if (postTitle.contains(anyStreamingService)) postPiracyPropaganda();

You should see what happens when someone posts news about Windows

We can cherry-pick projects too.

Lemmy barely gets enough donations to fund a single developer.

core-js, one of the largest JavaScript libraries, was cussed out for even having the audacity to ask for donations.

Donations aren’t the steady source of income you seem to be thinking they are.

You’re right, Firefox deserves a little blame for that. :-P

Expect to find more of this type of user on Lemmy.

I’m noticing a lot of people are just… “anti-everything”.

Edit: Case in point: The person further down this thread who said your comment was too long LMAO

It’s unsolicited advice.

It would be like you posting about a minor annoyance with Minecraft, and then having multiple people tell you to ditch it and play Minetest instead.

I will now attempt to invalidate your opinion by parroting the words “Embrace, Extend, Extinguish”. :^)

But the entire point of E2EE is that you don’t need to trust them.

There’s a point to be made for web apps, but with their client apps, the source code that encrypts your data is right there.

and now that a new owner is taking them all

But they’re E2E encrypted? I don’t understand the issue here.

I don’t think the person you replied to actually knows what they’re talking about.

Not a fan of clickbait.

Edit: I was mistaken, my bad. I thought the article was referring to the admin deciding not to renew the queer.af domain, which was reported a few months ago.

Where does it say that you need one?

Since both services store your notes as markdown files on your disk, you can just move your files over. When spinning up a docker container, you likely defined a path for your SilverBullet space. If not, try creating a note and see if you can find it on your disk.

Maybe ask the people what they find confusing about Mastodon, and listen.

I’ll give you example. Say I want to sign up , but mastodon.social has currently closed sign-ups. People tell me I can just sign up on any instance, but there’s dozens of them and they all appear to be the same. As someone who’s not familiar with federated services, I don’t know what to base my instance decision on.

How would you help me overcome this choice paralysis?

Why was it a hard decision for you?

Not the person you replied to, but when a few friends of mine tried to migrate off Twitter, mastodon.social had closed sign-ups. So with the “official” instance unavailable, the issue was that there was a choice at all.

While there’s only one “Twitter” or (presently) only one “BlueSky” to join, on Mastodon you suddenly have to decide which instance is the right one to make your account on. Which instance is most likely to stick around for the next couple years? Which instance is most aligned with your interests? Does the instance happen to (de)federate in any way that is a deal-breaker for you? Is the instance moderated well? You wouldn’t have to think about those if you signed up to BlueSky.

It’s an issue similar to what Linux has with distributions.

Your instance will still exist, and federation should continue as normal if you manage to reclaim the original domain.

If you have to switch to a new one, however, federation will be very awkward. Other instances will essentially treat you as a brand-new instance, and mirrors of old content will be “orphaned” and no longer sync.

I think the main issue is the people here suggesting and evangelising Firefox not really listening to those who aren’t

That’s exactly it. A few months ago I saw a conversation on Lemmy where someone was listing the features they were missing in Firefox, and someone literally replied “There is no way you need any of this shit”.

Yeah, that’s a fair point.

What do you think is my position?

What makes you believe excessive comment spam will make them switch?