Honestly, it’d be nice if Fairphone had better security. If that were the case I think there’s not much of a question what to pick.

Not just Pixels, soon they’ll also support Motorola.

One major thing withholding me from buying one is that I find it difficult to reconcile privacy with that company, considering it’s US-based (and thus subject to the CLOUD Act) and Chinese-owned (thus making me wonder whether the Chinese government can affect it).

Currently, I trust China more than the US government, but neither is great. The EU is comparatively more reliable, and the Nordics even more. I’d prefer a Fairphone with iPhone/GOS level of security.

Bit late but YT premium is a waste of money. You’re paying YT to not show you ads and YT gets paid to show ads.

For the background music (that was originally freely available for all, btw!) and download function there are heaps of foss apps, anyways.

Who knew investing in a capitalist fascist would impoverish you?

On top of that, the “far-left” as fabricated by the far-right doesn’t exist. All who protest against capitalism and the fascist elite, all those that support social liberation, are comrades and allies of liberty.

Yeah, that guy sounds insane.

Nah, I got the joke, just wanted to still go onto a tangent.

Not at all. Socialism can be non-Marxist (because socialism more broadly entails social ownership of the economy). Social democracy does not necessarily entail that. Like most ideologies, it supports greater equity, though to a significantly greater extent than non-socialist and non-social democrat philosophies.

A (far-)right-wing party by definition is extremely unlikely to be Marxist, as Marxism focuses on class conflict, recognising the dangers of a wealthy and reactionary business elite to the labourers. And the far-right and right typically are strong allies of those.

I’m also not certain what kind of nationalism the party holds - whether it’s a relatively inclusive civic form, as in early modern France or proudness of their focus on social wellbeing – or ethnonationalistic (which is more concerning, as it has a much bigger potential to steer into outright hatred).

Note for people: the party is described as both left- and right-populist, with nationalist and Marxist tendencies.

o2?

I had the opposite problem. I had very few friends IRL, and wasn’t happy. I made a lot more online. Had social media been banned for children, I’m not sure how my life would have gone.

I think the issue is not so much social media inasmuch it’s abilities for parental and user controls lacking (or being unbalanced), or algorithms promoting severe polarisation and radicalisation towards fascism.

That and the cost of living as well the ginormous malevolent oligarch class, which affect all the above. Those are the root issues.

It’d be better to addres those.

Why not explain to them how to safely navigate the internet, and tell them that if they ever encounter something strange, they can speak to you? Why not put up blockers yourself? Or not give them access to social media in the first place?

Just a heads up, the other one ( teyrnon from shitjustworks) who commented to you, promoted strongmans and such authoritarian measures, to fight authoritarianism.

Yeah yeah, idc. I’m not gonna invest in a fucking Nazi company.

At the end of the day, Elon will ask his Trumpy Wumpy to pump and dump and the corruption will enrich them even more.

I’ll invest in Starlink when:

A) the multimillionnaires and billionnaires are all dead or eliminated
B) Starlink is owned for and by the worldwide community, not by a private individual in a state

corruption, coups, and cronyism*

I think the anti-fascist filtering is a good thing, though. Hot take, but I think that anything that gets people away from Reddit and Shitter and the like, should help.