Discussion Ethically Online

Le Pertti said:
I saw that Nepal banned a bunch of social media, among them Mastodon. Practically how would that work?
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They ban the domains they know. The rest carry on as normal.

They can’t exactly ban the protocol, so mastodon posts from other instances will be cached on the unbanned instances.

The main issue would be instances hosted in Nepal. They’re probably fucked.
 
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Le Pertti said:
Practically how would that work?
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it wouldn't

but yes - what Nebulys said :P they can ban whatever they want, creating a new instance takes minutes, so unless they just have someone combing the entire internet 24/7 for all possible instances - they can't ban it completely
 
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At what point will the internet just be what is "allowed", like in some places in the world they have internet that has a tier that is only Facebook services, everything else is blocked unless you pay, so technically it would be possible for ISPs to only service allowed sites and apps.
 
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Speaking of Mastodon, is there a convenient way to combine feeds from Bluesky and Mastodon?
 
NarohDethan said:
www.theguardian.com

Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU

The iPhone-maker criticises Brussels’ Digital Markets Act and says delayed features are leading to a worse experience for users
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

It's like Apple wants to piss me off and go back to Android.
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I mean google is one of the worst out there. So it’s not like it would be an improvement. If you really want to have a cleanish phone I guess fair phone with a custom OS?
 
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Until we get a more viable mobile OS with app support, the best option to be ethically online is not have a phone.

I weighed up my personal priorities and I still stick with Apple.

Google are just as big Trump simps as Apple, and they also monetise your private data. Easy choice imo.
 
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Le Pertti said:
I mean google is one of the worst out there. So it’s not like it would be an improvement. If you really want to have a cleanish phone I guess fair phone with a custom OS?
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Nebulys said:
Until we get a more viable mobile OS with app support, the best option to be ethically online is not have a phone.

I weighed up my personal priorities and I still stick with Apple.

Google are just as big Trump simps as Apple, and they also monetise your private data. Easy choice imo.
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I'm (mostly) not serious btw. I understand that with tech you have to pick your favorite flavor of shit, because it's poop all the way down.
 
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Nebulys said:
Until we get a more viable mobile OS with app support, the best option to be ethically online is not have a phone.

I weighed up my personal priorities and I still stick with Apple.

Google are just as big Trump simps as Apple, and they also monetise your private data. Easy choice imo.
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To me besides even being 'ethical' I spend as little as humanly possible on a phone. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot on a phone. It does make sense to spend a lot on a home computer (unfortunately, that's more the norm, but a computer has uses).
 
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low-G said:
To me besides even being 'ethical' I spend as little as humanly possible on a phone. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot on a phone. It does make sense to spend a lot on a home computer (unfortunately, that's more the norm, but a computer has uses).
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I’m kind of the opposite since I use my phone a lot 😅
 
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TechCrunch (@TechCrunch@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 image Users in Ohio will have to verify their age to use Bluesky's social network as of Monday. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/bluesky-rolls-out-age-verification-for-users-in-ohio/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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One of these days I'll actually start using my domain.
I've been too lazy to properly set it up, well and also I was thinking that I might switch email service but I've also been too lazy and also a bit busy to look into it a bit more.
 
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FediThing 🏳️‍🌈 (@FediThing@chinwag.org)

If anyone's confused by what the heck is going on with latest Bluesky drama, I've tried to summarise it in one toot here: https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/115308150378037772 This is in context of Bluesky welcoming JD Vance to their platform with an email to Fox News, allowing him to post...
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Mastodon Migration (@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image Wow. It sure doesn't seem like the Bluesky PBC CEO likes her current users very much. This is pretty incredible. Feel like we've seen this movie before. h/t @stefan@stefanbohacek.online https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115311658328349605 #Bluesky
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I thought it would be easy to move my blog to a new domain... been trying to figure out all weekend why its not working lol, I can run it locally just fine so cant even troubleshoot well to find the issue. :sweaty-blob:
 
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Le Pertti said:
I thought it would be easy to move my blog to a new domain... been trying to figure out all weekend why its not working lol, I can run it locally just fine so cant even troubleshoot well to find the issue. :sweaty-blob:
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i'm sure you'll figure it out soon
 
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My ultimate goal of going gmail free isn't to go well, having an unexpected issue now where my webhost where my emails are, uses a spam block service that has flagged ko-fi of being spam, so on my end I can't do anything to get email from them, all I can do is to try convince ko-fi themselves to go to the spam filter service to ask to be removed, not having much hope of that happening. So now I can change email there at all, even if I manage I think I need to go back to my old gmail just because of trusting to actually getting the mail.
 
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I try to have control over my data, but email is one of those things where I’d rather rely on a service to do it.

Just need to go with someone you trust. Most provide tutorials on how to use your own domain with them. It’s usually a few simple copy and paste DNS updates.
 
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Nebulys said:
I try to have control over my data, but email is one of those things where I’d rather rely on a service to do it.

Just need to go with someone you trust. Most provide tutorials on how to use your own domain with them. It’s usually a few simple copy and paste DNS upda
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Yeah I should check about that, sounds like a better solution. Well at least I know my mail on the web server would be secure!
 
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Le Pertti said:
Yeah I should check about that, sounds like a better solution. Well at least I know my mail on the web server would be secure!
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I use Proton with my domains. The setup was super easy and I find them pretty reliable for my threat model.

I also get the VPN and Password Manager that I find very valuable.
 
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