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Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"Many small instances that can survive with a couple of donations" seems much more sustainable than a handful of large ad-selling business "powered by Mastodon".

Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Well said! My instance doesn't need ads because the servers don't care about profits.

Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

I've never seen an ad-based tier on a Mastodon instance and the network does just fine 🤷‍♂️

Without executives leeching money from going to the actual cost of servers things seem to work better! Go figure!

if you looking for a good alternative for google search, try "SearXNG" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How does it work self hosting? Is it querying other search engines or just maintaining a database on your server?

Wikipedia is under assault: rogue users keep posting AI generated nonsense in c/[email protected]
Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I was just thinking the same thing. It's rare that the bullshit from tech companies is so quickly identified packaged and labeled like that (even if we are still calling it "AI").

Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't put a lot of faith in the intelligence of a woman who would marry a Lemmy user.

Already feels like this sometimes in c/[email protected]
Already feels like this sometimes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I agree! Don't run your mouth in public then complain when someone asks you how do you know the thing you're running your mouth about is true. If in 2034 someone who has never seen snow wants more evidence than some idiot on the Internet's feelings on the topic then asking is totally justified.

Already feels like this sometimes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I think it's totally reasonable to ask for a source about a historical claim if something hasn't been true for over a decade?

EDIT: My source for this opinion is here

Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The average Joe or Jane have no idea about ad blocking possibilities. They think ads are just the normal price you pay for surfing the web.

Actually about a third of all users have an adblocker installed. Adblocking has been mainstream for a while, no doubt why Google finally stopped pretending they were OK with it.

[Cory Doctorow] With An Audacious Plan To Halt The Internet’s Enshittification And Throw It Into Reverse in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

What you've expressed is not pessimism it's cynicism.

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Sonarr-style auto-downloader for YouTube? (startrek.website)
 

I'm trying to be more mindful about my YouTube consumption, there are a lot of quality channels out there, but sticking to "subscriptions" is difficult when the YouTube app on my TV has so much distracting recommended content and shorts thrown at you, so I'd like to have a way to auto-download the content from specific channels to play later via Plex. I actually have YT Premium but plan on putting the money into the Patreons of my most-watched creators instead.

Features I'm looking for:

  • Automated downloading of new videos from specific channels
  • Ability to ignore/skip shorts
  • SponsorBlock if possible
  • Vimeo (and others) integration would be a huge plus too.
  • A way to easily add videos to a download queue manually (browser extension or something) for when I come across an interesting video in the wild" by someone I'm not subscribed to/don't want to subscribe to.

Things I've looked into:

  • TubeSync - returns 500 errors anytime it's indexing, which it does every day, meaning setup is very tedious. It's also frustrating to configure for every single channel independently, but (ostensibly) does what I'm looking for? I think?
  • TubeArchivist - Try as I might I just cannot get this up and running on CasaOS/Docker. Seems nice, but also looks like overkill for my use case.
  • YoutubeDL-Material - Struggling to get this installed too, but it also doesn't seem to have additional features like SponsorBlock.

Anything I'm missing or are these basically the main options for now? Would love something as simple as Sonarr.

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USB drive for safe long term offsite backup with RPi? (startrek.website)
 

My goal is to create an simple offsite backup of my CasaOS setup using a RasPi 3b+ with external USB drive at a friend's house. Are there any recommended methods for doing this?

Also: what should I look for in an external hard drive as far as reliability goes for something that will essentially always be on? I'm not well versed in all the WD blue, red, etc. Does it matter?

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