I hope so too, twitter is awful.

It is pretty obvious why they are doing this though, but it also means you don’t own them, you are renting them.

https://itc.ua/en/news/amazon-has-canceled-the-feature-that-allowed-piracy-kindle-books-now-without-downloading-to-pc/

https://rl.bloat.cat/r/Calibre/comments/1h6wrlq/assistance_with_kfx_drm_removal_in_calibre/

DRM removal from Kindles from 2024 doesn’t seem to work, that is why they are removing it.

It is very easy to remove DRM from kindle Books, but since you will not be avle to download them it will not be possible anymore.

They do have other ways such as SMS if it is critical, but most people simply share the twitter link via WhatsApp and you can be more updated by using twitter. Most people haven’t moved to Bluesky or Mastodon, so if there is flooding or heavy rain most people will share updates on their location via twitter and WhatsApp like for example flooded streets.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3355402.3355408

https://redlib.ducks.party/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1hrgu3u/amber_alert_with_details_gated_behind_a_twitter/

I don’t think it is a good idea to block twitter completely. Some countries use twitter for official announcements, including emergency warning.

From my experience they almsot never reply, it is better to make a new account using vpn rather than trying to get unbanned.

A good example is the Usenet community, in Lemmy there is barely any activity, on reddit people post at least once a week.

I had multiple accounts suddenly they all got system error, which in Reddit means you are banned. They couldn’t be bothered to implement a notification system to inform the users they were banned.

In Patreon, the users are selling their content, in this case Reddit is paywalling user content without paying the users.

Or just move to a a console, the quality might not be the same, but it is way cheaper. This is one of the reasons people by consoles, they are cheaper and the games are optimized for it.

That is not the only reason it is stable, because all transactions are private, it doesn’t affect the price unlike bitcoin.

I was making a joke, I agree with you it is over hyped. It basically just takes the training data mixes it up and gives you a result. It is not the so called life changing thing that they are advertising. It is good for writing email though.

Look up Monero, it is a crytpo currency that as far as I know no one has been able to trace.

Yeah lot of companies are way overvalued look at Carvana, how is this company worth 50 billion?

It does empower normal people, unfortunately regulations make it harder to use. Try buying Monero, it is very hard to buy.

Oh, I thought he said days not weeks. If it takes weeks they probably suspect you of money laundering.

International transfers do take time, domestic is instant. International transfer typically take 1-5 days.

I am not taking about money being held, I talking about regulations and horrible banks not technology. Yes, the current technology allows you instant transfer, but it still depends on the bank. For example some banks allow free international transfers while others require a small fee, some banks you can do the transfer online while others you have to go to the branch in person. You don’t have to go through a bank with crypto, sometimes it is faster and it is definitely more private.

It depends on the bank and the amount you are trying to move.There are banks that might take a week (five business days) or so though very rare and there are banks that might do it instantly. I once used a bank in the US to move money and they sent a physical check and this was domestic not international.

Edit: I thought he meant a week not weeks. Normally a max of five working days.