fer0n @ fer0n @lemm.ee

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There were 100 million users after the first weekend, there’s certainly more now. Threads is using an Instagram account but people still sign up for it and have to download the app. It’s easier, but not automatic.

And this right here is 100 million monthly active users.

I don’t want to be mean (also I’m not using threads and am using mastodon and Lemmy), but threads is multiple times more a thing than Lemmy or mastodon.

Mastodon, for example, has around 1.8 million monthly active users right now, where threads has around 100 million monthly active users. That’s a factor of over 50x.

Lemmy, in comparison, has 35k active users which is roughly a factor of 3000. So yeah, threads is still a thing.

If I understand you correctly, you’re saying that governments might leave Twitter for threads and we should push so they use mastodon instead? Assuming that is what you mean, I don’t think that makes any sense.

For one, I don’t think government accounts are a main driver for social media users. No one ever said "I only use this service if the UK government has an account there". Governments go where the accounts are.

For another, you can push all you want, if it’s not something that people want to use it’s not going to work. Our best hope is for threads to actually implement activity pub and then being able to use other apps and servers, while still being connected to the "rest of the world".

The second half sounds a lot like an ad for Lemmy ^

I tried importing my Evernote stuff into Apple notes and apparently attachments import is broken in Sonoma which is just great. Any other way to import from Evernote to Apple notes?

As of 1 july 2024 export of notes will require a paid subscription

That’s fucking ridiculous

It looks great, but I’m not sure if it’s a good fit for storing and searching documents. Do you think that might work?

I’d be up for it, but I guess no one else so far ^'

I actually went back to the default notes app, it’s gotten really good and I‘m getting tired of expensive subscriptions.

People seem to enjoy Bear

Haha, yeah pretty unlikely

It sounds like OP is looking for a different App, not a different engine. Not sure what the actual issue is, though, maybe it is engine related.

I was going to say Opera Mini. But maybe try some safari ad blocker extensions, could speed things up. Not sure if it helps.

Finally

Signal will definitely be the app I’ll migrate to if WhatsApp annoys enough people to make them want to switch.

Apple is doing the same thing in Europe as it is the US. The difference is that people in Europe switched to WhatsApp, where people in the US stayed on SMS and got used to iMessage. It’s a group dynamic problem, not a problem that Apple is forcing upon anyone or not allowing (although it could do something against it, but why should they).

Also: not every major smartphone company in Europe is using the "same open system", Apple is very much here as well.

I can only speak for myself: In my circle, 99% of people are on WhatsApp with a handful on Signal. I have never come across the issue where I didn’t know how to contact someone. There’s badges and notifications, using multiple apps has been a solved problem on smartphones for 10 years.

It would be slightly nicer to have everything in one app, but it’s a non-issue for me at least.

What exactly are you protesting if I may ask?

Who, Tim Apple?

Not saying that’s the way to go, but I watched the side by side YouTube video in 3D on my regular iPhone by simply looking at it blurry and then moving it into position if you know what I mean ^

It’s not comfortable for longer videos though :D