Apple speaks out on social issues. Apple also does the opposite in its own interests these days because… you know why. In today’s day Apple can’t have it both ways.

Crazy that nobody has mentioned Mona. It’s Fantastic and endlessly customizable.

I’ve been on Pixelfed for a long while and never did I ever think “If I follow someone, I want to see their text-only posts.” Why? Because it’s an image sharing platform. It’s specifically designed to show images and that’s fine with me.

I feel like this article is trying to stir up some controversy where there isn’t any.

Thanks for reading and for the feedback!

My goal with the series is to start small and make it digestible for people to see they can make simple changes that make big results. I 100% agree there’s hurdles and more points to make, which is why I decided to write it as a series.

The goals I have is to show we don’t need to be dependent on the apps themselves, alternatives exist (fediverse, RSS, etc), and yes AdBlockers and recognizing dark patterns. To me, it’s a slow burn for people to see the way they hate the way things are can be changed, but IMO it has to be presented in pieces that don’t feel like a massive overhaul.

If anyone is looking for a great wallpaper app that supports a good company, Wallaroo from Icon Factory is absolutely fantastic and supports good devs that have made great software for a long time.

Until Jellyfin is as easy to use for Normals AND it has an actual appleTV app, it’s a nonstarter for me.

Plex is enforcing a change they announced months ago and ONLY requires the server owner to have plex pass which you should already because it’s absolutely worth it. Now, if they made it that my mom and friends and everyone else I share to needed a pass, that’s a different story.

Supporting plex with a pass makes sense. The software is stable and constantly worked on (regardless if you like the changes or not) so Pass is worth it for the features it unlocks.

Jellyfin is great for single users watching on non-Apple hardware in their own home. For me (and I suspect many others) I’m not jumping ship unless Jellyfin either significantly improves on what I need or Plex enshittifies to a point where it’s untenable.

AFAIK Anubis is a bot checker and not a caching service.

It is worth noting that due to the challenges associated with tariffs in the US, this time, the #Plushtodon will only be available in Europe.

Guess I’m SOL. 😒

Hey remember the time Republicans complained about the same thing, so Google built a system they could use to bypass spam filters, but no Republicans used it, so Google shut the program down?

Pepperidge Farm remembers. RNC sued Google for filtering spam but never used Gmail tool that bypasses filter

Full unsupervised robotaxi while your car makes money for you as you sleep, in 6-months. Pinky promise.

Yup. Spent about 1.5 seconds on that site before closing it out.

Stopped reading as soon as I saw an AI image for the article.

Crazy how good it is, right?

Google enshittified so gradually, we never even noticed.

Kagi is worth it though. Been paying for 3-months and the ability to search, get info, click through quickly is a breath of fresh air. It’s what Google USED to be. Plus it downranks pages with excessive trackers, you can prefer or omit websites from results based on personal preference, and it’ll even alert you when websites have paywalled answers. The Kagi free trial is all I needed to be convinced.

Kagi. Kagi is the answer. Been using it for 3-months and it’s absolutely worth the $5 a month.

It’s to keep you on Google as long as possible. Google doesn’t care about ad impressions off-site. Look at it this way:

You search for something and AI surfaces full answers to you at the top. Now, Google can “alter the deal” in the near-future where “sponsored AI results” come into play and are incorporated into The Answer. THAT is the gold mine. Right now (and forever) it’s been about being on the first page of results and now it’s about being the first result “above the fold” so people don’t even need to scroll. This is going to change to be the “AI answer” so your website / product / service is mixed into the answer. Pay-for-play just like everything else.

This method will rapidly train users to just search, view AI results, then click through those paid results or move onto something else. Those AI incporated impressions will make Google money and the possible click-through from the AI answer will yield more money.

Companies are already working to optimize so AIs will recommend their products and services when people ask things like “I’m going on vacation to the mountains for a week. What gear would you recommend?”

I find tapestry to be way better than surf. I use both but surf just feels confusing while tapestry do everything in a cleaner way.