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Correct, ChatGPT is proprietary spyware.

If the interface would support self hosted (local/offline) LLMs, then I’m sure people would be much more interested.

Wen AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA games?

WASM projects can be open source,
just like Android apps can be.

However in both instances the compiled versions of it are not easily readable.

Also you can validate binaries against a shasum to ensure no tampering has happened with them.

WASM = WebAssembly,
this has nothing to do with Java,
but with JS (JavaScript).

JS works with JIT (Just In Time) compilation, meaning every user that requests a web page, will request the JS and your browser will compile that JS on the fly as you request it.

WASM on the other hand is pre-compiled once, by the developer, when he/she is making the code. So when a user requests a WASM binary, they don’t have to wait for JIT compilation, since it was already pre-compiled by the developer.

They only have to wait for a tiny piece of JS,
which is still JIT compiled,
a tiny piece of JS to load in the WASM binary.

This saves the user from waiting on JIT compilation and thus speeds up requesting web pages.

WASM also increases security,
since binaries are harder to reverse engineer then plain text JS.

Due to those reasons,
I believe WASM will be the future for Web development.

No clue why people are hating on WASM,
but I guess they just don’t grasp all of the above yet.

TLDR: But-hurt C++ dev has a hard time accepting that his favorite language is not memory safe.

Gitea is not really recommended anymore these days, due to being taken over by a for-profit comany + introducing a paid tier.

Nowadays Forgejo is the project to look at.

I don’t trust CloudFlare with my data,
assume they will sell it since it’s a for-profit company.

Meanwhile Quad9 touts about not logging IPs and being GDPR compliant.

Nice try CloudFlare,
but I’m still picking Quad9 any day over you:

https://www.quad9.net/

SearXNG

To prevent getting rate-limited I use it through SearXNG instance randomizers:

• GimmeASearX - Self hosted
• SearX NeoCities - Publicly hosted

These enhance the privacy even further.

DDG is not recommended anymore.

Say no to CBDCs! (Central Bank Digital Currencies)

They go directly against all the core principles of crypto!

Which is to take away the power of centralized abusing parties (who slowly steal the value of our current FIAT currencies through deficit spending + fractional banking) and put them back in the hands of the people through a fair de-centralized system (which should not allow for deficit spending, nor fractional banking, and respects your privacy on top)

I highly recommend to read more about the risks of CBDCs here: https://www.cato.org/study/risks-of-cbdcs

I’d recommend to use both.

uBlock does a nice job of blocking well known advertisements.

However NoScript, is more secure because it disables all JS by default.
While offering you an easy UI to (temporarily/permanently) whitelist individual components.

Keep in mind, this will cause rather heavy site breakage in the first few weeks of using it.
However that will get better once you whitelisted the bare essentials for the sites you regularly visit.

Most sites use 0 to 3 JS sources enabled in NoScript to read/work correctly.
While spy-ware/telemetry infested sites will ship with up to 15 or so JS sources.

It appears to require an account though?
Which I call a downside for privacy concious users.

Still up for better alternatives.
But for now I’ve been using TheMovieDb.

https://themoviedb.org/movie

Then use the Filters section:

• Select Genres you want to watch
• Set User Score between 7 - 10
• Set Minimum User Votes to 50
• Alter the Filters more if you desire
• Click Search

For power users, I recommend to use a plugin like NoScript though, to block Google/CookieLaw’s hidden JS spyware on the site (they’re on 2/3th of the web tho).

https://noscript.net

Beware, NoScript will break some sites,
and will require you to manually enable/whitelist JS (JavaScript) sources for sites + CDNs to fix this again.

Sugar, Salt, Fat, the perfect ingredients,
to cultivate obese addicts with failing kidneys.

But you’re “loving it” right?
Same as I, why would that be?.. :)

You’re both kinda right afaik.

MicroG reverse engineered, and re-written as much as possible from GApps libraries, from the ground up, as open source software.

These re-implementations are as light weight and privacy respecting as possible on your local device,
however the same does not count for the Google servers it communicates with (if you choose to enable them).

For SafetyNet attestation, a proprietary, isolated, DroidGuard blob is downloaded (if you choose to enable it).

How about GApps tho? You know, the piece of spyware Google embeds in Android’s system partition?

FYI:
Private open source alternative to it,
is MicroG

Heya Antik :D

You can’t blame people for the (sometimes) limited brainset they receive.

If it’s unclear to the majority, then it’s Lemmy which should aim to simplify the process of joining/explaining it to the general population.

Federated software is awesome, but sadly the recruiting process is still too difficult for many.

If it’s unclear which app to download / which instance to join, then that’s where a lot of registrations are being missed out on.

In the meantime, you can spread public awareness about the issues with FIAT currencies around the globe.

I’m mostly talking about:

• Deficit spending: Where your central bankers are allowed to lend out more then they have, but ask interest for it.
• Fractional banking: Where your regional bankers are allowed to lend out X% of money that you deposit.

In laymans terms “printing money”.

Both lead to eventual but guaranteed hyper inflation due to increases in the money supply.

See for yourself by looking up the EUM3, GBM3 and USM2 charts, which visualize the total circulating money supply.

Economics 101:

• Chart goes up? More in circulation, each unit worth less, due to abundancy
• Chart goes down? Less in circulation, each unit worth more, due to scarcity.

If you look up the charts, you’ll see them generally rising over-time. With a small periodic dip here/there, but generally rising.

However, we need a system that has a frigging straight line… Instead of centralized private entities (ECB, FED, BOE) pulling the strings as to where it goes.

My hope lies in crypto for this, which humanity is doing a good job of, of ruining it’s reputation. But my faith in the OG crypto principles/projects remain.

Have not used FreeTube myself.
However it appears to be reputable / decent.

• It’s source is open: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
• It’s mentioned in the Invidious repo: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious#projects-using-invidious

Rule of thumb:

• Steer clear of proprietary / closed source software
• Always aim to use open source software if possible