First of all: congratulations. Seriously. This is awesome! Secondly: you designed the most Steampunk looking heart you could. Bravo, truly a capital marvel of fine craftsmanship.

Can’t see anything I disagree with in her statements. Imo she’s spot on. The near future looks even bleaker now.

…or Humble Bundle if they offer the actual software download.

Not if they just offer Steam keys.

In my opinion.

Sure. You can still be profiled, though. That can open doors for discrimination or other unsavory agendas. One also loses a measure of anonymity. Users don’t clearly see how and know that they are tracked, meaning there’s a loss of transparency.

It’s not just about ads.

For the rest of the world: 12 feet = 3.66 metres 45 pounds = 20.45 kilograms

Or to round the numbers a bit: They have a leg span of up to 3.7 metres, though their body is usually just 37 centimetres (15 inches) wide. They weigh about 16 to 20 kilograms.

This website explains it: https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/browser-fingerprinting/

Basically you send your user agent, browser and OS configuration like screen resolution, your primary system language, timezone, installed plugins and so forth as you browse the internet. Not so easy to block. In fact, avoiding fingerprinting 100% is almost impossible, because there are so many configurations. It is hard not be somewhat unique. Still there are ways to minimize the identifying information. Using Firefox, this is what you might want to read: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/resist-fingerprinting. Note, though, that even there it says that such techniques can “help prevent websites from uniquely identifying you”, not prevent it entirely.

Set off both journalctl -qu gnome-shell and journalctl -qu gnome-settings-daemon. Both return nothing.

Sadly, neither will truly protect you from fingerprinting.

In other news, Lemmy will keep all its content open for free, making everything accessible to everyone.

That’s why.

I don’t use Google messages, don’t use the Google Assistant… am barely aware that Gemini exists.

This has been mentioned a few times here. Didn’t know that. Thank you.

This “Beginners Guide” they have there is a serious turnoff. They might want to consider a more lightweight and friendly intro to their software. 😄

Still, if I find the time to go through this massive wall of text, I will.

That’s my struggle with this solution as well.

Still, a solid choice.

Not for the faint of heart, but I’ll keep it in mind.

Good tip. Thanks.

I’ve looked at it. It comes up a lot. Thank you.

Really wish we wouldn’t have to separate the two. This adds a complication layer for exiting Windows users.

Ideally: install app (insert name). Run and enjoy.

Same across the board.

I stopped buying Skype credit once subscriptions were forced.

What are realistic ways to protect ourselves?

You think 2024 was awesome? Wait until you see 2025!

/s