@levi I just think we have more to gain from federating then they do.

The UI on the threads app actually does make it clear what server someone is on, but they also don’t allow reposting of anything from fedi, and people you “follow” from fedi don’t show up in the normal threads feed. You also can’t share or reply to posts from fedi, all you can do is like posts, which you will only see if they @ mention your threads account.

I do think you’re mostly correct it’d be very hard to reverse things on them with things being how they are currently stacked way in meta’s favor, but it’s not impossible. I guess I’m just thinking we could try to better strategize around it. I dont think its impossible to beat them, at least not to have their same content without them making money of it in a way that costs them more then it “costs” the fediverse, which I would consider a win.

Like I think Meta would not be very happy if a fedi site popped up and just mirrored any meta account you pointed it at… they actively do things to prevent this like no longer allowing third party apps and restricting API access, but there are ways around that similar to how a lot of reddit content is mirrored onto lemmy, much to the dismay of the Reddit share holders who want that content to only be viewed on their site with their advertising/tracking attached to make them more money.

Its just something to think about: What if instead of ignoring them, we embraced the idea to an extent that makes their content visible to our users without giving meta the clicks/views they use to get advertisers money. Especially when you consider how much worse advertising gets on their sites year after year, if we offered just an ad free alternative with the same content, they probably wouldn’t be very happy, but it’d be too late to put the genie back into the bottle.

The Trooper (Iron Maiden Cover)

Artist: The Hu

https://thehu.bandcamp.com/album/the-trooper

Who pays for these ridiculous services? I bet companies like this pretty much depend on people who forget they had auto-renew on.

Kung Fury 2 #Leaked Sizzle Reel

That’s how its done! Fuck this genocide enabling traitor!

My last AliExpress order made it through customs and arrived today, although half of the order was canceled before it even shipped, but the important stuff made it.

I’m pretty happy with the results here. Registrations are open on everything at the moment if anyone wants to try them, most don’t even require creating an account.

Remember when you used to have all your favorite music stored on one little device that had less memory then your current phone has now, and then you got suckered into paying for the “convenience” of a spotify subcription because hey its all there and one less thing to have to carry around, plus oh boy do you get to discover great new artists on there… of course those artists don’t earn shit from your “discovering” them that way but hey “Give me convenience or Give me Death”, AMIRITE?

Many people aren’t aware that spotify was created on the basis of “easier to ask forgiveness then permission” and because they had the right amount of money and the right old white dudes investing they got a free pass to just steal music using the very methods they’d previously fought so hard to try and stop.

FunkWhale is the spiritual successor to the now long gone and mostly forgotten “GrooveShark” which was Spotify’s biggest competitor NOT backed by the major label investors doing EXACTLY the same thing as them and bringing music to the people, only difference was content on grooveshark was actually uploaded by the users from their own collections, oh and of course grooveshark didnt have the backing of rich venture capitalists.

Spotify does not deserve your money everything on it can be downloaded in better quality on other services anyway so even if you are the sort of lawful good person who pays for things, you’ll get a much better deal from Tidal, Deezer, or even YouTube Music.

FunkWhale

Satan vs Jesus on the train

Those who don’t learn from history…

Neoliberalism in ~ 100 Seconds by robertus55

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