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New comment by snottynose in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"

snottynose — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:11:10 +0000

Hear, hear.

New comment by snottynose in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"

snottynose — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:09:47 +0000

> I just don’t read content on there any more

This is the sensible response. I'm always bemused by the reactions that go: "this is a garbage site but I am forced to use it every day". Be grateful that your social media addiction is now automatically mitigated! Go outside!

New comment by snottynose in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"

snottynose — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:06:03 +0000

I mean, if the government would not demolish your house the second they found out about it...

New comment by snottynose in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"

snottynose — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:02:36 +0000

It's funny, concomittant all this chest beating about representing open societies, democracies, unlike those creepy evil authoritarian states which we don't like, that the EC seems hell bent on proving we can have a police state _just_ as intrusive if not more than say: Russia. This is not how we were supposed to prove that we are better.

New comment by snottynose in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"

snottynose — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:54:58 +0000

It is true that Google (de facto) controls the platform and made themselves (de facto) essential to utilizing the platform by integrating their proprietary services so deeply into the OS that you need to be a behemoth of Samsungs caliber to even attempt to meaningfully re-purpose the AOSP, and this was a brilliant strategy because it has allowed Google to solidify their spot in the duopoly / oligarchy while seeming "open". But. I do believe that Google will continue to publish the AOSP source code under a permissive license and that this code will be indispensible to a European Manhattan project for tech sovereignty, should policymakers ever see the light.

New comment by snottynose in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"

snottynose — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:46:05 +0000

It is one extra attack vector. There is a data leak reported every week, and it is now apparent we cannot trust any organization to handle any datum securely, at all. It has gotten to the point where I now consider every piece of information compromised and sold on the dark web as soon as I am forced to transfer it to a third party. Because those are the odds.

New comment by snottynose in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"

snottynose — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:41:08 +0000

Not necessary to hearken back so far in history. In our present age the intelligence services consistently do not respect privacy rights of citizens, even when they are legally bound to.

https://www-bitsoffreedom-nl.translate.goog/2026/07/06/aivd-...