sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

@ultem yes but you can load apps onto an android phone without a google account. you can pay for things using cash without a bank account.

signing in to the app store, required to download *any* app to an iphone (even free ones), requires an apple id. an apple id requires a phone number, so even putting signal on your iphone means deanonymization.

the prompt to enable a new apple id for app store use warns that logging in will enable icloud backup. this prompt occurs even if icloud has been opted out previously.

enabling an apple id for the app store demands a street address.

@ultem i am aware. there is also dtmf.io.

You can't create an Apple ID without a phone number. Phone numbers in the USA and other countries are tied to all sorts of PII, and most require ID to get.

@snow don't ask to ask

@icedquinn discord is trash, avoid it

current theory is that nickmqb might be a 10x

@snow i use computer modern for the body because i want it to look like a Serious Paper Typeset In LaTeX

that cringey moment five minutes into california love where dr dre, who was doing *so well* up until that point, calls it "frisco"

the official delineation between childhood and adulthood is when you stop pirating software

it's weird how emotionally opposed people are to the concept of corporate personhood, as if it's an inherently bad thing. corporations aren't real, so corporate human rights are just human rights for the people who comprise those corporations.

@arh@hostux.social shhhhh

@arh@hostux.social yeah this is what i end up doing, just creating filters that trash the messages from those domains. it's annoying though, the unsubscribe button should work. one day someone will invite my user account there or send me a DM years from now, and i won't see the notification because of the filter.

@brother @snow yes but that doesn't send condescending messages to you fools. they should probably fix that bug, so it makes fun of you automatically and then mutes.

i like the blob.cat instance and the people there (like @mewmew) and also their cool bot: @comicbot

what are your favorite websites? my top ones are hn, fediverse, nytimes, and some blogs. i would like more websites because i am taking a few days off after working for over two weeks straight and like doing things other than reading books. pls advise