These charts are pretty bad put a little more effort in
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Yea, in hindsight the original (https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1jcr8ks/here_is_the_new_and_improved_guide_to_help_you/) was not worth sharing.
New version still misspells it "Mastadon" haha
Master Don.
Why Waterfox over LibreWolf? I have only used LibreWolf, which is my 99%-of-the-time browser, and I am curious.
Why not use something like Matrix (Element) as a messenger alternative?
I found it difficult to transfer contacts there compared to signal, but you're right, it's better.
Again, add Matrix or xmpp instead of just Signal & Disroot as well in the email section
Spotify shouldn't be on this list... They exploit artists and platform joe rogans horseshit for profit
Qobuz is great though, they also provide lossless music which Spotify still don’t.
And i think they donated money to Trump also.
Honest question, is Switzerland a part of the EU now, or do they just get a pass for being surrounded?
It's like norway, the only way in which they're not part of the EU is that they don't get to vote and they have a handful of exceptions to highly specific things, e.g. norway REALLY doesn't want to let anyone else tell them how to fish.
@RvTV95XBeo @SrMono No, but what is your gripe? Located in Europe. Spend most of their money in Europe and have the same general mentality. Strongly focused on privacy.
They are not an official member, but being surrounded by EU countries lead to them being included in a lot of treaties and such.
Oftentimes they are considered friendly.
Even in the 1930/40s?
That is offtopic 😂
Where's the part suggesting getting off social media altogether, and stocking up on guns, ammo, and cans of beans?
@skeptomatic @SrMono You find that aplenty over on Matrix...
And in other communities. Also you misspelled beer.
Is Waterfox the most recommended Firefox alternative nowadays after the recent Firefox controversy?
Also not sure I would call Proton privacy focused. I still use it, but they have been rating out an environment activist to French authorities before.
Well, Proton tries as best as they can, but they are not above the law.
They retain as little information as possible, but in the end when the authority come knocking best they can do is appeal, but in the end they can't refuse to hand that over.
Privacy does not exist in absolute, but only in relation to a threat model. If your threat model includes state actors coming after you, you should avoid leaving them your billing information, so pay with bitcoin or cash by mail.
If, like most of us here, your threat model includes mainly surveillance capitalism, then using a credit card is fine.
No Threema?
Unfortunately, Threema will never be a real alternative because of the price tag. There are just too many good alternative that are for free. For example, Element is European, privacy-wise good and for free.
Xmpp ?
That is a nice protocol. If you are interested in messenger then translate this page via an extension https://www.kuketz-blog.de/die-grosse-messenger-uebersicht-kompakt-kritisch-direkt/
In what way is mastodon privacy focused?
focused is not a good word for it but i do think it's fair to say that not actively milking you for data is caring about privacy these days.
To quote James Hetfield...
Sad but true.
Well, the flyer originated here: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1jcr8ks/here_is_the_new_and_improved_guide_to_help_you/ but mastodon stands out as it has no commercial driver. There aren't any ad-services profiling you, so that is a big win for your privacy.
There aren’t any ad-services profiling you
There's no way to know that.
There is a way of knowing that. You can choose from a variety of open source apps that just don't contain tracking code.
No stealing your address book, no logging your GPS position, no snooping on your list of installed apps, no profiling your scrolling speed and which post you spend more seconds reading.
For the server part, the upstream code io open source and has no ad-trackers of that kind. Since you get to pick your instance you have a chance of hopefully going with one you trust not to have added them in afterwards.
Yeah, but all your data is public, everyone can see it
Your data isn't limited to your toots though.
Mastodon isn't profiling your clicks, how long you spend reading each post, your DMs, your geolocation, your IP, stealing the addressbook from your phone, forcing you to use the app to steal more data, checking what other apps you have installed, track you around all the internet, and all the other toxic profiling bullshit that big tech social media does to beef up your advertisement profile.
You can set a deletion time and hope that every client comply with that :-)
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