Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based disscussion.
They still are, they just delayed the decision until other court tells them if they have the power to do so.
At the top menu bar there should be Create Community
button or you can go to the direct link. If you don’t see it then you instance has probably disabled the functionality.
They are pointless, just ignore them.
10€ and tipping in not a thing. You would get a long stare if you asked about it.
Only the case for subscribers. Upvotes/downvotes are shown from all instances that YOUR instance is linked with.
Same it true the other way. Federation only only works with text and images are pulled from the original instances and there seems to be an issue with that.
Password is hashed locally. Only already hashed password is trasmitted over the internet.
I don’t know the specifcs, but there are strict rules and requirements on how the data has to be stored if you process any of it, then there is complience issues with laws like GDPR and you have to be a registered entity as far as I know. It’s just too much legal paperwork for most FOSS projects.
The difference is that they can’t use illgally obtain information publically even if they have it, but if they got the same information by buying it it’s perfectlly legal to use it in a court of law, etc.
Top comment made me smile
You are unlikely to find FOSS alternative that is not for cryptocurrencies as the regulations around credit card data processing makes it hard.
Unlikely based on current reports that Wagner still has recruitment operations from Molkino which is in Russia and only a small number of Wagner troops have arrived to Belarus. Belarusians are also against attacking Ukraine and every time Lukashenko even hinted at it senior generals said they will refuse to carry out the orders. Lukashenko has no real control in Belarus and is being protected by Russian Presidential Security Service (SBP) as he is afraid of being killed.
I don’t think their are removing phone requirement, they will just add username support on top of it, so you can invite people using username, but still need phone to register an account.
Buying from private companies allows them to:
Either a typo or stylistic choice.
MusicBrainz has it capitalized https://musicbrainz.org/recording/a6c4fbb5-f8ef-4d40-823a-1a47ae671ca4