Unfortunately there is only one way to get older generations onto a new app: make it the only place where they can see pictures of their grandkids

(I’m serious tho. When you have kids you can get their grandparents to install ANYTHING if you tell them it has pics of the new baby.)

Thank you!!!

Thank you! I’m still figuring out my goals here… Could I ask for your recommendation, given the following?

Primary goal: Access my music library from any of my devices (Android, MacOS, Linux), wherever I am in the world, hopefully without paying anyone (or at least not paying a LOT).

Secondary goal (Not sure if I want to do this yet): Let a group of about 12 friends access my library

These responses are SO helpful and I’m genuinely learning so much here. Thank you everyone!

Yes, the bottleneck isn’t software, it’s hardware. We need phones with unlocked bootloaders

The ADL also doesn’t recognize a sieg heil if Elon Musk does it. They do not exist to protect Jews, they exist to protect Zionism.

Same. Is there any advantage to DNSNet over TrackerControl?

It’s really funny to see everyone here fish for reasons this can’t work

Actually, if you read either of the links provided above, you’ll see that that’s exactly what happens

Yes, that’s definitely sensible and doable

They definitely want your photo. They will photograph / scan your face everytime you fly.

This is already the case.

How does one fill them in without it looking like you have a mess of glue on your fingers

A simple layer of superglue.

Sadly I must sign up. I have managed to avoid it for many years, but it’s a requirement for my work.

I didn’t read Solrize’s comment as saying “There shouldn’t be paywalls,” just asking the very legitimate question as to how they will interact with federation.

Interestingly, 404 just solved something kinda related: they developed a way for subscribers to get a custom RSS feed address, so they can access paywalled articles directly in their RSS reader. TMK, they are the first publication to do this. I imagine they would do something similar for federation. (I believe that if any of the custom RSS feeds show huge traffic numbers, 404 shuts it down, but I’m not sure)