I think its downfall was being a closed beta, which made it useless for communicating with other people who weren’t already invited

Yep, there’s an additional filter for those

They have also injected Javascript into pages (selling new modems) and add(ed) unique headers to HTTP traffic so websites could identify individual users despite their best attempts.

This must have been pre-HTTPS since you’d need to MitM the SSL certificate for that to work

Also self hosted Wireguard on a foreign VPS

I literally don’t even notice between the VPN being enabled or disabled

lol. Hide your private traffic by routing it all to Google

I’ve customised mine to resemble Infinity (the app I used for reddit)

Are you aware Infinity is available for Lemmy now?

You’re surprised that Google apps contain Google advertising trackers?

Yea I appreciate that. It’s a feature request, just hoping it gains some popularity

I’d wager the Lemmy community is more savvy about privacy than most

Yep, and that’s why my LineageOS install has none of these apps

That’s why I’m saying it could be an APK file we can download from Github/wherever

I’m afraid it’s a no deal from me.

I think it’s safe to say the Lemmy community is much more mindful of trackers in apps

Yep, losing a sale from me for this

I can live with it being closed source, but I want an app without trackers built in (even if they’re not used)

I’d like to pay for an app where I’m not the product

Is there a possibility of a paid app which doesn’t include the sharing of my data?

Yea but does that prevent Google from getting that data via AdMob?

Hm, they’ve pre-emptively blocked threads.net. But yea the list is shorter

Could be device fingerprinting

Not in favour of this.

I chose Lemmy.world because I wanted an instance that would federate even with people I might disagree with. If it’s illegal and abusive, sure. But to defederate on ideological grounds? I was planning a recurring donation but this makes me consider setting up my own instance.

They’re welcome to whatever discussions they want to have on their instance. As long as they respect the rules of other instances when they’re here, then everybody wins.

As for their point about dismantling western propaganda - if they have documented sources then let’s have a conversation. It’s not like there isn’t western propaganda

Yea implying that we don’t have propaganda and narratives on our side of the wall is naive

If we want the truth then an open discussion is the path. There will be arguments in bad faith, sure. But that’s not limited to “them”. It’s a human discussion thing.

How many GB is your filesystem/database as a single-user instance?

I just want it to be usable without Google Play Services