Thanks. I appreciate the info and effort.

OK. Fair enough.

Unfortunately, archive.is has moved behind Cloudflare, subjecting readers to having their reading habits (both the articles and the referring communities) tracked at a large scale.

How do you know this?

What about https://ghostarchive.org/?

Would you edit your post and add the following archive link to the body, please?

https://archive.is/VcoE1

LMAO!

date brokers

I believe you meant ‘data brokers’.

Here’s an archive link of that NY Times article: https://archive.is/tXBRJ

There’s no “right” way to experience federation.

You’re doing it wrong!!! /s

I would like both to be successful.

Same

One cannot be sincere / ethical and be a billionaire simultaneously.

Says who? You? Maybe they once were not that sincere and have since had a change of heart. BTW, the Gates Foundation has done a tremendous amount of good over the years.

See my reply above.

uBlock Origin blocks all ads from the streaming sites I use. YouTube, Peacock, Paramount+ and Hulu. Some movies and sports I can easily pirate with no ads.

Yes

Yes.

I gave up traditional TV for ad-free streaming back in 2009 and have never looked back.

Telling people that they have problems is NOT nice. It’s the only rule here at Beehaw in which you have broken. Take a 7 day vacation.

Yes. Those are good points.

You were going for some Socratic roundabout ironic thing?

No.

That feels a bit patronizing.

That was not my intent. I apologize if anyone felt this way.

Why is that?