I applied and will try out this tool.

Thank you!

I applied for db0 lol I’m going to try it out

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I might have to consider migration or joining

I joined lemmy.ml because it was a major dev instance and heavy on privacy and security.

Unfortunately I do see a lot of “unpleasant” users sharing this instance and wish it weren’t so. I also wish it would defederate with lemmygrad as the users are insufferable and they spread a lot of false and nonsensical information.

I hope to not have to jump ship to another instance.

How ironic that the article talks about dark patterns but as soon as you visit the webpage you get a cookie disclaimer whose reject “button” is small text tucked away in the top right of the modal.

I live in a major city in the US and it’s definitely common place here. A lot of women justifiably don’t like giving out their personal number due to the number of bad experiences with men. By using IG instead, it provides a buffer.

I have asked for and received numbers but most people typically offer some sort of social media first and then only share numbers after you’ve shown that you’re not a raging creep.

In my edit I explicitly stated that it should be paid out elsewhere if you planned to invest any money at all into social media.

I’m not justifying their practices because they’re basically quadruple dipping now, but I am pointing out the hypocrisy in being appalled at paying for social media

That’s because you’re just looking at the app. People use them to communicate with other people in different ways.

For example if I meet a woman I like, it’s infinitely more socially acceptable to ask for her instagram than it is for her number after meeting.

A lot of my family communicates on Facebook where they can share photos, watch and catch up with each other.

Maybe you can just give up social media. I can too and I did. But for many it’s the only gateway connecting them to other people in a more than convenient way. There’s absolutely nothing sad about that.

Some people are addicted, and it can be toxic for others but it’s utility is still incredible.

Best case scenario, the Fediverse kicks off and becomes main stream enough to replace Meta products and others. Which is what I would love to see, personally speaking.

Genuine concern,

How did people think stuff like this would be funded?

I’m pretty anti corporation and capitalism, and pro open-source but this just sounds like regular inflammatory content.

There seems to be a disconnect on the internet that everything should be completely free, ignoring all the costs that go into setting up websites and web applications.

The money for it has to come from somewhere. If you want to protect your privacy (which you should) then you’d be better off paying for services like that than not. It’s been circlejerked to death but: If it’s free, you’re the product.

Even Lemmy is not immune. Sure it’s FOSS, but it’s not free to host. Someone has to pay for servers, data, web domains and more.

No matter what you do, if you want access to social media you’re going to have to shell out some cash, somewhere.

Edit: I might get the eventual “oh they’re going to make you pay AND still sell your data so why should you pay?” You don’t. You put your money elsewhere if you were even considering paying. Invest in Lemmy and the Fediverse. Invest in your local server. There’s plenty more options.

I’m genuinely confused by these responses. It’s as if most didn’t actually look into what WASM was besides a cursory glance and then answered right away.

First off WASM is (relatively) new. It’s at 1.0 which iirc is basically an MVP product. It will take years for all browsers to integrate it appropriately.

Why choose WASM over JS? You probably wouldn’t right now unless you wanted to help pioneer the technology. Again it’s fairly new and probably not expected to be used in professional environments yet.

As for the benefits, it’s mostly the speed of code execution. Yes JavaScript is fast and robust enough for current web apps. No it is nowhere near as fast as native code.

Think about PC games. When people need performance, JS is definitely not the first option or even one of them in most cases. You want a language closer to the metal which is why compiled languages like C++ are often used.

All that said, if it was in a mature phase and did run faster than JS, why would you care? Well with native compiled code, you could run some hefty programs from a browser with the speed of native code.

That potentially means running more intensive applications like games and photo editors completely on a website. You could bypass the need to download software. You would visit the website, the WASM code would be sent over and used in the browser to run the application.

You can also interact directly with JavaScript via a WASM and call WASM functions within JavaScript so it’s pretty connected.

Overall it’s a fairly new technology that when matured could mean a major change for how the web works. It will likely be a long time until we see it capable of being used professionally and even longer before we see widespread use.

I can definitely see that being an issue.

That is kind of the result of this negative loop where lazy developers don’t develop with firefox/safari in mind because chrome is already so popular - so users stay on or switch to chrome because the firefox/safari experience is broken.

Supporting other browsers is the best way to get support for other browsers.

That being said I have never had an issue with a major website while using Firefox and any professional worth their salt always consider Firefox and Safari compatibility.

Obviously you’re free to use what you wish but I’m just sharing some information as a software engineer focused on web development.

It’s a perfect system. People don’t care about their privacy. Companies use all their data for profit and then use that generated money to lobby against privacy laws. They get to get more data, more money, more lobbying.

I don’t think anyone will actually care until it’s too late AND they are personally affected.

I hope that in my lifetime there is a turnaround and people take privacy seriously. I will continue to tote privacy practices and support privacy supporting software until then but god is it exhausting.

By design of course. That’s the problem with trying to protect yourself online. The major players who fund themselves through your information will do whatever is necessary to keep you in their ecosystem.

That usually means have to deal with bugs or some form of forced incompatibility.

Putting your privacy and data first will require that kind of sacrifice and only the end user can decide whether it is worth it or not.

Can you list one or two sites that don’t work?

That is also doable in Firefox. If you go to about:profiles (just type this in the url bar like a website) they will let you create one there and choose the default.

You also have the option for “containers” which is like isolated tabs that have their own information saved. Kind of like having separate profiles without having to log in to another user