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I missed the survey

Is this real?

Glad to see the old ways still persist

Dont some of these alternatives check all of those boxes? Eg Stoat and Matrix have persistent chat, file sharing, screensharing, and streaming dont they?

So Stoat has screensharing but only with low quality? Looking into self hosting it

Unfortunately any unencrypted file sharing, or really any unencrypted internet usage at all, carries some risk of ISPs or governments snooping on what you are doing. BitTorrent is just particularly notable because of its history and that by the nature of the protocol, you are uploading (seeding) in addition to downloading.

A good VPN is a few bucks a month and provides a lot of other benefits. It’s worth considering.

I know, it’s picky lol. I’m still considering it as the replacement for my discord groups (also checking out Element/Matrix). The average users aren’t going to be up for swapping around a lot of platforms, so I am hoping to make one big push on the platform of choice. “Revolt” would have gotten less “wtf is that, how do you even spell it?” than “Stoat”

Unironically yes

Honestly the name choice adds difficulty in getting friends to take it seriously. Why did they pick “stoat”

If you find an effective way to import the Spotify lists please share!

Not sure how to automate the partial album part. You might have an easier time just letting lidarr snatch the full albums and then culling tracks afterwards. You can connect slskd directly in lidarr with a plugin if that helps.

Spotify list import is broken right now, so you have to wait until they get around to fixing it. It’s a big hurdle for migrating to lidarr. You can import lists from some other places like listenbrainz and last.fm, so you might be able to accomplish something through those.

Good thread, since I hate a lot of “new” things. It’ll be good to read about the good ones.

I’ll add: GrapheneOS (and other custom phone OSes) giving us a choice besides being tracked by the big corpos.

I wouldn’t say im stick of it, but it can be a lot of work. It can be frustrating at times, but also rewarding. Sometimes I have to stop working on it for a while when I get stuck.

In any case, I like it a lot better than being Google’s bitch.

Ultimately I want to completely replace Plex because it’s enshittifying and I am migrating to FOSS solutions wherever possible.

However it is very convenient with Plex since it handles the server and client ends very seamlessly, and the PlexAmp apps are really superb, especially for non technical family users.

Lidarr to get music, PlexAmp to listen to it. Might migrate to Navidrome in the future.

Your votes on reddit or facebook are profiled and sold to every data broker on the planet.

Making them public just removes the illusion that they are private in the first place

It’s also the result of being put on the spot with a microphone in your face. Like that girl who couldn’t name “a woman”

Whose policy?

If it helps, when I open this tab in their app I can print it, despite not being able to do it in my browser. Not that it’s an ideal choice.

“Cow Tools” was real all along