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nadram ,
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Bravo. I hate gullibility 😁

What's stopping you from using Ecosia? Your searches could plant trees! ( www.ecosia.org )

Ecosia is a search engine that aggregates search results from multiple other search engines. The ad revenue from our searches funds the planting of trees worldwide. With over 200 million trees planted so far, Ecosia have learned to be fully transparent about their projects, and financials which are available right on that...

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I was really skeptical at first, but they're legit. It's a non-profit that's been around since 2009, based in Berlin. Have a look at their blog, you'll find project updates, the financials are broken down by expenditure and much more. Finally they're getting some spotlight with this recent TechCrunch article and their big efforts on Social. What really hooked me in is that they signed a legal contract binding them to the not-for-profit purpose forever - more on this.
Edit: about Mr. Oliver (love this guy) he is absolutely correct, but he is referring to for-profit companies that pollute and then plant some trees to pretend like they give a damn. Ecosia is a not-for-profit whose purpose is to plant with a purpose, meaning they reconnect forest patches that have been split, they return livelihood and wildlife to areas that have gone through droughts and seen increased poverty etc...

nadram OP ,
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Huh? Not that I know of. They're going strong, taking on more projects around the world and are pretty transparent about what they do - they had an article about how / why one of their projects failed which i read but can't find right now.

nadram OP ,
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They partner with multiple search providers, not just MS. And yes ad-blockers, but I've disabled it for ecosia.org

nadram OP ,
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OK posting here to address the skepticism, which I completely understand and have been through. Here are some articles that came up when simply searching "is ecosia legit": Utopia "Ecosia is certainly legit. It’s above board", Snopes "Ecosia makes money through advertisements on its search engine. While a portion of that money is used to fund the operational costs of the business, about 80% of its surplus revenue is donated to environmental organizations and tree-planting projects around the world.", GoodGoodGood, TechJunkie and there's plenty more

nadram OP ,
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Fair enough. I was using Google + uBlock Origin. I tolerate the ads now on Ecosia and I actually click them when it's what I was searching for.

nadram OP ,
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They're a non-profit, they plant trees, and they're carbon negative. So what are they green-washing?

nadram OP ,
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No such assumption is made. Ecosia is clear when an entire project fails, and takes into account tree survival rates when they claim to have planted over 200 million trees. It's all clarified on their website. Regardless of all of that, they take all ad-revenue to reforest and I'd say that's a better deal than Google or MS.

nadram ,
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I never used Prime Video, and I cancelled my Prime subscription in protest against this shit. Never going back.

nadram ,
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100% relatable. Done with these abusive subscriptions.

nadram ,
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Interesting it does not work on Linux or Android... Didn't understand why though 😬

nadram ,
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Videogames when they nap / sleep. I have 2 kids more or less the same ages. The eldest games a little on weekends with me.

nadram ,
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Unsubscribed just because they pulled this move. None of the 3 people i was sharing it with ended up subscribing.

nadram ,
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Remember, Trump moved the whole US embassy to Jerusalem just to give Palestinians the middle finger. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1I810Z/ You can be sure that a very high majority of US politicians will take the same pro-Israel stand. The reason is simply campaign funding and lobbying. Look at AIPAC

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US politicians are unfortunate hostages to their bigger sponsors / financiers. Most of the players on both sides of the US political spectrum have been funded by israeli or pro-israeli contributors. We call Israel an ally, and that's a nice coat of shiny paint to hide the Stockholm syndrome.

nadram ,
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You're right about that specific hospital, but it's not the only one that was involved in the conflict.

nadram ,
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Hey, this looks super interesting though there's something i did not fully understand: "Fully end-to-end encryption local Signal bridge (local WhatsApp and all e2ee network bridges coming soon)"
Does that mean we get send to end encryption for Signal and Whatsapp and more coming later? I'm assuming i would have to have a WhatsApp account and login through this app to receive Whatsapp messages?

nadram ,
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100% agree with you. Growth must not be the goal, maybe a byproduct. Focusing on growth will eventually compromise the quality of our experience.

