• @Syrc
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      77 days ago

      “I’m sick of apps owned by American oligarchs who want to steal my data! This app owned by Chinese oligarchs will surely be a better experience”

      • skull887
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        47 days ago

        I saw someone suggest Yandex as a Google substitute in de-Google thread recently…lol

        • sunzu2
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          27 days ago

          Yandex is good for torrents and it doesn’t censor shit bad for US regime…

          It has its uses with trusted VPN and properly configure browser of course

      • @Filthmontane
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        06 days ago

        So far it’s been a wildly better experience

        • @Syrc
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          16 days ago

          Based on what? It’s not like you can immediately notice if your data is being stolen.

          • @Filthmontane
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            16 days ago

            Based on the interaction with the app. The features are extensive. There’s no ads. My data has most likely been leaked by American companies anyways, so what’s the big deal?

            • @Syrc
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              6 days ago

              The thread was about Global Switch Day, whose purpose is to leave proprietary social media for ones that won’t sell your data or get enshittified. So Rednote being proprietary already makes it irrelevant to the discussion.

              Even if it actually was better than mainstream social media at the moment, it would still be at the same risk of being enshittified due to that. It’s just a bandaid solution, like people leaving Twitter for Bluesky.

              And besides that, most sources I found say Rednote does have ads.

              • @Filthmontane
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                15 days ago

                Good point. I’ve never seen an ad on it and I’ve been using it for at least a week. There’s sponsored content, but you’d have to go looking for it. Like if I wanted to watch some videos about Nike shoes, I’d see sponsored videos and such. But no actual ads.

    • Autonomous User
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      7 days ago

      I can not find its libre software licence text file.