Ryobi is just so cheap that it doesn't make sense for me to buy any other cordless brand with the number of batteries I have.
But for hand tools and corded stuff I get the cheapest I can find, until something slows me down too much, then I'll upgrade.
That's how I've built a small empire of tools.
If you're in the US, the Affordable Connectivity Program is available to low income families and it covers $30 a month off your existing internet bill.
PCsForPeople (not sure if I can provide links on Lemmy) offers a free mobile hotspot plan with unlimited data that you can use as home internet, if you qualify for the ACP.
Just an FYI, since there are programs that help, but not everyone is aware of them.
I have thought that way before.
But nowadays I have a different perspective. I've got everything I need to be happy, and that's enough for me.
You're not going to be obsessing over all your career achievements on your deathbed, you're just going to wish you had spent more time with loved ones.
Employers and romantic partners can be especially put off if they can't find any trace of you online. And if they really care, they'll dig harder to find that time where you declared bankruptcy, or you got arrested for public intoxication, or where someone deep in your past said something negative about you, and that's all that will stick in your mind when they think of you.
For me personally, having a simple, but relatively barren social media presence is worth it to avoid the persistent diggers, who will find something about you if they don't see anything public.
And besides, everything about most of us is already stored in Apple or Google's datacenters. There's no hiding from the deeply intrusive data collection those companies do. So having some simple information out in the open is likely better for privacy in some ways.
If you disagree with my take, that's fine, I just wanted to give another perspective.
Which would be pretty important if we want to keep monetization as unobtrusive as possible on Lemmy.
That said, I do think we need to figure out image hosting at some point.
Call it whatever you want, just don't leave a comment correcting someone else who also used a valid term.
u/AngryBeaverBeaver : OP, why do you even bother posting here when 90% of replies are bots?
OP : I'm sorry, but as an AI language model...
Could you even tell?
After all, we are in the era of advanced LLMs.
Refusing to hire a babysitter with a history of sexual abuse isn't "punishment for pre-crime". It's just being smart and avoiding extreme risk to your children.
In the same vein, we all know how Meta/Facebook will behave, we know they're going to do everything they can to exert total control over everything they touch. It's practically a legal requirement for them to extract maximum value from the very air we breath.
So giving them the benefit of the doubt is nothing less than reckless. It's like trusting a crack addict with your wallet.
I'm all for improving the user experience here on Lemmy.
But what I find not so appealing, is targeting mass adoption in a way that dumbs down the community we're building here.
As long as we just make Lemmy a great place to be, the right kind of people will keep joining.
Meta knows exactly what to do to bring a billion new users to a new social media site, and all you have to do is look at Threads to see the kind of community they are cultivating.
Lemmy does not, and never will, have the moderation power to contend with that many bad actors. I'm perfectly fine with Lemmy having a tiny learning curve to keep out the dregs.
I really like that idea.
It would absolutely demolish the risk of a community turning into a meme sub, or one of subs where people just post pictures of their Raspberry Pi in some retail case over and over again.
And as long as pictures are disallowed on the main post, people could still be free to post links to guides or other important content that contains pictures.
I agree, it seems like they're doing everything they can to force users into the mindset of "you're going to have to spend money here."
However... I don't think that's going to work. It's a tactic that relies solely on Apple not allowing the user to customize their icons, which combines into a double whammy of "give me money to fix the thing that I broke."
Why do I have to pay when Android users don't?
Why is Reddit being greedy?
This other site is free and doesn't make me feel like I'm being taken advantage of every turn.
Reddit is trying to capitalize on goodwill they already spent months ago. And the quality of the site is just going to get worse from here.