Ok, so there are left leaning options that don’t require you to turn off adblocker or subscribe to read the article.

Even on those sites I mentioned you can still decline the cookies and read the whole article.

PBS and Mother Jones both don’t.

Yes they have a donate button, what they don’t have is “turn off your adblocker or subscribe to keep reading this article”

Boh of them let you hit X on the donate and then keep reading.

I think your assessment is wrong.

Oh yeah you did I misread that my bad I was like “WHAT HOW”

Well its possible because we have a constitutional right to a speedy and quick trial in the united states.

So, since it is a constitutional right they get to shit all over it and do whatever the fuck they want to us anyway.

What makes it a pain to daily drive for you?

I have ublock but not noscript

You said you’re able to view the article without either one? What browser do you use?

Looks like it does in fact work on desktop but I still have trouble getting it to on mobile. I’ll experiment around with it

Every single one that doesn’t flood me with a “cookies or subscribe” banner has a right wing bias?

This still won’t let you read articles on websites like that though.

Man I fucking hate the Guardian.

Is there no source people can share that doesn’t force you to accept cookies or subscribe?

Man if you go in there nodding out and drooling on the desk I feel like they’re not giving you a gun and you couldn’t go to basic training until you went through treatment you would tell them.

What’s there to prove? You showed up high AF on opiates and are very clearly (in their eyes) a drug addict if you do that.

Take an opiate before I go in and nod out in the line or seat or interview or whatever.

Also talk about how you’ve had to be on the opiates to come to terms with figuring out that you might be a different gender.

Boom. No war for you.

(I’m not really conscription age)

I think its the Amazing World of Gumball

I feel like a decade or two (damn) ago now DailyMotion really had a chance man even Vimeo there for a min but then its like they just gave up fr.

It was kind if interesting to see people using Pornbub there for a min and it would have been cool for them to try and lean into that more with like a sfw variant of some sort (called something different) because they are probably one of the only companies that have the ability to do it honestly and even then, idk if they could really do it like YouTube does.

YouTube is the one single thing I haven’t de googled myself from.

You know that’s not a bad idea at all I think the cut is better for them that way too they probably make significantly more for an individuals watch time from a donation on Patreon vs that person watching their video once or twice.

Tried to defend themselves against us invading them multiple times.

What it’s really about is when they overthrew the US puppet government of Batista and nationalized all the US businesses that were there.

But I mean, it is their country. They should be able to do whatever the fuck they wanted to.

But if you’re keeping score the Americans fucked with the Cubans first, for sure.

Yes but there won’t be medication you’re talking about.

And if there was they wouldn’t ever give it to regular civilians.

I can’t speak for every government in the world, but as far as the major ones go, USA, Russia, China - I have less than zero percent trust in any of their companies to handle my data in a private and safe way.

It just isn’t happening. They will dissect it, sell the data points they can, surveil you with the other data points, train AI with it and all kinds of other shenanigans. And most people know this.

That’s why you can’t just go right in to doing that, gotta help me adults think they’re helping children and society at large first. Start with something small, just a small inconsequential right they lose (“Oh, I have to input my age to access this site”) and then raise the stakes a little (“Oh, now I have to input my picture ID, ok”)

Until it escalates into full inescapable 24/7 surveillance against you. And far from before that moment in time its already too late.

Once they implement this, its already too late.

I always thought it was Tuta that was the honeypot.

I love signal and use I daily but I will admit the lack of self hosting is the biggest red flag for me. And that the servers are all in USA.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any alternatives that are as readily accessible and easy to set up to others. XMPP I guess is really the best bet for true privacy but a lot of people I talk to would be unable to grasp how to set it up and use it correctly.

Lol, I notice he didn’t say anything in reply to this.