One has nothing to do with another, since the other person replied with logical fallacies, I'll point out that you're using a false cause. Regarding your feeling devalued when you bandwagon and push a false narrative in order to assist in manufacturing outrage is on you.
And for the record, reasonable people stick to the facts, they don't pull random bits of information to support theories with zero standing.
A lovely bit of tu quoque in the afternoon! 🤤
I think a reasonable person would say better ad-tracking does not provide a direct benefit to a user.
That's not a reasonable person. That's an ignorant conspiracy theorist whose reality is grounded in delusion because right now advertisers take what they want and what they can get and the average user is depending on the browser to pay whack-a-mole with the invasive privacy tech they build and it's not sustainable.
The argument is that better ad-tracking means that companies such as mozilla can make money from advertisements while providing "better" privacy then the cookies/fingerprinting everywhere model.
There has never been a suggestion that Mozilla is planning to monetize PPA for themselves.
That is a indirect benefit for the user. If they don't use the new ad-tracking how does their experience change? Not at all. So any benefits are down the line.
The benefit is that it's better than what we have now.
if we'd all donated even a fraction of what its genuinely worth, they probably wouldn't have to make these kinds of faustian deals
That's wrong. The creation of PPA isn't about getting paid, it's about trying to safeguard the privacy of the average (non tech savvy) user. I don't understand where this suggestion that this is a means for Mozilla to syphon money, comes from.
That there's no direct benefit to the user.
Pretty sure .local is safe.
But in the implementation I proposed, moderators would get to subscribe their communities to hashtags they choose or none at all.
You're not even wrong
They debunk the idea towards the end of the video. But since there's no conclusive proof either way, they left it, technically open
Fragmentation is a myth. Look at the various different technology groups that are all thriving on different instances. Stop (inadvertantly) pushing for centralization!
This one is terrible because I made it, sorry.
We're in agreement BTW. But either way, just for the record, I do consider capitalist society broken and want to replace it. But I understand its not going to happen over night and the transition will be less than perfect.