Rereading the comment I can see that. Been around some people lately with some rather questionable opinions about this and the first sentence raised some alarms. I see it as transition towards more diverse original stories though, I don't think anything especially the Hollywood execs would change over night, but maybe I am too hopeful.
hollywood is a psyop anyways, indie movies is where its at especially if you wanna watch more original and diverse stories.
I once made a sick trick on my scooter completely destroying the new Halloween decoration made out of porcelain my put up that morning. I was in tears when I told her holding what's was left in my hands, and braced for the worst. But she told me that its fine and these things are replaceable. I was really confused and didn't know what to make from it. Deep down I knew I deserved some kind of punishment. To this day I apologise for that.
I know its not something "major" but it for me at the time. Its relative!
I'm aware how finicky it sometimes is to subscribe to new communities on other instances. The fediverse (Lemmy+PieFed+Mastodon+everything else) has some technical quirks but for me its a small price to pay for an unbuyable platform.
The obvious problem is that niche comms are not active. I feel like this comes from people expecting or even emulating the same experience as on reddit. But before we even create new niche comms. We should use the more broader ones even if the more broader one is casualconversation or something generic like that. Even some half dead forums feel alive cause they have like only 4 different places to post. And is also how reddit started but people are forcing it to be like it is right now.
And to answer your question no not that I'm aware of :)
There is https://lobste.rs/ which seems to be working well mostly because its invite only. Truth be told Lemmy will eventually also have to close registration and have an forced application form. If we want to keep it as human as it is right now. Don't think there is any other way of dealing with bots that are eventually going to hit us.
There is also https://tildes.net/ which is less active but more moderated. They also have only broader comms because its more opinionated.
But they all do not federate which is in my eyes a deal breaker. The mods are probably alright but having the option to move instance while keeping most connections and communities only changing the server owners that control what you see is a game changer for me. It even made me post way more than I ever did on reddit because I feel like its more sustainable. You feel like you are part of the network more than on any other platform, because nobody really owns anything. That is what makes this place so special :)
Same goes for vibe coded websites. They all have the same Claude Cream and same set of Elements (I believe shadcn!?) At least prompt it to make it look different.
Just FYI: I think since manifest 3 or so you do need explicit permissions to access a sites HTML. And the end user can see which sites the extension has access to. Doesn't make me install more extension than I really have to though.
Man I don't think any weather would make me go through that. Kinda curious how it actually looked like now, but in my mind version I would have ran through that as quickly as possible.
When I moved out and started to live on my own in a apartment complex, I was awaken in the middle of the night by something scratching on my apartment door to the stairs. I was too scared to look up what it was and just laid in silence until it stopped. I'm not sure what it was nobody had pets or anything, I kinda regret not looking now. It did have a dreamy vibe to it though so my mind might have just played a trick on me, but maybe I felt that way cause I just woke up. Very unsettling regardless.
As far as I know the Google Developer Verification BS won't reach Custom ROMs right? But yea in the long run it probably makes sense to make the jump one day or another.
There is https://soundiiz.com/ which works really well even with their free tier.
I think I have transferred all my playlists from Spotify > Apple Music > Qobuz > Youtube Music` by now :)
Unfortunately it does not help with convincing family members :(
Welcome to the last human holdout on the world wide web.
I believe Boost Has Ads right? Im using Summit by @idunnololz@lemmy.world and its phenomenal. It has no ads and is highly customisable or at least the parts you would want to customise are. Its UI is up to date and feels right at home with the rest of Android Apps. Maybe you can give it a try, or not if Boost works for you. :)
Spotify does that for a while especially for playlists that are played in the background where you do not actively listen to generate lots of plays.
That way they do not have to give artists as much money as their own cut they take for themselves grows.
If you go through background playlists https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX4Oe8zprVH3z most of the "artists" have little to no background information. If these are also from spotify we probably never know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_over_fake_artists_on_Spotify
I do not get the downvotes. We are not talking about wage slaves for amazon here (where it would obviously apply) but software developers for meta. They most likely have tons in savings they could use and with a resume that gave them the current job I really doubt they are out of options. The current job market is bad Im well aware of that, but its also not like FANG turned evil just yesterday. But in the end its also best to not fight among ourselves.
Especially if it comes to security. Hate AI like nothing else but you can't deny the truth.
Linux is open source with all its code public with probably a docent of AI Agents constantly trying out different attack vectors, they will eventually find a vulnerability. It also does feel like there are more critical CVEs in recent times. (there is https://app.opencve.io/statistics but i feel like its too simple and context matters alot here but still).
I think its okey and actually a good thing if the kernel maintainers would have some AI helping them out with that sort of thing if we get a more secure kernel in return.
Tuned in just yesterday after while, its so chill. Love SomaFM.