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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla Axes its Privacy-Friendly Location Service - OMG! Ubuntu⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet another privacy respecting service shuttered.

  I fear for the future. We already have a generation that was raised under surveillance and who lash out at anyone who seeks this type of privacy, and it’s only going to get worse. Surveillance is becoming more and more normalized.

  My greatest fear is that Firefox itself could one day shut down.

  Seriously think I’d be better off as a hermit somewhere in remote rural Mexico. Anyone wanna join me? Just send me your name, address, a non-VOIP phone number, a full set of fingerprints, and retinal scans, and you’re in. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Title⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With all the bad transphobic takes I’ve seen on this platform in the past couple of days, I think there’s a real need for gender studies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Targeted ads be Wilding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’ve noticed it’s gotten really bad. I’m not a sports fan myself, but I’ve tried watching NFL with my brother, and it’s borderline unwatchable due to the sheer amount of ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And now Bezos is trying to inserts ads everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s a good service provider for this? Most ISPs don’t provide usenet access anymore, and I’ve heard the free service providers are wack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And now Bezos is trying to inserts ads everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m gradually getting to the point where I’ll drop Spotify. Shoving ads for podcasts in my face every time I launch the app was bad enough, but now their app has become such a bloated mess that it bugs out whenever my phone is switching between wifi and mobile data. I have more than 1k songs downloaded just so I don’t have to deal with that, and now I have to deal with it because it’s more important to them to show ads and promotions than it is for their app to do what it’s designed to do.

  And before anyone says “tHoSe ArEn’T aDs,” showing me recommended artists and podcasts against my will is absolutely a form of advertising. Do you think they’re showing me new releases from Joe down the street? These are paid promotions, aka ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Targeted ads be Wilding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s good. Someone’s gotta keep those CIA honeypot workers employed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Sound of Freedom’ Filmmakers: “No Single Interest Group Owns the Issue of Trafficking”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why did it become associated with Qanon in the first place?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People would use "Hide all political posts and comments" more often than any other filter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m gay, and people who so much as allude to the fact I exist get accused of “being political”

  I always find it’s a certain type of person who complains about too much politics