The VCs know best as usual, it’s important not to ruin the pure perfect possibility of decentralization by actually implementing it

summary of issues with Wikipedia written by a Lemmy developer https://ibis.wiki/article/Announcing_Ibis,[email protected]

no there is no (good) option that doesn’t involve you signing up for an account. but that seems like a weird requirement; you were willing to sign up for youtube?

I think it’s one of those apps where the full version is free on F-Droid https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/

blocking ads is as close to “necessary” as it gets for me.

rooting gets harder and harder with new android versions and devices - but it’s been worth it for me every time.

lastly FUCK the app developers trying to block rooted devices, it’s for their (sense of) security, not ours, and it’s sad to see so many people in this thread bullied out of rooting by them

“so far” doing a lot of work in that post

they could have made their shitty DM system end-to-end encrypt messages by default, instead of burying that feature[0] in chat settings

or, they could have used their MASSIVE wealth and lobbying power to directly fight the warrant in court (if there even was one, they have a long history of just requiring a form ostensibly signed by any cop to turn over private data)

or they could have just lied and said they couldn’t find the data

I don’t disagree that people shouldn’t trust Facebook but saying “they don’t have a choice” is absurd

[0] https://www.facebook.com/help/messenger-app/786613221989782

correction: it was both! fedbook chat also supported xmpp at first, they never federated but you could at least use it with a jabber client. then when they had enough market share they killed it.

fun semi related fact is that whatsapp, at least a couple of years ago, was using modified ejabberd (ie an xmpp server) as the backend - so arguably they helped with EEE too.

“Remember me” functionality doesn’t require a cookie banner:

The commonly seen method of using a checkbox and a simple information note such as “remember me (uses cookies)” next to the submit form would be an appropriate means of gaining consent

Tons of websites use non-essential cookies for various functions that have nothing to do with tracking, all of which would be covered under the GDPR and require a cookie popups.

I have never run into any website using “functions that have nothing to do with tracking” which require cookies. Could you give an example?

Expecting website operators to run we sites without any analytics and advertising is an absurd expectation. They have to bring in revenue somehow.

I’ve personally used two analytics systems that don’t require cookies, Plausible and Matomo.

Here’s a banner advertising service that doesn’t use cookies.

Even Google is dropping cookies.

I’m anti-advertising (I think there are better ways for websites to make money) but it’s totally untrue that cookies are the only way to implement advertising.

That’s what privacy and ad blocking extensions are for.

Which aren’t available on all devices or operating systems, and require more technical knowledge (and more time) than most people have.

The EU is far from perfect, but its cookie rules are a great example of regulation working as intended, and making the default better for everyone – just like this rule on removable batteries.

if you see a cookie popup, it’s because the website operator decided to use third-party tracking cookies on their site; they could have easily spared their users the banner by using privacy-friendly analytics, or no analytics instead. blaming the EU for inconveniencing users with these warnings is doing free PR for the worst parts of the advertising industry.