There are several, but the most direct alternative is Ghost (see SS to Ghost migration guide here).

I used to subscribe to several SS newsletters that switched to Ghost, which is how I found out about it. But I wouldn’t have even noticed if they hadn’t told me.

Highly prone to lock-in, enshittification, and they promote Nazis.

Just another centralized platform that can’t help but want to become universal.

Yes, I wonder what journalists (“professional” and otherwise) are supposed to do. Everyone going their own way and splintering off into many little voices doesn’t feel like the right answer, but publishers are beholden to investors and can be bought out by billionaires. I suppose there are publishers/agencies that have maintained their integrity like 404 Media, or Al Jazeera.

Maybe this is just the burden of anyone in a democracy: to constantly weigh the quality of the sources of information you’re using to form opinions which spawn action.

Apologies, I wasn’t criticizing the article, or you for sharing it. It’s a tricky sentence, especially if English isn’t your first language - the “but” changes the subject. Article is definitely privacy related.

What isn’t privacy related is my opinion about subtack. I don’t mean to derail, so will let anyone reading this look up why ss sucks and make their own decision.

Using this to try to get more people off of discord.

Also not privacy related, but fuck substack

Wow. You raise some interesting points and according to every reliable source, these facts actually check out.

That’s fascinating that you have so many parties. Do parties not have a lot of power at the “federal” level? Also curious if you have coalitions between similarly aligned parties!

Damn that’s a fucking good meme fusion

Oh I didn’t know that, they can’t just wave it away?

The email is 100% optional though. Also customer can decline a receipt.

… they’re just underpaid and under a lot of pressure from management to try multiple times and in some cases they even get written up for not doing it because it’s deemed part of their job. They hate it just as much as you.

I’ve worked retail and call centre jobs and I can assure you this is many people (at least those who are not too exhausted to care). These workers are constantly pressured to enshitify their service at the expense of theirs and the customer’s experience.

I haven’t worked a counter in over a decade, so can only imagine it’s got worse.

This is sadly very common where I’m from, except you don’t even get a discount from it. I’ve taken to just politely declining, since I’m sure the person working the cash is probably pressured to get people to give their personal info.

“And can get your email?”

“No thank you”

“I need your email for the receipt”

“I appreciate it but no thank you”

It’s a slight non sequitur while still being polite. Saying “no thank you” when someone is pressuring you works well in many situations.

If I’m being charitable I could presume that they left them so as to not disrupt sting operations

It’s like if Aperture Science designed a Dalek

Got a similar story at home. We call the path that cuts through some houses near here Hamburger Alley after an event that transpired there now seven years ago.

Really liking what I’m seeing coming out of Mozilla/FF lately

Exactly

I use blank key caps, and I find it leads to much more comfortable touch typing.

Slower, sure, but cozier also

Another great reason to use a custom, constantly shifting keyboard layout

Yeah that’s relatable. It’s so easy to pick apart someone else’s words when you’re just passively observing, but when it’s you in the moment…

Did they mean “and be doing so insinuate” I wonder? Initiate makes some sense too, just odd phrasing.

Anyway! I’m getting sidetracked lol! Haven’t even watched the video yet. Thanks for sharing the quote

Me when I’m not sure what kind of weather we’re in for today

Wow every single account of Zuckerberg comes off as him sounding like some kind of sociopathic alien

Same. That’s the biggest thing I’m seeing from orgs all over: using AI as a kind of “appeal to authority” to justify shitty behavior that they’ve been wanting to do all along. If they didn’t want to act like this then they would double-check, adjust, or correct the results.

The AI gives them a headless authority to point to, saying in a way, that they were just following orders

It’s crazy to me for many of the people in my demographic consider it totally normal to have all of your online social interactions tied to the same persona/user, using your real name, face, locale, employment status, etc

I believe by closed groups they mean the family or friends chat with like 5 people.

Although I personally wouldn’t share too much in those groups too.

I enjoy kagi as a service that I’ve paid for, but yeah… stuff like this makes it hard to enjoy with a clear conscience.

I think the op already said this, but at least this shows that a product like this (with a little more focus, transparency, and integrity) could be sustainable.

Lol nice

Damn of all the times to be an antinatalist… I guess it’s Messenger 🤢 video chats with my family for the foreseeable future