Pirata @ Pirata @lemm.ee

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I understand we are sliding in that direction. My point is, once there, its harder to keep that regime alive.

How many people are okay with what Israel is doing? Or Russia? Or (now) the US? Despite the propaganda and censoring all over the internet, not many. Most people aren't buying it.

Ah, the threatened oligarchy is at it again. I'm sure its purely a coincidence and not at all a retaliation for people abandoning big tech en masse.

to say otherwise is either ignorance, stupidity, or malice

Why not all three?

This is basically it. It is just harder to run a fascist oligarchy these days. People are way too connected and are sympathetic to other people from other countries. The propaganda can only go so far.

I understand that, my point is the size of the salary has nothing to do with your capacity to protest, otherwise we wouldn't be able to do it over here.

I can assure you we are not leaving our jobs just to protest, and also a majority of people love paycheck to paycheck. You need to find the time and organize.

You guys earn way more than us, but we still find ways to protest more often.

It really is about finding ways, its never gonna be a convenient thing you do on a sunny afternoon...

I see. I'm glad to hear it.

Just remember you're not alone. Canada, Australia, and Europe are actively boycotting the US economy as much as possible.

We're with you. ✊

You guys should be out on the streets protesting en masse. Being complacent is the same as showing you're okay with all of these.

Meanwhile actual americans are being pulled into unmarked vans for looking latino.

Ah gotcha. Strabic me completely misunderstood your comment lol.

Its not just you lol. Its not very well written.

Yeah, that's a big one. Have you considered Here Wego? Its european and integrates TripAdvisor reviews (yes, US I know. Still better than feeding Google Imo). It doesn't have everything but for restaurants and POIs it usually has the info you need if you live in a bigger city.

Should be illegal.

Oh, understood. Dumb me, lol.

So, aren't there security risks associated with using Betterbird?

I'm not going to engage with that bait.

Aren't you concerned that the development is in the hands of just one guy?

I understand your view. It's just, I don't see what other choice they have/had.

Search engine backends are remarkably scarce, and very expensive to run. And if you're trying to build a front-end search engine today, you're pretty much limited to:

• Google (US)
• Bing (US)
• Baidu (China)
• Sogou (China)
• Mojeek (UK)
• Yandex (Russia)

Between these choices, and before the US decided to become a fascist state, realistically which of these engines made more sense to pick? Being honest. US tech has always been seen as trustworthy and the golden standard for all things tech, until very recently.

Sure, they could also use metasearch engines, but those are remarkably consumer-UNfriendly and would require tweaking beyond the capabilities of the common tech company.

The only thing I cannot explain here is why they didn't use Mojeek as their backend, and here we can only speculate..

Maybe it would have made Ecosia financially inviable if they had to pay for their API. Maybe they were concerned Mojeek's finances were too uninspiring compared to the colossal capacities that Google/Microsoft have.

Or maybe they thought people didn't want to have a radically different experience in results from what they are used to, and so decided to basically just give these two platforms a green makeover and promise to plant some trees. I don't know.

My point is, I wouldn't necessarily hold it against them. If anything, I am glad they agreed to join forces with Qwant in building a true EU-based search engine. Its sad that it took us so long to realise we need the basic infrastructure that other big economies have, but I suppose better late than ever.

I'm optimistic.

Yeah. Basically all the email settings have been automatically set by my email provider. I think it might be a matter time before it fixes itself.. I hope 😬

Same. I had no idea we were this developed, but man. Europe is doing great things. Even the most beginner-friendly Linux distributions are European based.

Can't wait to close all doors on US services and products.

Does it work well? I just bought a domain and am struggling to receive email. But maybe they are still moving settings around.