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(some) internet malware is ads, but not all ads are malware

That’s backwards. (Most) ads are malware, but not all malware is ads.

The majority of ads are, at best, dangerous and, at worst, actively malicious. The ad networks don’t care to review them because they make money either way.

Not that one thing alone, obviously. But it’s a big part of it.

We can call it a hypothesis if that helps.

Then you’re the target audience for Bluesky and similar. Mastodon and other fediverse sites don’t have that and that’s what most of the people here prefer.

I forgot about Lemmy for a few days just because it’s not so addictive and I like that. It’s actually refreshing when you realise you’ve been gone for a few days without missing it.

The overwhelming majority of ads are malware. Which is why I block aggressively and refuse to budge on that.

It’s Twitter 2.0. It’s what the average person wants. It’s popular because it has algorithms and all the other addictive things from corporate social media.

Mastodon and others don’t have these things and are harder to get started with. Picking a server is weird and scary. After that, getting your home feed started is difficult if you don’t know to just follow some hashtags.

Hell yeah. I just wanted to add another option. I have no opinion regarding Sublime and choice is a good thing. There’s something for everyone.

Notepad++ is my text editor of choice as someone who just edits the occasional file. I’m not a programmer or anything, but it’s nice to have those autocomplete and syntax highlighting features for config files. Helps me keep track of stuff better when editing.

Here’s hoping this becomes a proper english version with the same dedication as the original. Think a lot of people could appreciate something like this.