I’ve been out and about all day, and can’t check my desktop. But when I looked earlier this week, I found it by searching for “group”. AI tab group something or other.

You can disable it in about:config

Suits or Suits LA. Catchy tune

Yes, Intro Skipper plugin. It’s awesome.

I like and use Thunder. It’s cross platform on iOS and Android so I get the same consistent interface from my iPad and my android phone.

Any specific examples?

The term “sideloading” has been around since the 90s. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading

Nice job articulating your arguments. Now that you’ve explained your stance, it can foster better discussion.

Since this explanation is so far down the thread, I suggest editing one of your more top level comments to include these points for better engagement.

I will say this: the whole point of Lemmy and federation is to have control. Each instance gets to choose what’s important for them. A singular UX experience isn’t possible by design. But that’s not to say there’s no room for improvement.

Thank you for including sources, this was my point to AnonymousWolf.

I should have said “they may not be the same” as I didn’t check either. I stand corrected.

Why are you passing off the onus of proof to me or others in this thread? It’s your argument.

Just google ‘Good UX principles’ and you’ll see Lemmy breaks so many of them

No thanks, I’m also a decades long IT Professional and I’m not going to do that. It’s your argument so your burden of proof.

Lemmy breaks basic UX principles the UX is bad on multiple levels

Again, please feel free to cite specific examples.

I don’t have any data to back it up

That was my point. A number of times in this thread, you’ve stated your opinion as “a fact” or expressed it as obviously correct. It’s possible to get your point across without the condescension and acknowledging it’s your opinion.

I agree that the nature of federation on Lemmy and other federated social networks is complicated. Resolving that is no easy task. However, your stance in this post seems to be the burden of choosing your instance should be removed or streamlined by randomization. I personally disagree - while there is a hurdle to having to choose an instance and that is a barrier to entry, it’s also valuable in them learning that this isn’t just another platform under a single umbrella.

You seem to be conflating “the vast majority” and “people my age”. They are not the same.

You’re also making a lot of global UX preference claims in this thread without sources or data to back them up.

This looks amazing

Great cover!

I like this one too: https://youtu.be/MLrC7e3vSv8

I think the answer is obvious: because that’s what sells and is popular. There are all black cases to be found though such as this one for example.

“People are the worst”

-me

/s

Care to share your decision making process? I currently use Kodi as a frontend, and Jellyfin as a backend.

they make money from harvesting your data then showing you ads based on that data

That’s part of it, yes. But they can also sell ad companies demographic data - males aged 25-44 clicked on this or looked at that for example.

Google probably makes more like $50 per user per year on average

I highly doubt the number is that low.

In Canada where I live, I can access 3 pretty great courses in about 30 mins of driving. More for about an hour. Not as good as much of the US, but it’s pretty great.

they’ve got to make money somehow

But they have been, and for years. All the years I’ve run a smartphone Google has harvested and profited from my data. From Gmail to Chrome (before I switched) to Maps, etc - they have profited from people’s data at scale. So the argument that they need to make money somehow falls flat for me.

Also, if they charged like $2 a year to block ads, plenty of people would buy it. But like most things lately, the enshitification of our user experience continues. It’s not enough for companies like Google to “make money” - it’s never enough and their greed has no boundaries.

That’s why you see people like us pushing back - enough is enough.