I don't disagree, but OP didn't ask for trend predictions. Anyone who tries to convince you "things" are worse today than than they were in 1995 is either trying to gaslight you, or doesn't consider the experience of the LGBT community to be as equally valuable as everyone else.
Kirk
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Using recycled parts is the best advice. As you said, it's almost certainly overkill and the price can't be beat.
Unless you’re part of a marginalized group I suppose.
This is a pretty dismissive take. "Sure, things have improved for the blacks and queers, but what about us... uh, regular folk?"
Does it count as "a human" if it's a bot reposting human-made content for the 50th time?
I know he's just selling the platform to AI companies, but it's an odd take considering they've been moving away from being a message board and towards being just another content feed for years now.
Jellyfin is great, but in defense of Plex, they announced that remote streaming would require one of the two parties to have a Plex pass was coming back in March so I don't know if it's fair to say they are holding anything hostage.
The growth of the network*
There are many platforms in the Fediverse. The fact that the network can survive the collapse of one platform is a strength of decentralization. The Lemmy/mbin/piefed universe can only ever be exactly as big as we, the users, want it to be.
A Fedi instance requires a time commitment, there are some good suggestions in here but I recommend some alternative frontends.
Turns out good web design skills does not always translate into other skills.
That is correct and echoes what I said
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The LinkedIn-styled writing here is hard for me to get through, but I think the general gist is that for profit platforms are easier to onboard which I agree with. This line stands out:
I have to disagree somewhat, it's a different experience that is absolutely more difficult in many ways, but for those of us who value privacy, control over our data, and don't like ads, the trade-off is worth it. Also it goes without saying that the usability of selfhosted apps has exploded in the past few years and it will likely become less and less of an issue.