biggerbogboy

joined 6 months ago
[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The fact that whenever I open myGov on my iPad, and immediately see "connect your digital ID" makes me never want to do that. They also want me to use this ID, which is linked to my Medicare, citizenship, voting, etc., For social media and other accounts, which instantly rings alarm bells in my mind, the government and corpos knowing that I am exactly who I am, and that I am likely not able to disconnect it from myGov nor the social media platforms it could regulate.

Damn, dude looks like somebody that I used to know

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

when I swapped my laptops, I already had chrome on the newer ones which I'm still using, but when I heard about this ublock origin saga, I started putting all my passwords in protonpass, and customised my Firefox install to my liking, CSS and everything. All ready to switch now, and I'm gonna be thanking my past self profusely for actually choosing to switch instead of vegetating.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Or earth F if you put it on a tier list

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 weeks ago

Shutdown aside, I find it funny how discord users start with genuine sad emojis, and then POW, eggplant emoji!

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

The non-stop Lemmy grind is one hell of a drug huh

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't actually, I'll check it out and maybe add an edit to this comment. I have actually tried two others though, I found then via alternativeto:

  • ayesoul.com
  • morphic.sh

Both of these are pretty great candidates, they both have quality content formats and are somewhat more comfortable to use than perplexity in their unique ways, mainly due to minimalism. A drawback of both are that they are slower to answer but not excruciatingly slow.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

I just tried morphic.sh and ayesoul.com and both are solid alternatives I must say, although as I said, I just tried it so I'll see how it goes, I'll probably add an edit to this comment once I get acquainted with both.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Of course the one fucking service that's actually useful for me acts like this... Ig I gotta find an alternative now...

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd just get two toothpicks and make a seesaw to press it, although I pretty much never turn off my computers so I still wouldn't mind too much

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Facts, gotta pump those numbers up chumps

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's always the cool fictional AI companions that become irl slop because of big tech, Cortana for instance...

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