSL error (i.e. the instance screwing up), or is it specifically some kind of anti-Lemmy disinformation?

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    • ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      DuckDuckGo, and .ml.

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      • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Well, keeping people out of .ml is basically public service

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• 3dmvr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That was the goal of big corporations and more simplification over time and less customization

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• helios@social.ggbox.fr ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I managed to make my mum use signal, which means literally anyone can use it.

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• tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  To be fair, Lemmy’s UI does it no favors; I can’t entirely blame your friends for thinking it looks sketch.

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  • applemao@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I was never put off by it, but I tend to like less shiny things.

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