April 1985

Boost if you remember #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Reading online news, 2008:
- go to website
- read news

Reading online news, 2018:
- go to website
- no, don’t share location
- hell no, don’t send me notifications
- consent to cookie warning
- consent to policies
- no, don’t open in app
- no, don’t want the newsletter
- skip inspirational quote
- close full page ad
- read news

(Btw, it doesn’t matter if it’s “cool nerds just like me” and “amazing algorithms” and “open platforms” who do the spying on you)

Protip for Chrome users: to improve your security when using Google Chrome, uninstall it and use a browser that’s not from a company which makes its money from spying on you 24/7

#psl #unpopularopinion https://mastodon.social/media/yrGKmLP--nWQwlZLOOo

It would be awesome if Mastodon had a “followers and people on my instance only” privacy level

For the Monday crowd: I wrote about why I moved to Mastodon. https://medium.com/@thomasfuchs/good-riddance-twitter-a572bdf0fb73

I wrote up some heartfelt words about why I left Twitter: https://medium.com/@thomasfuchs/good-riddance-twitter-a572bdf0fb73

Please share it if you agree. Thank you.

Today I deactivated my Twitter account.

I was on Twitter for more than 11 years, and had a verified account with 30,000+ followers.

I visited their office when they were 20 people (meeting with Ev) and again when they were 3,000 people.

It is such a relief to get rid of something that has turned into one giant plastered-with-ads-and-forcefed-clickbait mess of harassment, bots and Nazis that is steered by a spine- and clueless leadership team.

Hi again, Mastodon! ? #deactiday