I'm a teacher and i always tell my students to definitely don't ever go to LibGen where their textbook is likely available totally free and certainly don't return your textbook and i absolutely won't be using it myself either.
since there isn't any strong way to collect data or advertise it will always be an underdog compared to big business.
that being said, the fediverse could outlast a few mainstream networks and build lasting strength with that. I'm an ideal setting it could become a defacto network over time.
can we get young people coming here though? that's how we get the tides to turn
I'm thinking that's how you can refer to your fellow community members
communities, I call them comms for short
emulation inception
they certainly can do that. I wonder if we'll get to that point where there are SPAM instances that every other instance will need to deal with
I haven't been keeping up with the updates since they stopped naming them after food. I guess that worked. The numbers have gotten less important and less big changes. I think that's probably best. just do updates that are needed, etc
it says emulator so it can't be wine
this is how Android has been forever. Jellybean was the most popular until around Nougat.
People keeping their phones for a longer time shouldn't be considered a bad thing. Cheap brands using old versions isn't good though and that does represent some of the numbers.
loads of people are making their own and doing pretty much this. I'm planning on giving it a try sometime over the summer. should be a fun project that I can actually keep using for a while. maybe even make my own notes or something.
I might explore options to make private content just for myself
self instance? sure, but that's not one you can join persay
my wife wears it because she's my personal hero