using Gecko instead of WebView-- which is based on Chromium-- is a plus
I've never claimed otherwise.
noodlejetski
joined 1 year ago
ever since it stopped relying on the built-in Android WebView engine and started packing Gecko (which happened a few years ago), it stopped being "much smaller" than Firefox. the package size is a similar 100 MB now.
without them changing their habits? you don't.
they like having a private space where they can be as racist and bigoted as they want to be
they encrypt the content, but not the metadata. so Meta might not know what you're talking about, but will know who do you talk with, how often, where from, for how long, and so on. that'll often be more valuable for advertisers than the contents of the messages themselves.
they are collating and amalgamating data coming from a single IP
lol no shit. of course they're aggregating location data, this is how, among other examples, some therapists ended up having their patients recommended as Facebook friends in the past.
if they see someone being frequently in the same location you are and at the same time you are, they will leverage your relationship to serve you ads based on their (and, presumed by the algorithm, shared to some extent) interests.
The only explanation I have is that it's somehow still listening.
or the other person participating in the conversation had looked them up.
the fourth thing: why should I bother reading something someone didn't bother writing?
yeah but imagine the screen size though
there are some Mastodon instances (like bird.makeup) that mirror posts from Twitter accounts, someone just has to request to mirror each specific account first. technically someone could set up a Pixelfed instance that would do the same with Instagram users, but 1. storage is much more of an issue when it comes to a media-first service, and 2. I bet Meta's legal team is much more trigger happy than Twitter's.