meseek #2982 @ ultratiem @lemmy.ca

I am not me.

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Up to you. For me it would be about trust. These guys are supposed to be my disguise. And then obviously speed.

I have a 1Gbps line and see no speed impact using Mullvad. Unless I move to real far geographical servers. And even then, some still hit peak throughput.

The anonymity is great too as you can send them an envelope with cash and your account number and they'll process it. Their service feels like you walked up to someone on the street, got a month's of VPN and walked off. I wish every sale had to be set up this easy.

It’s not anecdotal in the least. It’s been widely tested. There’s a reason an M1 Mac mini with 8GB of RAM can load and fully support over 100 tracks in Logic Pro. The previous Intel machines would buckle with just a few.

ARM is not comparable to x86-64. The former is totally unified, the latter totally modular.

It’s actually about the bandwidth: https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/11/how-unified-memory-blows-the-socs-off-the-m1-macs/

The bandwidth provided by unified memory is just unparalleled because of the tightly integrated components found on Apple Silicon.

There isn’t one. You make the trade for your personal data. MS has bee siphoning for a long time and they are adding more daily.

You can “disable” telemetry but that’s snake oil. There is no disabling the data MS hoards and wants. And they want it all. Moreover, you can't ever be sure. Ever.

You can sandbox it with no internet but it’s still collecting and the moment a connection goes live, it’ll transmit all of it. Also an OS without internet is of little value these days.

MS has been ramping up telemetry as they keep pushing into “Windows as a Service.” So good luck with all that. Now and the next year and year after that.

Run Linux. Literally, just make the switch and go back to when computing was just you and your PC.

Too bad Segways don’t go up stairs

Wireguard is insanely fast. Like insanely fast compared to traditional VPN connections. For me that is an absolute dealbreaker they don't have it.

Once you start using Wireguard you can't go back.

And that's with the 2 year subscription discount, which makes it $8.50 a month. Mullvad is a flat $5 a month. No subscriptions.

I can field this. The answer is simple: they don't. They use Slack internally.

I don't get why the entire world isn't on Mullvad.

I don't trust these guys at all. I trialed them and despite their full money back guarantee, they locked me into a support loop, always switching support staff with boiler plate responses and links that dealt with account issues or whatever. It wasn't until I left a stern reply demanding the refund or I would escalate the matter with the proper regulatory bodies.

It took 4 support tickets. To me, they came across hella shady.

I'm going to assume they didn't implement this because money. Their app runs on everything, from iOS to Android to Windows. Cost savings they likely just flipped camera permissions and didn't care about small edge cases like these.

With that said, Mullvad is a million times better, cheaper and doesn't require even an email or account creation to use. They created a system that effectively anonymizes the user before they even subscribe.

You know what's funny, Snapchat is and always was a confusing mess of a service. Didn't stop it.

It's not ease of use that closed-source brings, it's a brand image. Companies like Apple, MS, Amazon, spend millions annually on shaping their brand. That image makes people feel at ease. It provides context, trust and a sense of familiarity and security because "why would Apple ever spy on me, they are a publicly traded company used by billions?" is more favourable than "oh some geeks made this thing in their basement and can watch me??"

Why do people still have faith in this broken system? Companies the size and reach of Meta, do not "fail". Big companies like these have enough control and power to quash or simply buyout future competitors that would usurp them.

There is no system where people vote with their wallets and we can shift control by way of consumer revenue alone. That dream died some 100+ years ago when companies grew large enough to overthrow governments (Chiquita Banana), shape societies (Walmart & McDonald's) and build monopolies so resilient, they will control us into the next millennium (Google).

If you're all banking on the freedom of economy and capitalism self correcting, man is that a long wait for a train that won't come.

I’ve been pleading for a Snow Leopard pass on every thing since forever, let’s gooooo

All our independents piggyback off the two major players here.

CRTC doing an amazing job 🙃

But I’ll beat your ass if you even remotely criticize our freedoms!

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Amazing how many people automatically think NSFW = Porn.

I choose violence.

No it doesn’t just ping Find My when the case is open. That wouldn’t provide anyone much value if you think about it lol.

“Emotional support truck” lmaooo