There is a viable alternative to the problems raised by Bill Gates in his irate letter to computer hobbyists concerning “ripping off” software. When software is free, or so inexpensive that it’s easier to pay for it than to duplicate it, then it won’t be “stolen”.

—Jim Warren, July 1976

So Plex has downgraded to [insert the word below feature parity] with Jellyfin.

If you’re not concerned about them starting to require that you use Synology-branded hard drives, then :

For most Synology services/apps, we do not collect data on what you store or what you do with your files. We generally only collect statistical data on what packages are installed and which functionality is used. This helps us keep track of what features are important or popular. Purely statistical data is not linked to your account and does not include Personal Identifiable Information (PII). (Source: the other forum)

The post on… the opensource Lemmy community for self hosters. Is that the one you’re talking about?

The marketing claims it’s “a gift for your family”.

Not a single comment in that first link mentions family members using it.

Here are the comments from the “people listing their use cases” you mentioned:

• wow, this looks awesome!
• it might be nice to have the a local storage option
• I really wish it has a linux native app and an android app, hopefully in f-droid
• As the admin of the !journaling@sh.itjust.works community

My issue isn’t the app itself or it’s users.

It’s the claim that it’s “a gift for your family”.

So this Thanksgiving, give your family the gift of memories that last forever!

What is this marketing?

I cannot imagine a single person who would want this for Thanksgiving.

Most people under the age of 30 use social media now to “preserve memories”.

The people who care about journaling probably have physical paper journals and wouldn’t want an app.

And the people who would want an app… would probably already have installed this themselves.

I got a completely different More Like This from you. Is your algorithm trying to tell you something?

This is concrete, thanks. I can work with this.

The arguments the article gives are way to broad to fly around a Thanksgiving table.

They might as well have titled it:

“Ways to convince people to take online privacy seriously (who are already on the fence and leaning so hard in your direction that a stiff breeze would do the job for you)”

That doesn’t address the other two bullet points.

It’s like tracking an animal moving in tall grass. You don’t need to be able to see the animal directly to tell where it is.

If I can’t disappear completely, there’s enough data points around me that a useful silhouette can be reconstructed from all the surrounding data.

What’s the point?

“They’ve already got my data”

From our site: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/gotmydata.html

The main retort to this is

“No they don’t - they need to continually replenish their profile on you for it to be useful. If you cut off the supply now, then their power fades.” That’s why their data harvesting is so aggressive. It needs to be, otherwise their promise to advertisers of being able to predict what you’ll want, and when you’ll want it, cannot be fulfilled.

You just need to step off the playing field and their game comes grinding to a halt!

I already “get it” and I don’t find this argument too convincing.

If you’re 25 years old and cut them off, they still have :

• your data from the last 24 years
• the data of everyone in your demographic
• the data of your family, friends, and coworkers

(Yes, I get that it’s different if everyone cuts off data harvesting at the same time, but this is about convincing one person.)

Alt text is like putting Braille next to a sign; it’s a tool for the blind (who use screen readers to access alt text).

It’s also a backup when the image fails to load, but it’s not a substitute for making sure the image is legible for people who can see.

If you add a transcription in the body of the post, that should cover your remaining bases.

LTT beat you to the joke.

Maybe This Phone ISN’T Just for Criminals - Trying Graphene OS for a Month.

!dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world

Asianometry covered it two years ago.

Not as “fresh”, but he’s got a pretty good reputation for deep dives and puts sources in the video.