@otter@lemmy.ca

otter

@otter@lemmy.ca

I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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otter, (edited )

Yep, also the ads donā€™t get initialized at all if the user buys the ad-free version (going to top all in the Lemmy Boost community should bring up the post about it). Itā€™s relatively cheap and the dev is very active with bugs and requests. The dev is developing for the Fediverse and Iā€™m happy to support that (as well as devs for Sync, Connect, Lemmy, etc.)

I like Boost and paid for ad-Free, but a lot of other clients should work for your needs. While they might not be privacy focussed, many are open source so you can check what is going on.

My preference goes

  • Boost (not FOSS, one time payment to remove ads)
  • Connect (not FOSS, ad free)
  • Eternity (FOSS & ad free)

I uninstalled the other ones and havenā€™t kept up with them. There may be better ones out there, these are the ones Iā€™m keeping up with

otter,

Someone needs to go through and add inline images to each of these

The Irish government wants to pass a law that could see you or your loved ones jailed for possession of memes, cartoons or any content that could be deemed "hateful".

The Bill includes no definition of hate and is wide open to abuse by bad actors. Defend free speech ā€“ say no to this legislation, and any legislation of is kindā€¦ Anywhere!...

otter, (edited )

Cleaned and redirected link

nitter.net/FreeSpeechIre/ā€¦/1746854766032846910

Still, the news link below is probably a better source. I donā€™t know what ā€˜FreeSpeechIreā€™ is

otter, (edited )

Thereā€™s a potential for abuse with paying for donations (not saying it should never be done):

  • risk of unsafe blood supplies if people lie about their health history in order to be able to sell their blood
  • ethical concerns around exploiting financially vulnerable people, and turning a life-saving act into another commercial transaction
    • In areas where those vulnerable people arenā€™t protected by the legal system, thereā€™s also the potential of OTHER people ā€œharvestingā€ and selling the blood

Voluntary and altruistic donations are best, and ideally those values are maintained all the way through the donation process. Hopefully technology continues to improve so that we can support those donations with synthesized alternatives

I believe weā€™ve had some discussion around this in Canada recently, specifically with donations for plasma. Iā€™m not caught up on it to comment further about it

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