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Dwight SilvermanI've been so excited about the explosion of new Mastodon apps that I decided to write about it in my column, with a focus on @ivory and @[email protected]. A thousand flowers blooming!
@ivory @[email protected] For those complaining that the story is behind a paywall:
1. If you live in Houston, you should subscribe to the Chronicle to support its excellent local journalism. Period.
2. If you do not, there many ways around paywalls:
https://dwightsilverman.com/2022/12/31/ads-overlays-and-paywalls-oh-my-how-to-get-around-the-webs-worst-annoyances/
Ads, overlays and paywalls, oh my! How to get around the web’s worst annoyances (updated x4)
Over the years, I’m assembled a toolkit of browser extensions and strategies that have made the web tolerable, allowing me to block overly intrusive ads, bust through overlays and scale paywalls.
Bob Stepno@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp Not complaining that there are paywalls, just asking whether the H.Chron lets subscribers or authors share one-time links the way NYTimes and WashPost do.
Apparently not?
Geo B@geob42 @BobStep @ivory @[email protected] I have seen those only briefly, as though they are testing it. I don’t currently see it on stories. If you do, can you screenshot it?
@dsilverman Just saw this now, do you still need it?
@geob42 No, I realized that it's hidden if you have an ad blocker turned on. Turned it off, found the gift button.
@geob42 @BobStep @ivory @[email protected] oh, I saw the gift link. They are not there if you use an ad blocker!
@dsilverman @geob42 @ivory @icecubesapp I avoid ad blockers and work around to defeat paywalls. Subscribe to a half dozen publications in hopes of keeping them afloat, especially alternative online only and hyperlocal publications, but also the Times and Post... So I can spread their gift articles around my local Facebook communities, including journalism students... getting some good writing in front of students so they know what is possible.
Charlie Ray@dsilverman unrelated to the post but I do live in Houston and I’m just wondering if you follow all the nerdy Apple based tech podcasts?
@charlieray I do not.
@dsilverman interesting. Well either way glad we are all here! If you are interested in holiday light shows look me up next season…
Mike 🍁✔@dsilverman Sounds like an interesting column, but there's a paywall.
Cans of Soup@cansofsoup @[email protected] @ivory Many ways around a paywall. IYKYK.
Ads, overlays and paywalls, oh my! How to get around the web’s worst annoyances (updated x4)
Over the years, I’m assembled a toolkit of browser extensions and strategies that have made the web tolerable, allowing me to block overly intrusive ads, bust through overlays and scale paywalls.
David Collantes@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp scratch that, I was able to read it on desktop. For some reason I couldn’t while on mobile.
Stephen TattonAds, overlays and paywalls, oh my! How to get around the web’s worst annoyances (updated x4)
Over the years, I’m assembled a toolkit of browser extensions and strategies that have made the web tolerable, allowing me to block overly intrusive ads, bust through overlays and scale paywalls.
JustMrLarz@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp unfortunately pay-walled link. Here’s an Apple News Link also. https://apple.news/Aioppy5KQRuCLzx0wkcyLkQ
As Twitter kills third-party apps, new life blooms on Mastodon — Houston Chronicle
As Twitter continues its implosion under the chaotic ownership of billionaire Elon Musk, a new social media world order is being born. The killing off of an entire software ecosystem by fiat has given a boost to development elsewhere.
@JustMrLarz @ivory @[email protected] There are many, many ways around paywalls. IYKYK.
Of course, if you are a Houston resident, you SHOULD subscribe to support local journalism. It’s just the right thing to do.
Ads, overlays and paywalls, oh my! How to get around the web’s worst annoyances (updated x4)
Over the years, I’m assembled a toolkit of browser extensions and strategies that have made the web tolerable, allowing me to block overly intrusive ads, bust through overlays and scale paywalls.
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@nexthopself Agreed. But I'm a mere freelancer, not on staff, I have no sway with Hearst anymore. But I have suggested it.
Jason Petersen (he)@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp like “just one rotten apple”, this is using part of a phrase and ignoring the nearly opposite meaning.
@jason @ivory @[email protected] Maybe. If you read the story, it makes sense (and it's used in context at the end).
Sudo Sudo Sudo ⒶⒺⓋ@dsilverman I’ve switch to using Ice Cubes App and its been more useful and enjoyable than Metatext.I haven’t tried Ivory, don’t feel the need too now.
RDS (shawphd on Twitter)@Prometheus @dsilverman I’ve been enjoying @icecubesapp too. If they can add Metatext’s mute-by-duration function and OCR for alt-text, it will be my app of choice.
@shawrd773 @dsilverman @icecubesapp I know you can do all sorts of interesting thing with it using chatgpt from your Mac. You can add your request the Github project.🗝️
Rick (N0FQY) 📻📡@dsilverman got a non-subscriber link?
suldrew 🚲🏳️🌈@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp Love it! I am loving both Ivory and Ice Cubes (and the mobile web is nice too)
@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp "more thoughtful conversation and less drama" that's right! More social, less media!
Bookaroo Nogales
Port City Studios
Sasha Strange@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp I only ever hear about iOS apps. Where are the awesome Android ones?
Dae bow bow@sasha_strange @dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp Megalodon is my favorite for android. Updates pretty frequently and allows me to view the federated timeline.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android.sk
edgeoforever 🍎@dsilverman ice cubes is fantastic!
David@dsilverman @ivory @[email protected] Explosion? So, are we talking apps causing battery overheating here? Nah, just kidding. It is, indeed, exciting.
Bonnie@dsilverman For those on Android phones I've found that Fedilab https://fedilab.app/ and Tusky https://tusky.app/ are pretty great. The official app is fine, but both Fedilab and Tusky offer better customization and in-app translation.
Hans de Jong@BatsInLavender @dsilverman and Tusky is free! Yay!
@BatsInLavender @dsilverman 5/6 hier...
BrewingContemplations@BatsInLavender @dsilverman I love Tusky for its ease of use!
@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp Does Houston Chronicle let you share a link that doesn't get blocked by the paywall?
BL@dsilverman
I personally block all paywall sites. Especially those, that I have been click baited onto.
Yeah tough for those people who have to earn a living this way. When there is so much excellent free content online.
And I don't want to circumvent paywalls. They are there for a reason.
Rihards Olups
Keith Soltys@dsilverman
I am looking forward to what you have to say about Android clients. I now use Fedilab, which is much better than the default Mastodon clients but lacks some customization features that I used on Talon for Twitter.
@ivory @icecubesapp
I am looking forward to what you have to say about Android clients. I now use Fedilab, which is much better than the default Mastodon clients but lacks some customization features that I used on Talon for Twitter.
@ivory @icecubesapp
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Andreas Kuckartz@dsilverman @ivory @icecubesapp
I think it is a warning sign that #ActivityPub is often not even mentioned in such articles.