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From the related post linked by op, it’s described as just a portion of the managed instance hosting fee going back to the project devs. So if you pay them to host a lemmy instance, a small cut goes to Lemmy devs. Doesn’t seem sketchy at all. Seems to have nothing to do with monetizing the instance itself, which could be funded by voluntary donations as normal or you could probably do membership fees as some instances do. It seems this is just about giving funding to the software devs. Hopefully this encourages other managed hosting providers to also give a cut of their revenue to the software they are using for their business.

I think a better comparison re: cars would be if inspections could only be performed by Ford or GM and the inspection rules were made by them instead of the government. They could say: we’re no longer passing inspections on models older than 5 years old, or if you used non-approved oil or filters the toll roads are gonna block you. They could put ads on your infotainment system and say you won’t get an inspection pass if you block them or replace the infotainment system with something else. Did you bypass the subscription lock on your heated seat? No more highway driving for you.

I recently switched from mullvad to Mozilla and it’s been a smooth transition. I don’t worry that much about some logging because I just need something to connect my torrent client to so I don’t get a letter. I used to have a subscription on mullvad but they got rid of recurring subscriptions like last year, and when I went to change my payment method I got locked out and forced to use one time refills.

I don’t like that they force you to use their app though, so I’m still shopping around for alternatives that can just give you the ovpn or wg.conf since an all obviously can’t be run on my router or my synology

Season 6 and 7 both have 2 parts which IMDb calls seasons 6/7 and 8/9, causing season 8 to be season 10 on IMDb, while Wikipedia and TVdb have 2 parts season 6 and 7 leading to the new season being 8.

This is the bane of my Plex organizing existence. Though luckily in this case Plex metadata and torrents agree on having 2 part season 6 and 7.

That video has become required watching material / hazing ritual for new roommates. Mostly for the detailed explanation on the importance of pre-wash soap, but also for the tips on preheating the water.

The more anti-consumer shit they pull, the more of my friends I get to join my Plex server, for marginal cost since more users barely means any more used electricity.

The ability to nullify side effects :) I’ll be rich as a doctor

It uses the zip archive feature that they allow you to request and export so at least it doesn’t use a direct connection or API. I think there is also some EU rule or something about requiring it because Dansup was asking about filing a complaint because of the export format being convoluted or something, not sure of the details but hopefully that means there’s some legal weight to the export feature sticking around.

Last I checked, Reddit being “cucked and left wing” wasn’t one of the reddit protest complaints.

I also used to cancel often, I would accept 30 day trials and then immediately schedule cancellation for the end (it’s really nice that they actually let you do that instead of making you wait until just before the end). They just kept offering 30 day trials so I kept doing that. Nowadays I use ebay as much as possible first, and accept 30 day trials if offered when I have to resort to Amazon. To help make up for it I always make sure to use the included twitch prime sub on a streamer I like, also surprising that prime trials include a twitch prime sub.

I think you can follow a channel and see videos as posts. Then replying to the post shows up as a federated comment. I haven’t tried it though.

Their last suggestion is actually Digg, so it looks like they got that covered lmao

We just need to post tons about our niche interests until fediverse sites start ranking higher due to having fresher more up to date information, bringing us back to the time where search results yielded hits from a range of specialized forums, except this time they’re all connected.

Similar experience here, I drink decaf espresso and more than 1 cup even of decaf in the morning can leave me jittery and clammy for most of the day. So I try to limit it to 1 per day and skip days as well to ward off headaches. I’ve tried adding L-theanine on occasion (which for some seems to steer the effects of coffee more towards tea) and it might help some for me but not by much.

Looks like there’s already a suggestion for something along those lines here: https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/65

Never bad to add your thumbs up to the issue to show it’s wanted

What the hell lmao, literally 2 posts down on my feed is the Verge article from today which states:

While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that; more than 80 percent of the top 5,000 communities by daily active users are now open

???

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout