I had not heard of delta.chat so, thanks for suggesting it. It seems promising. I have been keeping my eyes out for a good alternate messenger for when I eventually get a new non-iphone (prob something from Murena) and have been dreading the loss of imessenger. May try to give that one a shot before paying for Threema.

What a fucking div

I’m in and from the US and can confirm it is awful and incredibly taxing on the mental health of the sane.

Yeah I thought this was a rare positive action from him.

Is there a good blog or website or thread anyone knows of that is specifically dedicated to app/website/software alternatives that do NOT implement AI?

That’s specifically what has prevented me from using Mallvad so far. There is so much advertising from them that it seems fishy to me.

Literally in the same position you were in before! I’ve only ever bought mac but I currently have a mini pc in my cart ready to purchase along with a usb drive with multiple Linux options. My mac is still running okay, I just hate how they are built to last seemingly not a really long time, so you can buy the next one which will cost even more yet also have fewer needed plug-ins so that they cal also try to sell you a separate thing that has the plug ins you needed. I really hate apple at this point, to be honest. Excited to get something other than an iphone as my next phone when the time comes too.

As an american, I apologize on behalf of these people. I know things aren’t going great over there for you guys too but I very much want to hop over and not come back.

At least your nonce is being kind of punished a little. Our nonces over here in the US get to keep doing what they were doing like nothing happened.

That’s an interesting point and I think you maybe phrased how I’ve felt about twitter and twitter style social media as compared to lemmy/reddit sites. I agree with you there 100%.