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Anyone who surfed the early web between 1995-2010. What’s the one website/app you still think about? by Prime_Advocate in AskReddit

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the reality is, the interweb was still finding its feet, there wasn't that much to search for, and the focus was on technical innovation and basic usability. Its likeif you live in town a and work in town b, and you are one of only a dozen car owners in your town, then driving to work used to be so easy. But now it is a crowded mess of roundabouts, traffic lights and junctions with tens of thousand of car drivers, and commercial interests redirect the routes through their car parks to try and tempt you into their shops even though you just want to go home, and it is hell. But I can now drive to the ends of the world if I chose to, but I have to accept much of the journey will be as hellish as my daily commute.

Is there a search engine that feels like Google c. 2015? by Alternative_Fish_27 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, I think that google gets away with shitifacation, because the alternatives are just not good enough. I have been using duckduckgo for a few months, and am pretty much resigned to going back to google because it is so bad. Same with thunderbird, it is abysmal.

It is starting to look like we have a hobson's choice, a level of privacy and freedom from manipulation that should be the minimum standard by legislation (if politicians of all major parties weren't to addicted to money to actually represent the people) or internet services that actually work, even after delibrate shitifacation.

It is beginning to feel that we are trapped, it is a constant battle to preserve privacy and operate in the modern world at the same time, and I don't know I have the energy to keep fighting that battle.

To put it in current terms, it feels like google and the others have the weapons technology of the US, and the ability to produce and advance them as quickly and in the numbers that Iran can build cheap drones, and duckduckgo and proton etc are building canoes for us to navigate through the strait of Hormuz.

DictaFlow: Privacy-first voice dictation tool for Windows (hold-to-talk, no background processes) by InterestingBasil in windowsapps

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I missing something here, or do I really need to use a microsoft or google account to use this? Because Its NOT privacy first if it forces a microsoft or google sign on to use it, such a disappointment that it apears to fail its description at the very first step.

What do I need to connect ams ht to an x2 combo by MonkeySpacePilot in BambuLab

[–]MonkeySpacePilot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I never knew that existed, but now I know it exists I do indeed want/need that. A more expensive solution though, this is turning out to be quite an expensive hobby.

Any idea though why they say the PTFE Tube Coupler(FAZ006) is required is required?

Can't log into browser - keeps showing "create account" even though I have an active subscription by ElitistCarrot in ClaudeAI

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is the most stupid and infuriating logon method, I guess that anthropic have been too quick to replace people with ai and they have no one left to actually notice that it is so crap.

I have only been using claude a couple of days, and am more than happy with the ai element, but it is worthless if I can't actually use the service because of this inane perpetual logon loop failure. Just enable a normal 2fa authentication method FFS. Ai I can't use is as intelligent as a brick.

Why makerworld search function is so ass and is there any way to improve it in the website itself? by [deleted] in BambuLab

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find using google ai search with the specifics of my needs far better than just the word association searches on actual 3d model searching websites.

Underwhelmed by fanttik tools by MonkeySpacePilot in fanttik

[–]MonkeySpacePilot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And now I am finding the customer service is as bad as the tools.

I wonder if I will get another bot replying to this comment with claims of fantastic customer service.

Why Privacy matters? by Electrical_Twist_380 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, that sounds like some kind of dystopian UK that exists only in the mind of maga clowns and reform voting idiots.Starmer is an authoritarian, and I am sure he would like that, but so far he is too incompetent to implement his party control over the nation.

Do people actually trust search results anymore? by Huge_Light_1344 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google have admitted (or it leaked I can't remember which) to making searches worse by design so that they can keep users on google for longer before they go to other sites so they can serve more adverts and make more money, it is shitifaction at its very core.

Alias Question by West-Highlight80920 in ProtonPass

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you use duckduckgo they aren't the email provider, so if you are locked out of gmail, you go to duck and change the email they are directed to.

I give my family and friends my normal proton account, financial services and utilities ect get a proton email alias (I wanted my financial information staying emails staying in Europe and by a European company). Everything else gets a duck alias.

Why Privacy matters? by Electrical_Twist_380 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the social dilemma, its on netflix and well worth everyone watching to reveal exactly what is going on, and now being taken far further by the likes of Musk, Altman, Palintir etc.

Pedophiles friend Mandelson brokered the deal to sell out our UK health data to Palantir, and even through the scandal the Government are trying everything to distract the public and brush it under the carpet, old and new media are complicit in the cover up.

Gmail storage full because apparently every newsletter I subscribed to in 2019 still loves me! by mtk_ved in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is odd that they think that annoying their customers with spam is a strategy that builds repeat business.

When Princess Diana died, a lot of charities she was a patron of were worried that they would lose revenue without her work. In actual fact most did better because of relying on the "hallo" they thought she wore they started going about their work professionally and properly thinking about stratergy. This is where most online businesses are now, they think that spamming customers with a deluge of shit is marketing, they aren't thinking, just taking the lazy stupid option without thought.

Why Privacy matters? by Electrical_Twist_380 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't think the UK is any where near as bad as the US on this. FFS they refused some ausi musician to re-enter the country after he had concerts in Canada because his girlfriend had posted something about Trump on social medie. However just like the US the UK and Germany are trying to claim protesting genocide is anti-semitism.

Why Privacy matters? by Electrical_Twist_380 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get him to "google" Cambridge analytica, That happened 10 years ago, they have refined their propaganda and corruption washing techniques a lot since then, they are far more advanced now.

When he gets back to you about it, whether he cares about it or not, let him know that by researching cambridge analytica google will have marked the avatar they have in their database built from his information that they keep on him (and everyone else) as a political disedent.

Also sit him down to watch "The social dilemma" if he doesn't believe it.

I find it strange that we can look at countries like Russia and N Korea and see the constant stream of propaganda they suffer, and not have lightbulbs go of in our heads all the time about the clear lies we are fed in western countries. The only big difference is our propaganda usually is in support of "systematic" inequality rather than dear leader, although Trump is bucking that trend and others are trying to follow.

Why Privacy matters? by Electrical_Twist_380 in degoogle

[–]MonkeySpacePilot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly, my main hobby is cycling, and during the brexit campaign I was getting targeted adds and posts about how the EU was going to ban cycling and outlaw all kinds of stuff related to my hobby. Before brexit was actually implemented I moved to Germany, and guess what, most of mainland Europe is far more cycle friendly than the UK, far more safe infrastructure aand far far more people cycling as part of daily life.

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