Hofmaimaier

The dark side.

https://feddit.org/post/24883708

Jan 26 at 10:45amWeb
Show threadArmand1Jan 26
My friends keep telling me to get Instagram so they can send me memes. I will never say yes. No thanks.
Show threadabbadon420Jan 26
I know the feeling. Luckily I’m not alone in my friend group.
Show threadbaggachipzJan 26
Then they laugh and are seemingly ok with ads being sent to them about stuff that they merely talked about. Like, shouldn’t that concern them?
Show threadmrnobodyJan 26
They might be concerned, but they’re more worried about fitting in with the masses than actual privacy.
Show threadbaggachipzJan 26
When somebody sends me something from instagram, I can view it in my browser with an ad blocker and tracker blocker. Instagram makes it difficult but it’s still possible (for now)
Show threadsomerandompersonJan 27
God, i want to do horrible things to those people.
Show threadSterile_TechniqueJan 26

Seems pretty much anyone with a smartphone will run into that. The devices themselves are crazy surveillance tech… but fuck are they addicting.

 

Posted from my smartphone. -_-

Show threadFiniteBanjoJan 26
A fun mental exercise is, as a scifi hypothetical, if the Chinese found a way to make video playback force the watcher to kill their friends and family, they totally would.
Show threadtoothpaste_sandwichJan 26
Lemmy (or in my case rather, Mbin) is increasingly all I need. And I love that.
Show threadBrief_FoxJan 26
I had a fake account solely for watching reels sent by friends. Not anymore, that shit freaky.
Show threadyeehawJan 26

Tried to create a fake Facebook account recently since that’s where the buying used market has gone to around here. “Take a 360 degree series of pictures of your head”

[X] close tab

Show threadSpacehooksJan 26
I don’t even click link. Just respond lol.
Show threadSamsyJan 27
But bro, it was a video from my live murdered cat, wtf?
Show threadjim3692Jan 26
Is it ok if I download reels and send them on Signal?
Show threadHofmaimaierJan 26
Show threadDasusJan 26
I download youtube shorts I want to share so people don’t have to sully their histories with shorts
Show threadViking_HippieJan 26
I haven’t really had the chance to test it much yet, but the Libredirect extension seems pretty promising to me
LibRedirect – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download LibRedirect for Firefox. Redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends.

Show threadjustmeJan 26
Just tested it for Instagram, because I get a lot of that annoying BS. Unfortunately not a single instance is working for me. But afaik I might be able to soon up my own frontend instance and add it to the extension. Will check that out when I get bored.
Show threadyeehawJan 26

Is there something like pipipe for Instagram and Facebook links?

Most of the time I don’t even bother opening them. They make it as much of a pain in the ass as possible to view an already playing video. Mine open in Firefox focus.

  • Link opens

  • “Sign in for the ‘best’ experience”!

  • Click on "continue on web

  • Quickly two around to unmute audio as the video just starts playing.

  • Miss the beginning part and want to view it again.

  • Refresh page and start at step 1 and hope you do better this time.

    • Show threadpielandJan 27
    tell them to move to loops and pixelfed 😁
    Pixelfed - Decentralized social media

    Learn more about Pixelfed, the free and open-source decentralized photo sharing social media platform

    Pixelfed
    Show threadztar_473Jan 27

    joinloops.org

    for anyone else wondering

    Show threadWessynessyJan 27
    What are the benefits of both? Just that they are morally better alternatives or doo they have features that are better/ more fun/etc?
    Show threadpielandJan 27
    they’re just fediverse versions - so you can host your own server, federate, no ads. otherwise the same
    Show threadtechnocritJan 27

    The fediverse has better features.

    For example on IG can only make a limited list of "favorites, but on Pixelfed I can make as many lists as I want with as many users as I want.

    Perhaps the best feature is the lack of advertisements. When I go on IG, it’s literally 80% promoted BS that I don’t even follow.

    Basically it’s an app designed and developed by users with features that we want, instead of an app owned by an evil corporation overtly exploiting users to the maximum extent possible while literally supporting genocide.

    Show threadWessynessyJan 27
    Thanks for a detailed response! I’ll give it a go
    Show thread☂️-Jan 27
    imginn and proxytok are two decent frontends
    Show threadJuliaSuraezJan 27
    Honestly, it’s funny because it’s true 😅 different platforms, different vibes. As long as it makes them laugh, let them enjoy it.
    Show threadUltraGiGaGiganticJan 27
    Dont worry, they will one day require an account to view anything like some of the other online services.
    Show threadanhydrousJan 27
    Or, worse, Xitter. My self-described “liberal” quasi-activist friend kept sending me Xitter links, even after the double salute incident, despite expressing my feelings about that shithole. Not a path I can follow on
    Show threadJohnny101 Feb 25
    So real. Same with drugs.