We’ve had a Pandora family plan for 5 years now. All four of us streaming on several devices with no problems.

No

I’m not interested in seeing more claims regardless of the source.

There is a very long worldwide stereotype of ultra-wealthy persons. Specifically, that all of them are evil and/or ungenerous. Obviously, this is grossly inaccurate. Bill Gates is one of the most generous persons among the ultra-wealthy.

The other claims about Bill Gates being made in this thread are exactly that -> claims.

If you are referencing this article, then he isn’t funding anything. He is willing to consider backing a TikTok like platform that uses the AT Protocol.

Arguably, ActivityPub has its shortcomings. Also, having another protocol similar to ActivityPub creates more competition which drives innovation (and gets people away from corporate-controlled sites like Meta).

Precisely!

I was part of the beta testing team. I enjoy it immensely and hope to see more and more of my friends and family use it.

https://archive.is/ExZju

I’ve used this for years. Love it!

Eclipsa Audio?

I wish my daughter could meet her and know her, to have an understanding of what it means to be a true force of good in this world.

I’ve been thinking about this more and more over the past ten years. And I don’t mean to diminish the importance this person had in your life and the life of others.

I believe most of us look up to people like her and Jimmy Carter for example. The mistake I believe most of us tend to make is we do not view ourselves as a positive force. To put it another way, we believe that we could never live up to all the good things these people have done. Basically, we beat ourselves up for not being like these people.

Generally speaking, we all can be a positive force in this world. It’s just all the little things that we can do, in an entire lifetime, that adds up to a great deal of good. For example, when I’m out at the local grocery store I smile and say hello to random people. I engage in friendly conversation with the cashier. And then I say goodbye and have a great day.

I’m sure that we all can think of hundreds of other examples that seem small. However, when you do all of these little things over a period of many years it adds up to a lot of goodness and positivity.

Confronted with information that could shake their worldviews, people can now search for confirming evidence and mainline conspiracist feeds or decontextualized videos. They can ask AI and their favorite influencers to tell them why they are right. They can build tailored feeds and watch as algorithms deliver what they’re looking for. And they will be overwhelmed with data.

This is, precisely, what morons do. How do you fix stupid?

Agreed and thanks!

I’ve known how blessed I am for over a decade. I’ve been trying to pay that forward since then. I will continue with this endeavor.

My family is barely middle class…

Same for us. That’s why we moved to inland (away from the coast) Maine. It’s fairly rural but within 45-60 minute drive to medium-sized cities. Most everyone living in our area commutes this for work. However, at home our money goes a long way.

While you are trying to immigrate out of the US you could consider moving to a more Democratic state such as California or Maine.

Enshittification

There is a ton of news coverage on this. Here’s an Axios article with a decent summary.