Headscale is an open source implementation of the Tailscale control server.

https://github.com/juanfont/headscale

Not an endorsement as I haven’t used it (I do use Tailscale), but just thought I’d point it out.

Yes, Intro Skipper plugin. It’s awesome.

The term “sideloading” has been around since the 90s. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading

Nice job articulating your arguments. Now that you’ve explained your stance, it can foster better discussion.

Since this explanation is so far down the thread, I suggest editing one of your more top level comments to include these points for better engagement.

I will say this: the whole point of Lemmy and federation is to have control. Each instance gets to choose what’s important for them. A singular UX experience isn’t possible by design. But that’s not to say there’s no room for improvement.

Thank you for including sources, this was my point to AnonymousWolf.

I should have said “they may not be the same” as I didn’t check either. I stand corrected.

Why are you passing off the onus of proof to me or others in this thread? It’s your argument.

Just google ‘Good UX principles’ and you’ll see Lemmy breaks so many of them

No thanks, I’m also a decades long IT Professional and I’m not going to do that. It’s your argument so your burden of proof.

Lemmy breaks basic UX principles the UX is bad on multiple levels

Again, please feel free to cite specific examples.

I don’t have any data to back it up

That was my point. A number of times in this thread, you’ve stated your opinion as “a fact” or expressed it as obviously correct. It’s possible to get your point across without the condescension and acknowledging it’s your opinion.

I agree that the nature of federation on Lemmy and other federated social networks is complicated. Resolving that is no easy task. However, your stance in this post seems to be the burden of choosing your instance should be removed or streamlined by randomization. I personally disagree - while there is a hurdle to having to choose an instance and that is a barrier to entry, it’s also valuable in them learning that this isn’t just another platform under a single umbrella.

You seem to be conflating “the vast majority” and “people my age”. They are not the same.

You’re also making a lot of global UX preference claims in this thread without sources or data to back them up.

The downside to Keepass is it is not self hosted, as in it’s designed to run locally per device. Yes, you can put the database file on a network and have multiple clients from different operating systems access the database, but you will end up with collisions and database issues. Ask me how I know.

Running cross platform Keepass (and it’s various forks) is absolutely doable, but it is not as seemless as BitWarden. I’m running self hosted VaultWarden and I’m hoping to run it for a long time as it’s much easier than Keepass.

Yes, but it’s neither as good at adblocking as UBlock Origin or as fully featured.

[Google] will shove ads in your face [literally any time any place they can get away with it]

Fixed title

https://github.com/Lixkote/RectifyPad

We use Everything for that now

There is no reason why this shouldn’t be on GitHub since it’s likely just a bunch of ADB commands anyway. In the Reddit thread the author repeatedly refused to acknowledge or address the calls to make the tool open source. No thanks, seems too shady to me.

they make money from harvesting your data then showing you ads based on that data

That’s part of it, yes. But they can also sell ad companies demographic data - males aged 25-44 clicked on this or looked at that for example.

Google probably makes more like $50 per user per year on average

I highly doubt the number is that low.

they’ve got to make money somehow

But they have been, and for years. All the years I’ve run a smartphone Google has harvested and profited from my data. From Gmail to Chrome (before I switched) to Maps, etc - they have profited from people’s data at scale. So the argument that they need to make money somehow falls flat for me.

Also, if they charged like $2 a year to block ads, plenty of people would buy it. But like most things lately, the enshitification of our user experience continues. It’s not enough for companies like Google to “make money” - it’s never enough and their greed has no boundaries.

That’s why you see people like us pushing back - enough is enough.