noodlejetski
holy cow, yes please!
Gab and Truth.social are Mastodon instances, just defederated by everyone else in case of the former, and not federating and pretending they're their own thing in case of the latter.
a collective like Nebula
FYI, Nebula isn't a collective: https://scribe.rip/@cameron-paul/who-actually-owns-nebula-952a1c12d9c0
For example you could ask it a question and it would search the web
no it wouldn't.
or search its databases
no it wouldn't.
I don't think some mass "waking up" event is going to occur, but every time another headline about it shows up, it gets more difficult to ignore or not care about it. and every time someone who's on the fence about the issue will pay more attention to it, and perhaps use the offending platform less. baby steps.
besides, I wouldn't say people don't care, they do when they get offered a choice: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/96-of-us-users-opt-out-of-app-tracking-in-ios-14-5-analytics-find/
ITT: omg how other people don't see what I, a very smart and superior person who browses technology communities, have known for years
we should be celebrating that privacy issues are gaining more and more mainstream coverage.
is there a way to watch stuff without using a Twitch account with it? I've tried just skipping the login process, but search returns no results when I search for streamers or games.
conveniently coincides with them rendering Invidious and Piped virtually unusable.