CaptSpify

> Do you really want that every single company releases notifications that roughly every single of their systems were vulnerable since the day...

I'd love for that to happen. Maybe then everyone will start to pick up on the fact that all of our computer systems are insanely insecure.

> This whole thing feels like it's going to hit Google straight in the face like a ton of bricks.

Does it? I feel like Google has been doing similar stuff for a long time and nobody really cares.

> Safer is better, no matter how we get there.

Not really true. It'd be safer to just get rid of high-speed vehicles in the first place, but that would be disastrous.

There are other sources of funding than advertisements

They could build longer lasting batteries. Load testing your product is manufacturing 101

Can you point to where I said that wanting more money is a "dirty word"? Or can you point to where I said it was wrong to want more money? I don't see anything like that in any of my posts, and I certainly don't believe that to be true.

Most advertisement based sites fail. Does that mean we should also abandon that model?

Nobody said that the average campaign should succeed. I definitely don't believe that.

You can't just keep putting words into my mouth and then claim that I am the one changing the topic.

You went from "isn't sustainable" to "has to be a worldwide major economic and political powerhouse" and claim that I'm the one that moved the goalposts?

lol, ok

Are you suggesting that everyone who wants a pay raise deserves it just because they can build a website? If so, then I want a pay raise. But I'm unwilling to sacrifice my users' security and privacy to do it.

Nobody said it was easy to raise money. If it was, everyone would do it.

Crowdfunding and donations make plenty if money to afford a dentist or other basic needs. There are plenty of full-time groups making money with it. I don't know why you think thats not possible when it is already happening.

> Those things are, so far, only sustainably available through advertising.

Really? Then I guess sites and creators that are sponsored via donations never got that memo.

We have plenty of money coming in via ethical channels. Sure, not as much as with asdvertising, but IME, most sites have severely bloated budgets compared to what they actually need for sustainability, and thats why we have the problems that exist today.

Who said they couldn't be paid? Patreon, kickstarter, etc show that you can do what you care about and still make money ethically.

> All the free content and services on the web has to be paid for somehow, and that is the way.

This is false. We had a perfectly healthy ecosystem before ads invaded the web. In most ways it was better because it was built by people who cared, rather than by companies who wanted to extract money and power from their visitors.

> ...and creating APIs so that extensions can handle the functionality instead.

If they were actually doing that, I'd be first in line for their defense, but they aren't. Additionally, they keep shoving in features that should be extensions.

Please point out the strawman in my argument. I currently do not see one, and your statement discredits you as a genuine enquirer. False claims and incredulity don't really help us make progress here.

> You don't get locked up on remand just because someone made an accusation against you.

Yes, you can. Once accused, you then go to trial to see if the accusation is correct.

What statistics do you want to see? How many people make false accusations? How many people are arrested on false accusations? How many people use "guilty by association" logic because they can't be arsed to figure out the real story? How many lives are ruined because you would rather we just bypass the judicial system?

> Also, forget about sending email from home. Email sent from residential IPs are instantly deleted....

Sorry, but this hasn't been my experience at all. I see this claim all the time, and, obviously, ymmv, but I've been using residential IPs for ~10 years with no issues.

Why not both? I agree with you that they should be blocked because they are wrong, but I'd also agree that they should be blocked because they are slow.

> ...my conjecture is that you're probably close to the crime...

So you are OK with people's lives being fucked up just because they've been accused of something? You do realize that anyone can accuse anyone of anything anytime, right? There's a reason we go through investigations and trials.

This is the real answer. Decentralized is actually better for most things on the internet, but it is less profitable and harder to control for those on top.

I personally believe time will show decentralized systems winning out on the internet eventually, but it will take a lot of centralized services collapsing under their own weight before we start to realize this. Luckily, this has already started happening.

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That's not been my experience at all. I've been running my own email server for years and I've yet to hear about an email being blocked. I know many other people who run their own email server just fine.

Ah, I see what you mean, and yes, Apple has better permissions control.

As it turns out, giving the user ultimate control is really the best way to handle these types of things.

Are you seriously suggesting that people just avoid being falsely arrested? I'm pretty sure that everyone already tries to do that.

I agree with you, but couldn't they be indicators of mental issues? In the same way that me stumbling doesn't mean I'm drunk, but the likelihood of someone stumbling goes up when they are drunk.

> I agree that Android is worse, but that doesn't make Apple's store "Good".

But Apple has had a bunch of problems with crapware in their store. If they were actually vetting stuff, then I'd kind of agree, but as it stands, you are being limited on what you can do with your own device, but without the benefits. Their security feels a lot like the TSA: It's only there to give you warm fuzzies.

I agree that Android is worse, but that doesn't make Apple's store "Good".

I'm sorry, but I could not disagree more. I've only used the store once, and it was just awful.

The search was crap, the recommended apps were crap, the way the data was presented is horrible, etc. I didn't downvote you, but it seems obvious to me that their tools and design were not intended with UX in mind, but profits.

Because their value isn't from the product itself. It's from being able to dig into the data being transferred with the product.

Additionally, what someone considers positive, someone else may consider negative. If I attend an anti-gun rally, who gets to decide if that makes me gain, or lose points?

> I find that it is hard to read something when I'm thinking about other things, which is to say my mind wanders into other areas while reading so I lose track of where I am.

I do this too, so I've started keeping a small notebook and pen in my bag. When my mind starts to wander, I write my thoughts into the notebook. I don't know why or how it works, but getting the thoughts onto a page gets them out of my head, which lets me focus.

I greatly appreciate this attitude, and now I want to donate. Do you have a donation option?

Although I generally agree with you, she said she regretted the attempt:

“I felt so guilty that I had put my family through such pain. I felt horrible.”

s/produce absolute security at any cost/produce the perception of absolute security at any cost/