• mox
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    011 minutes ago

    I love this in principle.

    I just wish Mastodon instances were viewable without JavaScript. Opening the door to many types of browser exploit and fingerprinting shouldn’t be necessary just for reading.

  • @rtxn
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    5 hours ago

    Probably to avoid linking to kid diddler instances.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 hours ago

        Given that half the games are anime waifu sims these days, I can only imagine what horrors you’d unleash letting people link to their profiles on anime waifu mastodon instances.

        Actually no, I don’t have to imagine it since I’ve seen the horrors with my own eyes.

      • @rtxn
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        62 hours ago

        I think you would love 4chan.

        • circuscritic
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          I said cultural clashes, not pedo and MAGA circlejerks.

          Wait, do you not realize what an echo chamber is…?

          Because that’s exactly what I don’t want in my Twitter-like experience.

          I want to watch the opposing groups of internet brained waterheads, who view posting as combat, flail, whine, and throw hissy fits at each other, while on the same platform.

  • Charlie Fish
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    -42 hours ago

    That is so bad. They clearly don’t understand the appeal of decentralized systems…

    • @[email protected]
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      111 hour ago

      At the same time people on here are defending the centralization of PC gaming on Steam so even fediverse users don’t understand decentralization

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          My fantasy is that PC games become similar to roms, where it’s a single file. Maybe encoded is the system specs, OS, etc.

          Then the “emulator” just works.

          Of course, no financial incentives and a lot of work just to exist. Not to mention, it’ll be impossible to do for modern games. But maybe every game that’s older than 10 years old gets this treatment.

          Also I’m not a OS engineer and maybe this is what Proton is doing with Linux.

          Then pure decentralized gaming on any OS - computer, browser, raspberry pi, “smart Fridge”, whatever has the specs. And the game just works.

        • Nexy
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          I think will be something more like gog or itch io

    • @[email protected]
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      71 hour ago

      The instance I’m on isn’t federated with every other instance. Why would you expect steam to effectively federate with every instance?

      • Charlie Fish
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        240 minutes ago

        What? I’m not following. Steam isn’t federating with anyone. This is about having a link to an external site. Nothing more. Has nothing to do with federation directly.