Yeah we need to go back to a curated list of content like back in the days of directories.

Not all the world is the US. Luckily.

Norm Macdonald would be proud of this, he had a friend that worked under that bridge.

I don’t know which country OP is from, but it’s completely legal in many countries. Source

Good luck with that 😂

I don’t think it will ever be possible unless they rewrite huge chunks of the codebase. Many tools require only one layer to be selected.

A tree wouldn’t even be able to grow, because the ground under the grass is super thin. There’s a thick layer of concrete under that grass.

Have you seen the average person recently? They like to be spoon-fed content in a passive way. Look at Instagram Reels or TikTok.

Mastodon is fine for geeks like us, but the average Joe would find it dead and boring. Bluesky managed to fill that hole left by Twitter.

Yeah I think “benefit company” is the most bullshit thing ever invented

Plex is completely enshittified at this point.

• You need to pay if you want to share your movies with friends
• They spy your watch list, and share what you watched with your friends by sending them emails
• They released a new half broken app
• They removed the “party” option that let you watch a movie together with friends remotely
• They’re actively trying to hide the personal streaming features in order to push people to their legally (and ad-riddled) streamed movies

So Jellyfin is now the best solution afaik

Also, I don’t know how it was in other countries, but I remember that pay-tv services in Italy didn’t have ads during programs and films, but only between the programs. It was a way better experience.

People are downvoting you, but I remember going on porn websites at 9 years old and it was great. I turned out fine, and I’m glad my parents didn’t check my browser history.

You’re partially right, I’d like to add some details: websites can also check if a domain (e.g. example.com) actually exists. So if you smash random letters on your keyboard and you end up with a non-existing domain, a website will be able to stop you from using that address.

More advanced websites also check for an MX record on the domain DNS. If a domain exists but it doesn’t have an MX record, then it’s not going to be able to receive emails and may be blocked in sign up forms.

Edit: not only an MX record, but also an A record, because if no MX record is present, then the mail is sent to the A record as a fallback (even though, in all honesty, I think this is a very uncommon configuration on the modern internet).

But there must be a (long) max length anyway, to prevent some kinds of attacks.

Damn he was right. I miss him.

And perfect lawns are horrible for the environment!

Qwant is also good. And it’s building their own index together with Ecosia.

No, I think that having more standardisation is key. Just join as a full EU member, and everything will be easier. Why bothering having your own currency when we can all have the euro?

Yes. Disabling RCS is the first thing I do on every new phone. Nobody uses text messages in my country anyway.

Haha yeah sure. That will never happen.

If you use Android, install Firefox, add the uBlock Origin plugin and your experience will instantly become better.

But it’s super sad that we need to resort to ad blockers to have a decent web experience.