I will cancel my subscription

50 and this naive?

Ok, do any good mesh networks exist today that people actually use? I'd love to invest in some hardware and join some form of this.

You must provide your age and DNA sample too

Let us know what you find. I'm ready to go back to the 90s/early 2000s internet. Golden era of the internet.

Among us nerds, I'm sure.

Black jack anddddd....

Car forums are still alive and well because they're a great repository of knowledge. There
are plenty of computing forums too still.

It’s about the information vacuum. Now every service will get your ID or photo, giving them both age and a whole sort of other metrics to build a profile on you. And yes, Lemmy.ca doesn’t know that about me.

Plot twist: they're 17 and covering their tracks

There are already far more people in raw numbers on various federated/non-commercial/self-hosted/indie web stuff than there ever were on the early web- it just takes a little effort to find it.

Isn't that how it started

They intend to tie a name to every keystroke

I am already browsing the "old way", since the mess with reddit...

I found out there is a forum for everything. It's not centralized in one website, but it's not that different than browsing /r/whatever you know.

More often than not, the discussions are more intelligent and on point too.

For my doom-scrolling needs, Lemmy does the job.

Sure but it would be trivial for a company to build profiles on people using public apps like Lemmy.

Google already changed logged out YouTube to a single row of recommendations and a button to login on roku and Android shield when it used to look like the logged in version just a couple weeks ago. Probably the kick I needed to get off, mostly just using it for a couple smaller call-in/debate streamers I can switch to a podcast or other version.

But not necessarily link it to your other accounts or real identity, which is the point.

Lol no it isn't.

People have killed for less

I gotta be honest I thought I’d never be able to quit Reddit. But it was a lot easier when I just did it. If this shit becomes the norm, I’ll back out of a site first time they try that shit and block the site. Maybe I’ll just have to stop using the internet. Wouldn’t that be a net positive on my life. You made me do this, capitalism.

Lemmy will be pressured into age verification also and most hosts will crumble. $50M per caught infraction is wild.

We gonna end up going back to libraries. Which actually would be cool as fuck. Like Yentl when all those dudes are hanging out in a big ass room talking philosophy. It'll re-spark the postal service. Live music will thrive. Coz everyone will be like fuck the internet, we'll do it live.