I guess then we have to agree to disagree.

It’s all FOSS. Whoever gets doubts about the devs can check the source or have it checked by experts. They sell out or die? Switch to other frontends or forks. I’d never trust any dev blindly, but if I can choose between these ones and Google… well.

Switched to piped/invidious. There are even a few good apps like Libretube or Freetube. No need to waste time with scripts and stuff.

Good thing I’m running my LLMs locally on a heavily encrypted PC with no network capabilities at all. Only way to not have my data siphoned, be it by hackers or big tech.

Most of their stuff isn’t even worth pirating. Just sink that ship and find better loot elsewhere.

Just what I would have said. We’re already too many in this little space.

True. Facts won’t change their views, no matter how much research went into it.

And even if they somehow end up being in the same spot as the “test subjects”, it’s other people’s fault - preferably easily identifiable targets like minorities. Zero empathy, massive ego.

Time to dig out my old horrorpunk discs again.

This. The more popular it gets, the more people come, the more trolls and idiots are beneath them, the more toxic everything gets…

Advertisements and fake news will also skyrocket once the user bases are big enough to become adequate breeding grounds for them.

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Makes sense. Best way to push even more product placements on us.

When I still used YouTube it recommended me crap I could hardly have cared less about or even things I actually disliked.

To me, Youtube was always synonymous for faulty algorithms.

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I just blocked the user in question as well as the whole community.

Don’t know if it’s the first time for this to happen, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the last. Especially now that it’s discussed, some trolls will board the train and do it, too.

Even just the slightest risk of some shit like this turning up on my feed is an absolute no-go.

Oh come on. They don’t deserve to be in a row with this pouting pee-pee-face.

They were misfits, deluded psychopaths and guys being tormented by their friends.

The last one is just a grumpy old guy trying to look badass while realizing he farted a bit too hard in his diapers.

Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Elite back in the mid-90s. Jagged Alliance 2 and Fallout 2 a few years later got me finally hooked.

Soy proteine, boiling water, some wheat flour, eggs and whatever spices you like. Makes for great burger patties. Don’t have the exact ratio of ingredients in my head right now, though.

I myself find all those industrial meat alternatives pretty disgusting, especially considering what stuff they put in it to make it taste and feel like the real thing.

I’d rather mix my faux-meat myself, even while I’m not completely vegetarian, just almost.

I don’t think so. It’s just a little more inconvenient.

For example: I don’t need to see posts from friends to know how their day was. Instead, I just call them or meet them for a coffee and ask about their day.

The old fashioned ways still work well.