The argument I agree with is that Python is the best language to learn if it’s your only language, and Java is the best first language if you’re going to learn others. The syntax from Java is shared across so many other languages and it forces you to learn about things like objects and types. You could make an argument for C or C++ but Java’s handholding is more beginner friendly imo

It can help with standardization and some security benefits to run things in the JVM, part of the reason it’s so popular in enterprise

Well, sounds like I have six weeks to spin up Jellyfin side-by-side with Plex to see if I can get away with not paying the $120 ransom…

I moved from Firefox on Android to Brave recently because it was too often breaking sites or taking much longer to load. Firefox just added a report broken sktes feature to the app though so maybe I’ll go back. Be the change I want to see in the world and whatnot.

As far as I can tell you can’t donate to Firefox specifically. I would if I could.

I bet most of the money goes to Mullvad because they run the actual VPN service. Mozilla just does the front end and user management.

I’d be okay with sites showing me unintrusive non targeted ads, but since it’s all or nothing I choose nothing.

I guess you would need a lot of proxies. And they probably need to be on Googles good side to keep their VPN extension in Chrome

I wonder if they’re using the (paid) Google and Brave APIs, and are running Leta as a loss leader, or if they have some way to get around it

Nord has been on my shit list ever since one of their servers got physically penetrated and they tried to slide it under the rug rather than notify users

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been burned by every free VPN I’ve used due to one scandal or another. I just gave up and pay for Mullvad when I need one. I haven’t done much research, but the Brave VPN is probably a decent free one. Or Tor, but it might not be what you’re looking for.

They’ve only made a standalone video addressing stuff a few times on their channel, the vast majority of the time they save it for WAN Show or at most a community post.

He said on the WAN show that when they dropped Honey a few years ago, the news was going around all over creator circles and a lot of other creators dropped them then too. And they didn’t make a video because at the time only the affiliate yoinking was known, and the audience would probably call them shills for making a video about how they’re losing money due to their audience saving money.

I don’t think his defense is 100% airtight, but it’s useful context.

AI bad grrrrr

I bought a ticket, thanks for the post. I don’t expect to win, but it’d be cool if I did and it’s a good excuse to send $10 to some cool projects

Is this similar to how Mozilla is set up?

I know apps don’t like having subscriptions through Apple/Google where they take 15-30%, but it does make it easier to cancel sometimes

I’m visually impaired so it’s entirely possible I missed them

I didn’t know until today that you could opt out of it

I get it. I basically have to browse on the everything tab to get enough content, and just block the politics communities because I get enough of that from everywhere else in life. I’ve been using the lack of content to just ween myself off social media though, rather than go back to Reddit. This is the only “social media app” I have installed on my phone unless you count Discord and YouTube