• brothershamus@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Lol. As soon as I heard someone upload their contacts to Google I thought “welp, I’m out.” And yeah, no one listened then either.

      Still, we got diaspora working finally. May the force be with you.

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        I’ve been converting folks where I can! I work in IT for a huge corporation, so our computers all come pre-loaded with Firefox set as the default browser haha.

        And with you!

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          Damn. How’d you swing that? Everyone I know is still stuck in the Microsoft/Chrome cycle.

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            I don’t give my users a choice at work and those computers are all locked down to where they’d need an admin to install Chrome.

            As far as my personal life goes, I’ve just been the go-to guy for computer questions for friends and family most of my life, so they usually listen to my advice, but it also helps to just go into detail as to why the change is necessary (not recommended, but necessary). No one likes to hear that their web browser is making it impossible to block ads and is streamlining the ad experience so they get more ads. Everyone despises ads lol.

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        I cringe when I remember willingly filling out my contacts list like it was nobody’s business. I’m so sorry, friends and acquaintances. :(