Some are quick to promote apps as being safe for your use just because they are encrypted. I will talk about how many of the popular apps that are commonly t...
Am I the only one who doesn’t like linking to alternative frontends? Instances are often unreliable, sketchy, and they come and go. Additionally it obscures the true source of information (which is very important to me personally). I also have an auto redirect set up for YouTube to my favourite instance, and it obviously doesn’t work when someone links to something else.
@dessalines@lemmy.ml if you use https://redirect.invidious.io/ you can point users to use Invidious without being attached to a specific instance but to a redirector to instances with good health.
Unfortunately that doesn’t look like it pulls thumbnails or anything.
But I think it is better to point people to a Free Software alternative even if it is only an alternative frontend.
Am I the only one who doesn’t like linking to alternative frontends? Instances are often unreliable, sketchy, and they come and go. Additionally it obscures the true source of information (which is very important to me personally). I also have an auto redirect set up for YouTube to my favourite instance, and it obviously doesn’t work when someone links to something else.