Jay

Anytime a propaganda machine says something is pointless to try, you can be guaranteed it’s making them nervous.

Trump can hardly plot a route to the washroom on his own… it’s his cronies and the heritage foundation doing the work.

Edited: Spelling

This is No Effort November so it’s safe to assume he’s not putting a ton of work into this one.

Yup. If you really need to check something on there, there is an extension for your browser (Chrome and Firefox) that will redirect you to an alternative privacy-friendly frontend. https://libredirect.github.io/

Accidentally spill water in your bed and the next thing you know you’re getting adult diaper ads on every device you own for the rest of your life.

Ya I get what you mean, it doesn’t always work out for everyone without getting the word out traditionally, but it does happen.

Personally I think advertising only goes so far before a company just starts looking desperate by saturating the landscape with ads. Maybe that’s just me tho lol

While some now invest in some level of traditional advertising, it’s not what made them big. As you said with Tesla, they only started advertising when people started realizing they were crap, and even then compared to other vehicle manufacturers they spend little. Go Pro used influencers and content marketing by their customers, the Dollar Shave Club made it to fame through viral videos.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/viral-branding-10-brands-got-big-without-advertising-kent-lewis/

I don’t know about that. Tiktok, Lamborghini, Tesla, Krispy Kreme, The Dollar Shave Club, Tupperware, Rolls Royce, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Go Pro etc all do little to no traditional advertising and do just fine.

Not that there’s anything wrong with some advertising to get the word out, but when you’re getting spammed with ads from every angle, that company starts feeling a little scummy to me.

The way I’ve always looked at it, a good product/service can typically stand on it’s reputation. If a company needs to spend millions on advertising to move their stuff, they’re probably not all that good or are overpriced. Someone is paying for all that advertising and it always ends up being the consumer.

I edited my other comment to include a site more like imgur, https://cdn.imgpile.com/

It’s more similar to old reddit than how imgur is set up, but it’s more community driven, and everyone is very friendly and quite helpful in my experience so far. I can’t say much beyond that as I’m still learning more about it myself.

For something more like how imgur is, there’s also https://cdn.imgpile.com/ which feels a little rough around the edges, but has potential.

I know a bunch of Imurgians have gone over to https://discuit.org/

Edit: there’s also https://cdn.imgpile.com/ which is more like how imgur is set up.

I know what you mean… mine’s on its third battery from years ago. It’s one of the extended size ones, even came with a new back cover for the phone because the original can’t handle the thicker battery, but it’s showing its age now. Used to go 4-5 days on a charge, now I’m lucky to get 2, and looking around there are still some places that sell them, but most of them are stupid expensive or a tad sketchy… or a little of both.

Nice! I’m still running my S4 with LineageOS, although it’s got some bumps and bruises and doesn’t look as shiny as yours still does.

And they will know what you look like. And with some data extrapolation where you are, where you go, your searches, what you’re into, your payment methods, where you live, your schedule, who you interact with, and the list goes on.

This is one more data point for big brother to collect and share with the highest bidder, or to get leaked to people who do not have your best interests in mind.

Interac if you’re Canadian, and if the store accepts e-transfers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interac

https://photon.lemmy.ca/

Removed by mod

Ah TIL! I think it was finally added as of version 136, fairly recently.

When was that? I only ask because Firefox has vertical tabs now.