True, but.. First, they get way less data because most JavaScript was cleared out and that cuts tracking by 95% (just to put some figure). Secondly, the idea with those frontend is to have some control (e.g. recommendation algorithm is cleared, or you get to access content without an account, etc.) so, overall there are advantages. Of course, it's a compromise situation.
Maybe the colors were set before syncing? Try adjusting one to a new color, see if that change is synced. It would be silly, but maybe that's the case.
Oh yes, that's an issue with Lemmy. Edits don't get federated, they stay on the instance. I didn't knew but it makes sense that it's the same with votes.
I believe the issue is that to keep every updated you'd need a far more complex system, like streaming the changes or CRDTs.
Well, on Reddit any party can pay the API prices that are needed to scrape data. So, the paywall. I guess it's some measure... But if you are being tracked by such an actor, your threat model can't really include reddit... It's defeating the purpose. All this is discussion on air.
Assuming that is really an issue (depends on who you are, what you're doing, and the motivation of the actor mounting such spying infrastructure), how is it any different on Reddit? First, being closed source and everything, we can't rule out that easier and large scale logging isn't already implemented. Secondly, such actor would probably just pay the API and scrape the same data if not with more details. It would also get extra metadata from brokers, etc.
Ultimately, if you want privacy, I agree that federation is undesired. That's why there are Lemmy instances that block all other instances by default. AFAIK those were from right extremists and pesos, at least judging by the name of their URLs.
How is it "less" private? Because the API isn't a paywall, sure. But... I don't know what's your perspective, really.
Depending on how much infra you want to put up, there's also mailinabox that can do all (email aliases, etc.)
No experience, but saw gorgeous has a guide to migrate. Their latest Blogpost states to do that ASAP coz they're going to stop keeping the drop-in 1:1 replacement to advance in their cool feature set ;)
Your analogy doesn't separate the facts that paying for content to the platform is not the same as paying for it directly to the creator. You, and many people, assume that a high % of what they pay really goes to the creator. That's rarely the case
Also, it's morally wrong that a platform charges you for content they didn't create. Yet, know one seems to question that. I'm a bit pissed at people calling piracy morally questionable without looking into the concrete 'harm'... Hence my post last week, copying is not theft.
The audios from Michel Thomas are great! +1
Well, because they are under constant 'attack', shaming and/ or blaming. The very name is in that context. Affirming your identity then can't be seen as putting excuses (unless if it were seen from the 'attacker' perspective, of course.)
Max of 25gb and Max 24h/ 100 downloads. Else, send.vis.ee allows 5gb and lengthier time and number of downloads, I think it was 1 week as max. And last, there's pcloud.com which is like Dropbox, so it requires registration, and gives you 10gib