In the sense that there are different servers for the same service, but it’s not a social platform.

Youtube makes it harder to use when you block their ads despite which browser, for example.

Peertube, will run well on most modern web browsers and you don’t need a functioning adblocker to block ads on Peertube as by defualt, there are none. But may vary from server to server.

If only fans is not encrypted, wouldn’t these cops have other ways to detect and tackle csam material?

Assuming it is not encrypted, what’s stopping them from doing their job? Only thing I can think of they could use as an excuse would be, accessing copyrighted materials, especially since it’s under a pay wall.

That was one my points.

Searx, has no ads, and is federated, And so is Mastodon, Lemmy and so on.

It seems almost as if if you use 3rd party ooen source federated sites, you dont even have to worry about blocking them to begin with.

good point.

Which is why I said you could call me a a dumb consumer. but actually…

in a way, I did wreck them in the specific context of this post, because if I don’t care about the warranty then what other reason do I have to obey their demand to not fix it myself.

edit: they want you to either pay them for repairs, or rely on their warranties, and/or to buy an entirely new device. They hate it when consumer know how to repair and fix their devices themselves. Particularly in the tech industry.

I hate that they do raise prices over time. These companies get tin these contracts for sports and with specific companies that raise their own expense and hurts consumers. That and these companies had always wanted to charge more either way.

Jokes on them as I don’t care about my warranties, never did. Call me a dumb consumer, but atleast I wrecked the big evil corporation.

edit: I didn’t know about Nintnedo doing this, I just knew about the cheaply made joycons that would drift by deSign after a certain point. The sollution to this was so simple but Nintendo chose not to fix it for the entire Switch’s life spawn.

Leaving it up to 3rd party switch controller manufacturers. Which who knows how long untill they try to ban 3rd party controllers on Nintendo consoles.

What would be a good alternative for Meta to use to user count to prove Threads is succesful?

I hate companies as much as most, but ad supported plans are a nice addition. The only downside, Netflix can remove the free tier at anytime. What free tier some might ask, I heard that there could be an ad free tier coming.