hi lemmyians. i make stuff. music under the name joklhops, comics about old school rpg’s on tpk.ink, and other junk all over. stay cool!
I don’t trust Brave, there’s too much money tied up in it for it to be good for users.
I recently moved the old archive to a new drive and started adding to it again. The enshittification of all the things is real, seems like if it’s something I’d like to re-watch or listen to the only sane way I’ll be able to do so is by making sure I have a copy some company can’t yoyo around.
Yeah I’m realizing the fediverse feels so homey because it seems dominated by people old enough to remember the internet of the 90s, the ones that knew AOL was not the entire internet or even ‘web’ proper. We’re already acclimated to an internet where ‘discoverability’ took a little more elbow grease.
i keep telling my iphone friends to dl signal, it’s great.
keep fighting the good fight <3
Oh! So they know most of the people still on their platforms are gullible doom scrollers they can milk with crypto or whatever monetization scheme they want. They know they’re scum and are cool with it.
yeah and some countries with popular tld’s (.fm,.tv) like the revenue they generate and have no interest in disturbing that situation. That said, there’s always a risk, especially since things can change, governments change etc.
Thank heaven for libraries <3