Notices by Steve Streza (stevestreza@indieweb.social)

@tchambers It is impossible to decouple Google from Chromium. Even if Vivaldi disabled every telemetry call, undid every hostile decision, had sane ad blocking support, etc, the hand of Chromium and Google's browser monopoly will still be there. And Google has done far more harm than Mozilla ever has.

So to reject Firefox out of "losing faith in Mozilla" for Chromium implies that "faith in Google" is satisfactory OR is a standard not applied to Google because it's laundered through Vivaldi.

@tchambers You do you, but it's Chromium, it's still just playing into the Google browser engine monopoly which ultimately does not require you to be using Google Chrome™ to benefit.

@tchambers Thank you!

Probably not a great sign for society when you go for a COVID booster and they have to wrangle the entire pharmacy staff to figure out how to start one because "we haven't done one of these in so long".

Still can't believe they let Roy Kent get away with this

I thought it'd be fun to watch Fauna play Euro Truck Simulator while packing for moving. I was not prepared for her to jackknife and flip her truck as Beethoven's Ninth played dramatically in the background. #vtuber #ceresfauna #Hololive

Facebook/Meta laid off 11,000 people and now is doing 40 BILLION in stock buybacks. None of these companies care about cost cutting, they saw an opportunity to suppress wages without any criticism and they took it. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/01/facebook-parent-meta-announces-40-billion-stock-buyback.html

@jplebreton I'm the admin of that instance, thank you very much for your incredibly kind words. I've seen too many companies overpromise or renege on promises, and I've seen the harm that's caused especially to creators and artists. The worst thing I could do is cause more anxiety for those people who use social media to survive. It's my hope that speaking earnestly about it encourages trust.

(And if any creators see this and need a Mastodonian home, feel free to apply on that page!)