RosalynKirk

Again, there is no trade-off. If you want to just plug your phone in and be tethered to a wall, you can still do that.

The NSA collects all kinds of information. That is an absolute pittance compared to the amount of data collected when it is required by law…

Like this is not that complicated.

Yes, it absolutely is, because the US government does not require companies by law to hand over any and all information they collect to them.

You can run https://owntracks.org/ but you need a server to run it on.

That’s incredibly naive.

It abso-fucking-lutely is.

Does this really need an explanation?

1. Non-replaceable batteries provide zero benefits.

2. Swappable batteries allow you to just carry extras instead of being tethered to a charger. I used to literally never plug my phone in. Just swap batteries one or twice a day.

3. It’s the first component to die in most phones, and people can’t be bothered or don’t realize you can have them replaced, so they just throw them in the garbage. That’s why they started doing it in the first place.

…is Discord trying to do federation? I’m confused.

Someone is in charge of Revolt, doesn’t matter if it’s a company or someone else. Someone is in charge of the servers. What’s stopping them from ultimately selling the company? Reddit didn’t start out as a corporation. Nor did WhatsApp, but after creating a trusted userbase they were sold off to Facebook to be exploited for data.

IT people love to talk about how “easy” it is to create and run your own server, but this is simply not true and they just lack awareness.

What’s to stop Revolt from becoming the next Discord?

Edit: I just logged into my account to see that Revolt had removed a “server” for breaking foreign (unjust) laws. That seems to go against everything the fediverse stands for.

That’s not true. What they said was that the users who voted make up a tiny portion of the overall userbase.

However, you can’t force them all to vote. You can only ask and accept the answer of the active ones that choose to participate.

Reddit must be exhausted playing these ethics games. Just admit that they want to kill 3rd party apps and they’re not going to tolerate malicious compliance with the rules.

I don’t know that they are breaking any rules, but regardless they are malicious in intent, which is really what matters. And if you’re going to argue otherwise, you’re being completely disingenuous.

When tens-of-thousands-strong communities are voting overwhelmingly in favor of these “malicious” actions maybe we should look at what they are responding to.

Yes I mentioned what they were responding to in the comment you replied to.

Reddit is totally justified in this. The users are actively and maliciously trying to hurt Reddit. However, this is in response to many many completely unjustifiable actions from Reddit. Mostly the lies.

If they had just come out and said “we’re killing the API in 6-12 months”, as others before them have done, they would have seen much less pushback, but they had to lie over and over again about “not killing 3rd party apps” and “working with developers”.

1. Most cities don’t have adequate public transit. They’ll put in a couple of buses and 1 rail line and be like “Public transit doesn’t work, it costs millions of dollars and no one uses it!” without considering that people don’t use it because it doesn’t take them where they need to go. If it can’t replace their car or guarantee them faster transit to where they’re going, then what’s the point?

2. The auto industry has successfully created a culture of personal vehicles as a sort of status symbol. If you don’t have a car, people assume you’re poor. Same way people will shame you if don’t take out a $20k loan to buy your fiancee a giant diamond to symbolize your love for them.