Divide and conquer is so terribly effective.

Edit: is it just that they are a German company?

Yes, they are.

I don’t know if Merino wool is the best use case for BIFL.

My take on wool: Wear it as long as possible, patch it and recycle or upcycle it when the time comes, and buy something that’s 100% wool instead of having synthetics mixed in, so it can be composted after use.

They pledge to defederate from Meta, I’d go one step further and defederate from any instance that federates with Meta.

I think there should be an alliance of instances that defederate from any instance that federates with Meta.

A bit pessimistic though.

anonymous account

That depends on your username and whether you provided an email address. People should be aware of this.

Well, technically there are apps that let you access all those services. They’re called browsers.

I’d say it could lead to some kind of revolutionary movement, but for that it would be helpful if there was already some kind of organized resistance, which I think is not the case. It’s definitely a test of Putin’s power and will show how good repression and propaganda have been. I’m afraid it’s been good and if there is a shift in power, it will just be new assholes with money and weapons, not a revolution. But we’ll see, it’s definitely interesting to watch.

If you’re interested in resistance movements and when they’re likely to succeed, here’s a good start: https://fullspectrumresistance.org/

It’s started by the military, so it’s a coup, maybe a revolt. In my definition, a revolution is done by the people, not the military.

That’s like suggesting calling your phone provider when your phone doesn’t work.

I think that’s a chicken/egg problem. Could be better to create it right away so users find a diversity of communities.

It’s mainly the developer tools that were way better than in any other browser for a while. I think Firefox has caught up and I thought about switching a couple of times, but old habits die hard.

Right, so everyone should just do without synchronization to mobile devices or set up their own Bitwarden. That sounds like a solution for the masses.

Google should just redirect to the archived page if the link to Reddit is dead.