Ah this makes more sense! I was wondering how OP was using tiktok for a todo list

The idea behind it per the video where they introduced it is that its a means of creators to take ownership of their own content. The idea being that if you follow creator X on youtube you arent actually following creator x you’re following them on youtube. If something happens or youtube removes a video for whatever reason of they have to leave the platform then you lose access to their content.

If you’re on this app you follow creator x on whatever platform they are on. So in theory it’s not just an all in one app but a way to solve the youtube monopoly and make for an easy transition.

In concept I think it sounds really cool, but whether it actually is able to deliver on it’s goals remains to be seen.

I am pro-opensource when possible. I use linux on desktop and laptop, I use foss android apps where available, and am happy to keep that trend alive.

That said, I am not a foss purist. There are things in my life where you gotta do what you gotta do. I have google’d android(a pixel even), I make use of steam and other proprietary game stores, I of course bank using bank things. Sometimes I waste time looking for an alternative only to find I’ve wasted my pre-bed time and Ive stayed up late chasing my tail. It’s just easier to live well.

One thing about FOSS ui is that as frustrating as it is to be forced into someone’s esoteric workflow, it isnt always counter intuitive, just different from how the mainstream does it. There have been a few foss programs where once it clicks I kinda get where they were coming from(and of course many others where I feel the devs are intentionally out there spreading chaos)

More and more the chickens are coming to roost with the venture capitalist fueled modern internet.

So many services take the money and either reinvent a wheel or dont pretend to but offer the same service but for FREE. Then once they gain their audiences and cripple the competition they either drop all the customer first policies and start embracing anticonsumer monetization, or they raise prices so that essentially it’s the same as the old industry it was “disrupting” (but like with an app so totally different).

If they dont do that, or fail at doing that, then they wind up freefalling into decline and possibly going out of business as the venture capitalists realize they waited too long before passing their investment onto someone else and got caught holding the bomb when it went boom.

That said I understand why people use discord. It’s a feature rich free to use chat app that also does voice chat very well. It makes the barrier of entry for starting a group chat easy and free. It’s mature software that also runs really well. I think for a lot of users they dont care if the business model is unsustainable because that model benefits them and if and when discord goes broke or starts making bad choices then they will jump onto alternatives.

Oooh neat. Geometric weather was great and it’s still functional but it was a shame that it hasnt been updated in a long time and could use a little bit of this and that. I will watch the development of breezy with great interest.

The addition of the air quality meter is especially welcome since things got smokey in the eastern US

• and causing live updates to the site which many users dislike. *

This is quite the understatement. I’d be just about to click something and in the time it takes my brain to signal my finger the list would bump down with like 25 posts from some random instance and finding what I wanted would be tricky.