There is a small, but growing, number of retailers that have decided to apply this worldwide. Perhaps GOG is the most noteworthy. Look at anything that's discounted there and you'll see their "usual" price, as well as the lowest price they sold it for in the last 30 days before the current discount started. It's a good rule, makes me more inclined to feel I'm actually getting a good deal, wish more places would do it

I tried to sign up for Instagram to check it out. Here's my experience of attempting to sign up:

• I gave my email address and date of birth.
• I chose a password.
• I chose a usernam--
• Upon typing the first character of my chosen username, I saw an error message: "An error has occurred. Please refresh the page."
• I refreshed the page.
• "Your account has been suspended as you have breached our Community Guidelines. Please complete the information below to have the matter reviewed."
• I gave my email address (again).
• I checked my email and click the link they sent me.
• I gave my phone number.
• I checked my SMS and provide the code they sent me.
• I was asked to take a "Verification Selfie". You have to write your name, your username, and a six-digit number they give you "on a clean piece of paper" and hold it up. Your hand and face must be visible in the photo. It's not entirely clear what they want to verify this picture against. Or what username you're supposed to use, because, again, this whole thing started when I'd typed an "a".

And at that point I realised I wasn't welcome on Instagram.

Just gonna throw https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe into the discussion - which is NewPipe, with extra features.

People from other instances can and do use our communities and are affected by our admins' decisions. So to say they have no real stake in the matter is not entirely accurate.

That said, there are certain decisions they have no stake in, for example the debate of whether we defederate with x, y, or z.

Correct.

In theory, copyright law would protect you.

In practice, this isn't always enforced across countries' borders.

If you don't want what you type online to be saved for posterity, don't type it in the first place.

I downloaded the Amazon app a while back. The first message that popped up with a "join prime" screen. I very nearly tapped the join button because it was the only button on the screen and I wasn't paying attention - I had to scroll to find the "maybe later" button. They seem to love their hostile UI.

Or just use Matrix/Element. No phone number needed, plus federation!

Welcome to 196. You must be new around here, low tier memes is all we've got. Enjoy your stay. :)

You didn't ask me, but you might want to know that I just tried generating one of these and posting it in r/1GBVidsOfRandomNoise. It seems reddit compressed my beautiful 1GB video to hell:

• Input video: 909MB
• Video stored on Reddit's servers: 28MB

Each post must be precisely the word "comm".

Each comment must be precisely the word "line".

Comm and line.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Question: Would sexy pirate pictures of his fursona, John Ottiver, count?