Is it true that there is no truly independent web browser or are there others?

Thanks for the reply. I’d argue it’s still worthwhile to speak out in a peaceful manner and hope that truth will prevail, but maybe you’re right and I am too optimistic

As chaotic and brave as possible or not at all.

That’s sounds accurate for Russia, but could it be that different strategies remain possible in the US? The US could be on it’s way to be a totalitarian state like Russia, but it’s not there yet, and still has a lot of (flawed) democratic institutions. I think in the US you can still protest without being put in jail.

Imagine what learning would be like if teachers and programmers from all over the world collaborated in making the best possibles resources for learning, and all of that would be in the public domain so anyone from all over the world, rich or poor could use it to learn. It seems such a big opportunity and once we start building it would only get better over time. Good to hear France gets it. Can’t we, as in the EU, put some funds into such projects?

He’s saying he’ll ban them from his company, like employees in offices. He’s not saying he’ll ban users from using Apple devices.

I’m wondering the same thing. Is this coincidence?

I like algorithms giving me suggestions in all sorts of ways, but not shady ones. None of the people around me seem to mind, but I worry about a company like Google strongly influencing what information we consume. Even if they didn’t use this influence, it’s dangerous to have them in the position where they could.

Not that I’m aware of but I never looked into this.

Never a bad time to plug ListenBrainz. ListenBrainz logs what you listen so you can keep track of what you hear and it helps you get recommendations and insights into your listening habits. It’s not specifically for music pirates but it is compatible with music piracy. You can submit listens from all kinds of sources, youtube, spotify, but also local files (pirated or not). ListenBrainz is FOSS and publishes all their data on a open license, for the benefit of everyone.

I don’t think this is true though. If you come up with clever inputs you can certainly invent new styles, with AI being your instrument. At the point of plagiarizing, that’s what all artists have done for the entire history of art and I don’t think there is anything wrong with it.

I don’t understand the problem people have with AI art, anyone care to convince me how it’s somehow immoral to use a computer for making art work?

This is not a black and white issue though, that is to say: not all civilians are innocent, and not all officials are monsters

Hmm, I feel like the US are why Israel can do as it pleases. If it weren’t for the US backup the chances of a new war on Israel by several of it’s neighbors backed by Iran would be very plausible. I don’t wish for this to happen, it would be horrible, and I understand that the US should perhaps back Israel to a certain degree. But in return they can ask a lot from Israel, and if Israel doesn’t even comply with not committing terrible war crimes, then the US could threaten them with not having their backs anymore.

What I’m trying to say is: I think you underestimate the role the US can play.

Completely quit Reddit. It’s a shame that the article fails to mention the fediverse as a new rising alternative in response to enshittification.

Super Agent - Automatic Cookie consent. Despite the name it can be used for auto-rejecting cookies

Ah yes you’re right, I forgot about that because I’ve never used either of those option. But it’s actually quite inconsistent that on MB you get the 5 start rating scale and on ListenBrainz you only get like/hate. Your suggestion to link them definitely makes sense to me.

Not sure what you mean. I don’t think there is a like function in MusicBrainz, is there? You can ‘love’ or ‘hate’ tracks in ListenBrainz

Are you aware of eavesdrop.fm?

I have no experience with it myself, but from this overview I see there is this service called eavesdrop.fm

No, all data in ListenBrainz is available for everyone.