I don't have access to Twitter's balance sheet, but I'd wager a guess that they're on financial life support in the short term, and they've got a stage 4 cancer diagnosis in the long term.
The only thing Twitter has going for them over a competitor like Mastodon or Threads, is their name. And Musk has made sure their name is covered in shit and mud.
Twitter was doomed before Musk bought them, and they're super doomed now.
You're missing the point.
Pornography addiction is a real thing.
I don't think citronella actually does anything.
You need to clear your cookies for Lemmy.world
If she is gone ... What will the community do then?
I think Empress disappearing would be a net-positive for the cracking scene.
If there is nobody cracking the latest releases, the pressure will mount for new crackers to enter the scene. And perhaps we'll get a new generation of crackers that bring some competition back into the space.
There's also a lot of money involved in pirated games, with shops in poorer countries selling cracked games for pennies on the dollar to people who would otherwise be unable to afford, or even download the latest games.
So it's my opinion that denuvo cracking will never go away, it'll just evolve over time, like it has since the beginning.
It's not that they're obsessive over social media, they're just used to being able to simply look up general information about people online through social media sites. And if you don't present anything for them to find, it often encourages further digging.
But you do you, I'm not trying to change your mind.
You need to delete "cookies and site data" for your browser in order to resume using your Lemmy account.
I think this is a problem for people who are unaware of the hack or how to fix their account, since they'll just think Lemmy is broken, and lose interest.
This is a great thing, but mass adoption should still be refrained from
Mass adoption would be great as long as it happens naturally over time, and not a result of the "we must grow" mentality of Silicon Valley.
Like Reddit, the massive "default" areas would be fairly low quality, with the culture being a reflection of the broader population. But the smaller specialized communities would be beacons of light for people looking for nuanced conversation.
With the way the fediverse is structured, the negative aspects of mass adoption would be simpler to avoid, simply by curating an instance to show content from the communities you're interested in.
I can't think of a better omen for the future of the free internet, than to have most people using a FOSS social media site as their primary online hub. It would certainly be better than allowing all online communication to be controlled by a handful of billionaires with goals that are harmful to society.
But again, this needs to happen naturally, by virtue of Lemmy just being a great place to share content, and without the goal of simply making the most money possible.
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.
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.