fulano @ fulano @lemmy.eco.br

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Are you saying that, technically, chatgpt is constructing legal cases against itself?

I both agree and disagree. We know how to put a custom rom on it, but most users need to rely on the manufacturer for updates, so it's important to have such support available.

Interesting, because plasma mobile is designed for phones. The linux mobile ecosystem is still too immature, unfortunately.

Did you have any luck so far with some os and gui combination?

Too bad :(

I looked at your other comments. You had problems with kde, but did you use the standard desktop kde or plasma mobile? If you didn't try it, I'd suggest giving plasma mobile a shot.

Another suggestion is to use a distro with wayland, so you can run waydroid and have the option to use android apps.

I know you're asking about linux, but just pointing out that you can try android x86 on it, just in case you don't know about the project.

I agree. Perhaps I got confused when reading the other comment.

Small distros aren't good ones for beginners, because support plays a great role into they first experiences.

I understand and partially agree with you. The big players have more power and can pull the strings in so many markets, but their power isn't absolute.

I think it's all part of modern structure of power, to make us think we are powerless and that changes are impossible. It becomes a self proclaimed prophecy, because we stop taking actions because it won't change anything anyway, so everyone does the same, and nothing happens.

We lack organization. Entire revolutions happened in the past. Kings went down and exploited places became independent.

It's not impossible for us to fight back against corporate power, but we need the coordination we lack now. Social network algorithms contribute a lot to keep us fighting over everything, with everyone, preventing our organization.

Perhaps... the fediverse is a first step into some changes. Perhaps, we don't have enough time anymore, perhaps I'm just a naive and foolish dreamer. The future can't be accurately predicted, but onethings is sure: if we don't try to improve things for us, it's much more likely that everyone will get much worse.

To what extent are we victims, and to what extent are we part of the system? This isn't a simple thing to answer, and there's not a single answer.

Corporations have too much power, but people fell into consumerism and fanboyism, defending their practices.

People talk about reducing electronic trash, but will buy the next shiny device at launch, before the last one stops working, will say that it's a "needed improvement" when someone criticizes things like phones removing audio jacks, and look at people using older stuff as if they're crazy. People talk about damaging production chains, but won't prioritize local small ones. There are so many examples, but this is enough to get the idea.

Somehow, people love brands and corporations.

And having a central node as an introducer makes all devices connect to each other effortlessly.

But how are new and small distros going to grow if no one uses them?

My advice is to experiment with distros you find interesting, but not on your main devices.

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Ouch.

I agree, just like debian package statistics

They're discussing adding it, with a opt-out option.

I like the idea too, but I'd prefer to wait and see what the official devs think about it, and if adding privacy measures is part of the roadmap. Lemmy is still too new and things are still unstable.

Assuming everything is public, on one hand, can help develop better practices, but, on the other, can lead us to stop fighting for our privacy, so I'm always cautious with it.

About the upvotes/downvotes, they give a lot of information about you, and your pattern can be so unique, that a new account could be identified by it. It can also be used for doxing. Having public votes can also lead to metadrama, just like happens in places like facebook with their like system. And don't forget that it takes just a small mistake to have your identity leaked, and then you have this data available and tied to your person, exposing your psychological behavior and positions on every theme.

Another thing worth mentioning is the email used to join lemmy. This is basically public, eliminating the expected anonymity from a lot o people (remember, most people aren't tech-savy enough to create a fake one). In time, bots and trolls will become more common and most instances will probably ban fake or temporary emails, forcing the users to use real ones.

It all might not be a great issue now, when we're small, but if we expect to grow, I think these things will need to be addressed at some point.

By seeying most reactions ro your post, I can only think that most lemmy users don't care about privacy at all. Or, at least, didn't fully understand the implications.

This.

Not all violations are ill-intended, and most amaetur devs aren't specialists in licensing.

There's something that worries me about GPT-like technologies, and I see very few people talking about it: GPT-based social media bots.

It can give people and groups to create much advanced mass manipulation strategies. Imagine a lot of gpt accounts on all sites creating comments advocating pro or against something, every time it's mentioned, in a very natural language, that can fool most people.

It worries me a lot, and I'm sure it will be done at some point. If recent elections around the world were a mess due to a lot of social media manipulation and fake news campaigns, now imagine that powered by gpt.

Sending this message from jerboa. Thank you very much for making it possible.

Are there current issues that the community can help with?

There's a chinese brand called cubot that already makes small phones. It's already available for buying.