I think its downfall was being a closed beta, which made it useless for communicating with other people who weren’t already invited

I gather aviation fuel isn’t taxed at all

Yea I have no beef with the dev charging. People need money

Having to accept that horrible Privacy Policy though, even if I do pay. No thanks

I think the point of the post is ain’t nobody donating $20 to the Lemmy platform or host or other apps

Why does it matter what we think?

I don’t mind so much that it’s not FOSS. Developer needs paying, fair enough

I want an app without an egregious Privacy Policy that doesn’t bundle code that shares “Usage Data” with advertisers

Hm, they’ve pre-emptively blocked threads.net. But yea the list is shorter

Not in favour of this.

I chose Lemmy.world because I wanted an instance that would federate even with people I might disagree with. If it’s illegal and abusive, sure. But to defederate on ideological grounds? I was planning a recurring donation but this makes me consider setting up my own instance.

They’re welcome to whatever discussions they want to have on their instance. As long as they respect the rules of other instances when they’re here, then everybody wins.

As for their point about dismantling western propaganda - if they have documented sources then let’s have a conversation. It’s not like there isn’t western propaganda

How dare people operate in that time zone! Russian civilians should all adopt western time and speak English! 🙄

Yea implying that we don’t have propaganda and narratives on our side of the wall is naive

If we want the truth then an open discussion is the path. There will be arguments in bad faith, sure. But that’s not limited to “them”. It’s a human discussion thing.

Well yea. If every person reduced their impact by a tonne, that’s 65 tonnes of CO2 saved

How many private jets is that?

Same but stuck on an old version because I don’t have Google Play Services

Relevant: https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/18/linux_desktop_debate/?td=rt-3a

Yea imagine buildings being made of bricks and not match sticks

What’s the threshold for “high doses”?

What’s the threshold for “high doses”?

I’m guessing they’re saying the quality of Taylor Swift’s music peaked and dropped similarly to the Fed’s rate?

Wait, is this true?

Reminds me of the statement that you can’t dissect a rabbit to find out why it’s cute

Same

If you don’t read the news, you’re uninformed. If you read the news, you’re misinformed