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Cake day: September 14th, 2022

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  • Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but does Sync seriously charge to remove ads that they added to browsing Lemmy in the first place? I get charging for Reddit due to the API, but I have a hard time believing the app is that much better than the existing FOSS apps such that the privacy tradeoff with ad trackers and/or the monetary cost worth it for, well, anyone really. Seems kinda scummy and antithetical to the philosophy that drives much of the Fediverse to me, yet I see so many people defending it in a way that reminds me of the rhetoric used to defend Reddit. Seriously, am I just a crazy person?






  • When “Christian values” mean “whatever American conservatives like,” then I agree. However I do feel the need to remind everyone to remember to be fair about religions, as they can contain great intellectual value and represent a large diversity of thought that is far greater than the simple-mindedness being criticised here (to clarify, I’m not accusing you of anything, just adding to the discussion). Christianity has thousands of years of great minds who have written at-length about what the religion means and what values it stands for. From pre-Christian Jewish and Greco-Roman philosophical and religious influences, to the Church fathers, Mediaeval philosophers and mystics, all the way to Christian existentialists such as my personal favourite: Søren Kierkegaard. Really my point is that it is a vast intellectual tradition, and as relevant and necessary as it is to challenge the harmful dogma of American Christian fundamentalists (much of which, might I add, is rather unprecedented in the history of Christian thought, especially with regards to biblical exegesis), I do believe that there are an even greater number of Christians who are on your side and who follow a great many values and ideals from the religion that led them there.





  • Preußisch Blau@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlSad days
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    2 years ago

    Can you explain a bit more, if you don’t mind? From what I’ve read not being able to port forward can decrease the number of connections you can make while torrenting (i.e. slower down-/upload), but I don’t see why this would cause IP leaks assuming your torrent client is configured to only use VPN connections. I’ve never used it personally. Not trying to be obtuse or anything, I’m just a bit confused and very sceptical in terms of alternatives because I’m not very serious in terms of torrenting and would be hesitant to change my trust.