please don't use a temp email (or non existent) for anything you might care about. also, make sure you never typo your email address.

example:

• someone uses a typo or fake email to create an account with some service.
• that service is later hacked and all emails found out
• hacker creates the email for real
• hacker just got your account

anarchist complains that someone isn't following the rules... ba dum tiss

second. i think this one is the best. works well on mobile and desktop. can share stuff. has a good free level. i love it

yeah, this is a thing already, that's why nobody is asking for it

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I think the servers don't know what to do when ads outnumber content 36 to 1

I'm a teacher and i always tell my students to definitely don't ever go to LibGen where their textbook is likely available totally free and certainly don't return your textbook and i absolutely won't be using it myself either.

since there isn't any strong way to collect data or advertise it will always be an underdog compared to big business.

that being said, the fediverse could outlast a few mainstream networks and build lasting strength with that. I'm an ideal setting it could become a defacto network over time.

can we get young people coming here though? that's how we get the tides to turn

I haven't been keeping up with the updates since they stopped naming them after food. I guess that worked. The numbers have gotten less important and less big changes. I think that's probably best. just do updates that are needed, etc

it says emulator so it can't be wine

this is how Android has been forever. Jellybean was the most popular until around Nougat.

People keeping their phones for a longer time shouldn't be considered a bad thing. Cheap brands using old versions isn't good though and that does represent some of the numbers.

I try to remember George Carlin when he said to think of the average person, and now realize that half of them are dumber

American here, I pick on the same people for the same reasons.

The education system is pretty bad in many places and it's done on purpose. An educated populous is harder to fool