I feel like whiplash is cheating but you right lol

Nausicaa!

The Good Place is unbelievable. I never get bored rewatching it.

The Good Place. Perfect show, 10/10

Reddit may not have financially charged you but it came at a cost

Ah got it. Context threw me off I see what you mean now

I’m not interpreting anything. You’re being antagonistic and accusatory.

Read the other comment chains. You’ll see all the answers you need, as well as how to have a conversation like an adult.

I think they still fear being perceived as ridiculous, but they’ve been very successful at making the bar really fucking high.

You can read the myriad of responses/chains this lead to rather than restarting the conversation as if all of this hasn’t been covered. Have a good rest of your weekend

Crow Raven tech rules

And usually by “algorithm” people mean a feed that is curated to you specifically based off all the data they’ve vacuumed up. Hot/controversial have a clear set of rules about upvote/downvotes over time and they apply exactly the same to everyone, so everyone sorting by hot for instance on a thread or community is seeing the exact same thing

Yeah someone else told me about that, looks like it was only rolled out a few weeks ago so in my defense it’s pretty new information lol Looks legit though! Absolutely has me reconsidering that concern now.

The scrolling is only made to generate rage if you browse all (your issue) or curate a feed with rage bait 🤷‍♂️ you can fix it in seconds if you want.

Lemmy is not controlled by some sort of curated algorithm. You have full control over the sorting and what goes on your screen in a way that mainstream social media services do not allow.

If you think there’s something addictive or otherwise wrong about your feed, fix it. “The power is yours!”

While spez is a musk worshipping bootlicker now, back then he and most of the site were categorically against t_d. Your understanding of that time is pretty off.

The irony of the sub. Jesus lmao

I did not know about privacy pass - that’s a fantastic step. I need to better understand the protocol they’re using but if they truly cannot link my usage to my account and the account strictly exists for (functionally anonymous) payment then I honestly have no notes. That could be enough to assuage most of my concerns.

So you won’t pay for a subscription to use a search engine.

When did I say that? Point out one single line that even remotely implies this. Flagrant strawman. What else would you call it?

Do you prefer the model that other search engines use where they take the content of your searches and use it to advertise to you?

It’s a leading question and you know it. You should’ve asked “how do you think search engines should operate?” You’re implying I am content with how Google operates, which I am not.

I’ll even concede the second may have actually been unintentionally accusatory in its implication, but you literally started the comment saying I won’t pay for this service. It’s right there in front of you, you wrote it.

Maybe read your own comment again before being condescending?

I didn’t say anything remotely like you’re accusing me of in your comment. I’m saying making an account is no small thing because you were trivializing it. At no point did I even mention spending money (because that doesn’t bother me. I am happy to spend money on quality things/services).

I introduced nuance to your extremely reduced take and you’re trying to do it again with strawmen directed at me.

The above are valid concerns. That’s all I’ve said. Anything else beyond that is your construction.

Edit: let me ask you this - do you have accounts on porn sites?

Policies can change, they’re for profit, and I’ve heard leadership may be right wing/trumpy but I can’t find clear evidence of it so I want count that against them at this point.

Either way subscriptions are you giving away your identity essentially. They have you, your name, your credit card, your address, your associated searches, there is a lot to consider here more than just “look at what they say.” You are choosing to give them clear identification of you and your searches. That requires a lot of trust.

TL;DR: A lot of for profit companies say a lot of things. I am not anti-Kagi but you’re being very reductionist and ignoring valid concerns.

Edit: I am not against Kagi or spending money on quality services.