The main data collection post I assume you saw was misleading and isn't a true list of what data is collected. Viewing their privacy policy will tell you exactly what it collects and it's only a handful of things.
But so long as everyone uses what they like then it shouldn't matter ๐
The bit about using NY and CA as target practice was insane to me, it's hard for me to understand how it could become so bad. Maybe it's just me, but surely at some point you'd thing "jfc what am I saying/doing"
Grandpa also doesn't understand federation
Fedivwrse is scratching my itch, so I'll be staying
Paul Harrell maybe? Seemed okay but haven't watched a video in a while.
It became what seemed like a natural path to take. My father worked in a computer science field, tech and gadgets where always around.
I think what really did it for me was being younger and trying and succeeding on occasions to circumvent my father's parental controls on internet access.
I work in the IT sphere now.
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