More likely, they’ve been doing this for many years and it is basically obsolete, so they are spilling the beans now.

Or not and we really are doomed.

I’ve gotten my last 2 jobs through LinkedIn. I know it doesn’t work well for some fields, but for tech it is great.

Similar to you, but I also hate the advertising industry with a burning passion and want to deprive them of any and all data possible.

I’ll say the same thing I say at the airport.

“I would like to opt-out please”

I buy devices like Apple TV to replace the built in shitty smart tv functionality on smart tvs. I do not want ads so I do not connect my tv to the internet, and instead connect my streaming box.

Having had win11 installed for approximately a year, my default browser (Firefox) has never been changed by an update.

Definitely a good idea if you are able. For people that have long commutes requiring driving on a freeway, it is probably not an option.

Bikes are great! I ride mine as often as possible, but many trips are not possible with bikes, in the US.

I’m on the other side, why use either? Microblogging seems quite dated and the format is not conducive to conversation. I prefer Lemmy style posts and comments to microblogging.

Let’s not even get started on how stupid people sound when they talk about skeets and toots.

Yea. I see a clickbait thumbnail like this and just scroll on.

This is an Internet forum where people discuss things. You are being a Luddite with respect to AI and self driving cars.

You cannot stop progress regardless of your opinion.

Luddites always lose. Just a reminder.

That may be forgery or a copyright violation, but it still isn’t stealing.

We do. Our users can configure sms email or totp.

Funny you mention grandmas. Our user base is highly educated and the majority fall in the 30-50 year old range.

Simple answer. Our users complained about downloading an app to login to the app they just downloaded.

Users don’t care. They don’t want to download yet another app just to login. They want to use what they already have, like sms or email.