I expect there are very few people running 7, and waaaay less running xp. I think most people have upgraded to 10 or 11 by now.

Yeah the nub invalidates the n. It’s the wrong shape.

I think your wife invented that

I don’t remember there being a similar CPU generation cutoff before. Your 7th gen intel laptop cannot install windows 11. So Linux is your only choice.

Yeah but half of that is a few nerds inflating the numbers with 10 thinkpads each running different linux distros

Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Shudder.

I also pay content creators for a ton of podcasts and stuff like that.

I forgot about them. I didn’t know they were FOSS. Is F-Droid primarily for nerds and programmers? Or do normies also use it? I stopped working on Android apps because I don’t want my hobby to be subjected to the whims of Google’s acceptance criteria. But maybe I could publish to F-Droid instead.

What kind of FOSS software can you get for your android?

At this point I only pirate media that I can’t find through legit means. I think it’s honestly hilarious that they don’t just make every movie or album available to purchase and download without DRM, since that would be the best way to combat piracy.

I pay for what I can, but I’m also a big Linux user who loves FOSS software. Adobe can get bent. I use Gimp, Krita, and Audacity/Tenacity.

Microsoft can also get bent.

Yes it is equivalent, because you’re telling your fellow humans to LEAVE instead of discuss things on a public forum. It’s obviously weird and petty to tell people to leave.

And yet the mods aren’t harassing me and I’m not harassing the mods. I’m discussing the benefits of connection with all the other federated users. And a very small number of people are petty enough to tell me to leave. “We don’t discuss things 'round here. Giiit out!”

exactly equivalent

Nothing is “exactly equivalent” to anything unless it’s two identical numbers. The analogy is definitely legit. You’re telling people to GTFO.

Expecting sever owners who invest time and money into this to cater to your wants

This applies much better to people asking server owners to block instances.

Right. OP should find a safe space and stop “whining”

Right, I guess you would tell immigrants they’re free to join another country.

Thanks for calling it “whining” when people engage in conversation about how to organize. You seem nice and tolerant. Not toxic, lover of safe (cruel?) spaces.

“Today’s pirates are too mean!”

I like the idea, but it makes modding a lot more work. I don’t think it’s feasible for every community to host an instance.

I’m intrigued by the idea of nomadic communities jumping from platform to platform. Maybe that will become necessary. Each instance might be less stable than the mega-sites we’re used to.

Defederating instances doesn’t just block a hateful subreddit. It blocks all the communities and members.

Also, we totally 100% thrived among them before they were banned.

Also, they didn’t always ban them. They sometimes just blocked them from /r/all but we could still go read them and interact.

Defederation is unhealthy and gross.

It’s more of an opportunity than a great. More avenues for data collection and control. If we migrate somewhere else then they will follow. They’re not going to stop wanting our data, and controlling our interactions, and manipulating our behavior.

You are… taking part in the conversation with me. So you do think there’s a conversation to be had. And this whole site is a conversation site.

You’re worked up. Relax. I haven’t hurt you.

And of course democracy includes sharing our opinions about how to run things.

And if you don’t think corporations can undermine grass roots movements then you’re the one who’s uninformed.