Do you mean Oxen? Not all that many people use it apparently. I use Session messenger but it's not super reliable... Although no worse than Matrix I gusss.
I do like the decentralised onion style of networking with no reallife identifier, for obvious reasons. There's some crypto mining involved (like legit opt-in for which you need to set up a node, not something secret on the background) which may sound dumb, but imo it gives people the incentive to run nodes and widen the network. Unlike Tor where the incentives are... None, unless you have a specific reason to run a node.
Hot take, but the main issue is - developing a program requires programming skill. Shocker, I know. But think about it, a ton of people may be interested in "taking on" a project, but without being a programmer, nothing can come out of it, unless somebody takes care about the program so much they're willing to fund development.
Is there a solution? Maybe soon we'll have AI programming assistants good enough that even a non-programmer can do something useful with source code. At least temporarily keep the project alive with minor updates until someone more experienced comes along.
You know what grinds my gears more however? Rewrites. Whenever a small foss projects announces a complete rewrite, I consider it done, as it's virtually certain it will be abandoned and the rewrite will never be finished. Seen that soo many times, it's insane why people attempt it in the first place. Actually insane if the same thing keeps happening over and over and yet you expect different results...
Recently I've seen that NewPipe is getting a rewrite. While I have more trust in these guys than in some other projects, it's time to look into alternatives.
It's impossible based on how Lemmy works on principle.
I have a rule, that if I'm debating with someone, and they use one of these things against me (or against someone else):
calling up the post history (unless the receiver is an actual nazi, spambot etc.)
making fun of grammar (unless the receiver deserves it, e.g. doing the same thing first)
accusing of something bad or evil without any evidence, or being a total snowflake
using "grand" words like disinformation, whataboutism or entitlement completely inappropriately, and to just shut the other person up
Then I consider the discussing immediately done, and I'm likely to block the person outright, because it's clear they only debate in bad faith and just use dirty tactics to make tgemselves feel better; so it's a waste of time to keep talking to them, and best to avoid ever getting into that situation with the person again.
I could definitely watch 2 hours of spaceships shooting at each other as well, but 1) I'd rather just play it, 2) they need to hold off the false hero drama and screen filters
That looks generic as fuck. Seems like the Krypton scenes from Man of Steel (i.e. the most generic alien world ever) stretched out to a whole movie... Or two movies? And all with the usual Snyderism. I don't wanna be negative, but I think I'll pass unless I need something to fall asleep to.
Well they have to, regardless of account status. If they don't, then as you say they're in violation and therefore you can report them to your local GDPR bureau, which every EU country has.
You don't have to sue Meta, the bureau has the authority to enforce compliance and give fines for every day they don't. Dunno how effective it is against entities like Meta, but they've been in hot water in a couple countries already.
Ed: ok I guess it's important how identifiable the data is. Monoliths like Meta do collect a ton of data which they technically can claim is anonymous... We'll see how that turns out eventually. But email and name are definitely personal data.
I'd say try again but specifically 1) talk to someone who is a designated GDPR officer (they have to have the contact listed), 2) specify that you don't have an account, but are requesting the information anyway
Maybe just talking to a different person will get you different information. Most likely support is done by some center in India that is going by an internal faq and so it always depends who you gonna get.
I mean, them asking you to provide email/info of your account smells of misdirection already (whether deliberate or not), because you don't have to have an account for them to have your data.
Recently I've been thinking of doing something about emails from a gaming store I've started receiving a few months ago, to an email I've not been using for over a decade and that's only been registered to some forums. If I decide to look into that, they need to be able to explain where they got the my contact in the first place.
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Wait wait what?