Unfortunately they don’t create the same engagement as a natural post. No one wants to comment on a wall of bot posts with no human involved. All it does is kill actual community engagement. Lemmy and reddit are not just link aggregators, they are forums for discussion, with humans.

Drink verification can

The graffiti on the AI lab isn’t clearly about AI?

Strawman. No ones advocating for destroying existing web infrastructure. It’s clear what this is about.

Not to mention the artistic theft

Elif Eralp looks like it should mean something when spelled backwards

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If it does it will be the last thing it does

AirVPN and Windscribe are good options with port forwarding that aren’t compromised (AFAIK)

AirVPN with privacy focus and port forwarding

YSK Private Internet Access was acquired by a sketchy Israeli spy company

Aside from self hosting something like NextCloud, you could also check out Cryptpad.fr

Be an actual companion