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What's your favorite piped instance? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by GlessasBakerfield@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] noodlejetski@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are numerous media players like mpv

that are not a part of the browser

they also sell their user's information.

I wish you a very [citation needed].

[–] cout@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wish you a very [citation needed].

These instances are not much popular so there isn't much evidence regarding it. Nor you have any evidence that it doesn't.

[–] noodlejetski@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

there isn’t much evidence regarding it. Nor you have any evidence that it doesn’t.

and only one of us posted a claim without backing it up with proof.

[–] PP44@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have evidence that some don't. I am personnaly part of an association running a public instance with no user data sold whatsoever.

[–] cout@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have evidence that some don't.

Where? No one posted evidence in this thread.

some don't.

But some do. You can never be sure about all of them do same. Also what if some instances are running modified version of it.

personnaly

personally.

[–] PP44@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Of course you can never be sure. But you cannot be sure about any local player either. Even if it is libre software, it rely on trust. Or you would have to read every piece of software used. In the same way that some software are trustworthy enough to use, some hosts are too.

Sorry if I sound aggressive, I just try to be short <3 !