I really hope this gets a proper foss “for you” algo. Personalized content and people discovery features are lacking on the fediverse.

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Why not just disable the Ubuntu pro ads in the mean time?

I’m only on the fediverse but I miss algorithms. Recommended accounts (which to be fair exists on a corner of Mastodon), similar accounts to one you just followed, custom home feed, suggested posts, etc. Discoverability sucks on fedi and the lack of interest from devs for some sort of private FOSS implementation is disappointing.

Loops was like let’s have a “For You” algo early this year but even that seems to be a dead idea.

Edit: nevermind I typed a lot but that Lemmygrad user made a far better post that I agree with.

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There is no metadata harvesting on Signal and the use of a phone number is so convenient and helped massively with adoption from the general unaware public.

I loved that it acted as a private and secure drop in replacement for SMS (particularly before they removed that integration) that does what I needed and does it very well and easily connects me with people that already have my number. This made sharing Signal very easy. The only data Signal has to even provide to the authorities is your registration date, phone number, and time of last connection. The absolute minimum. It’s fantastic. If you compare this to Whatsapp which has everything but the exact content of your messages, it’s not even a contest.

For myself on Signal and everyone else I’ve known that that uses Whatsapp or Insta or whatever, the extra absolute anonymity of also removing phone numbers from the already small equation just isn’t needed or worth it, otherwise you wouldn’t be using Signal, let alone fucking Facebook.

Heh

Capitalism baby. Gotta cannibalize, monopolize, and enshittifize for maximum profits.

giggles in F-Droid

You beat me to it

So they can hear me type p + enter into my browser?

It hurts to think about the timelines that could have been.

Don’t know the exact source but that’s Astolfo. Have fun :3

Tab groups are in the works but we haven’t heard anything new about it since March.

That “economic growth” is for the benefit of capital owners at the expense of everyone and everything else. I’m so done with capitalism.

I like the way your mind works.

or do as they do in China and run a quick scan using their special software?

Can I get a source for this?

Same as every other corp. A combination of every data point they can get their hands on to build a “consumer” profile on you.

It’s that last point, “Inferences”, that you should focus on.

The McDonalds app explicitly stated they will measure your intelligence. Needless to say, I deleted my account and uninstalled.

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