nadram ,
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"Yall...". Xitter holier than thou keyboard ninja. It's wrong to mock people but OP must feel like a saint.

nadram ,
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No, nothing wrong with the word y'all. It's the generalization: "Everyone is bad, and i will set you straight"

nadram ,
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All it takes is tougher regulation and enforcement. Just cos some drive erratically, doesn't mean we ban it for everyone. Same goes for cars

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The right thing to do would be to seize Boeing, take it away from its shareholders, hold and interrogate the major shareholders, and regardless of the outcome of interrogations the company should never return to the public. Either dismantle and sell every pathetic asset, or run it as a public company. This is a no-brainer, they should not be allowed to continue with business as usual even if no one is found guilty or no direct link is established.

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Or, this is the reason why the USA already is like Russia... "Suicide by 3 shots in the back then jumped out of the window" kind of scenarios.

nadram ,
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He was suicided

nadram ,
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It took a while for them to preemptively buy their way out of the assassination

nadram ,
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I think it makes sense. VPN changed your location to somewhere there are no nearby users / deals / whatever. Not sure but maybe that's it?

nadram ,
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That took me back to the late 90s

Wendy’s Vows No Burger ‘Surge Pricing’ After Online Fury ( www.thedailybeast.com )

Wendy’s has spoken to its manager after suggestions that it plans to introduce “surge pricing” to its menu received a decidedly frosty response this week, with the company scrambling to clarify that it has no intention of making itself the Uber of fast-food chains.

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It mostly hurts people who don't have any free time and who can only be there at lunch break or dinner, people who have and need their jobs, they're the ones that will pay more, so fuck this CEO up the ass.

Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech ( www.theregister.com )

Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we're closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech's power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.

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Prime example of enshitification 🤣🤣

nadram ,
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I rinse mine in the toilet bowl when it has bleach based toilet cleaner in it. This is the way. Edit: I don't know how to quote :P

nadram ,
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Very good alternative but this pushes the responsibility on the end user. Manufacturers should instead adjust their destructive approach on hardware and software. Our phones are built to break at the first fall and now we all have to buy cases to protect them, and if they survive long enough well it's the software that becomes obsolete... how silly is that

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That would be a fair comparison if i could replace my screen or camera for free. You pay for the parts and the labor either way.

nadram ,
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Chrome is great at multi-user switching. FF in comparison is @$$ in that respect...
I went back to FF around a month ago after a decade long hiatus.

nadram ,
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The time and effort you put into typing this comment, would have been better spent discussing the more important, relevant and dangerous issues you can find simply in the headline. 1- big oil has our politicians in their pockets. 2- The UK government is putting people in jail for protesting, not rioting. And so what if you're late for work? Are you so overpaid that you prioritize getting to the office on time over a protest to avoid planetary genocide? Turn off your car and join the march!!

nadram ,
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I did achieve something through protest: pushing out an invading army. Beirut 2005. But please tell me more about your inconveniences.

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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0c299ead-0a4c-448f-876a-b35bb5f03d63.jpeg

This website talking trash about Google ads 🤣

nadram ,
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Unfortunately I think Threads is going to be the big winner here… People love the brands; Meta attracts more than Mastodon…

nadram ,
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That’s a great idea and can be implemented in the security app or a simple menu in your settings.

nadram ,
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Right. They don’t have to give you an opinion about the quality, just that it’s not an original part. The rest is up to the user

nadram ,
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there is a lot of anger

nadram ,
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And the funds used for support of Ukrainian refugees and Italian homeless.

nadram ,
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The speech was very balanced and fair. The problem to the israeli government is that it did not throw all of the blame on palestinians or hamas, and therefore they took offence.

nadram OP ,
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Likewise. Jumped at it immediately

nadram OP ,
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Sorry i wasn’t in the loop when we decided to stop talking about the town clown. I guess I’ll stop being an idiot now. Thanks for the advice.

nadram ,
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Every laptop, mobile phone, TV, smart home devices and their mothers have an unkillable backdoor. What’s new?

nadram ,
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This isn’t a shitpost, this is truth brilliantly represented 🙏

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