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Cake day: February 19th, 2024

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  • So Microsoft is one of the most valuable companies in the entire world. They have a stranglehold on corporate America, power a huge the cloud infrastructure, hold one of the largest sources of telemetry/user data, and are the defacto standard of PC environments worldwide.

    Why in the fuck do they need to pivot to ads? I’m genuinely curious. Even if they lost 50% of their entire business they would still be one of the most profitable companies in the world.












  • I like the federation for interacting with people in a way that’s similar to previous social media sites, but without the bloat and advertising.

    It’s also nice to not have to deal with the extreme political rhetoric unless I specifically look for it, such as HexBear or .ML instances.

    My mastodon is mostly queer/alternative folk and I share my music and exploits online diary style.

    Lemmy is mostly how I used Reddit, but I’m less of a lurker here.

    Maker tube (Peertube) is cool because I can watch, make, or share videos like YouTube used to be before the commercialization.

    TanukiTunes (FunkWhale) is awesome because I can upload my own music or listen to music without having to fork over data, and I can donate/purchase music directly through the profile’s preferred method instead of Spotify hellscape.

    I’ll eventually get a Pixelfed for my photography exploits. I occasionally use Mastodon to share cool pics I find.

    All in all, Federation is my net home. Love it