Far from perfect, but I think it’s good to have a layer that very visibly shows ‘yes, this is the account you want’.

Domains are a worthwhile addition, but they run into almost the same problem as usernames and handles. Can be made misleading easily - sure, I could often go to the web address and verify it (if they don’t put up a convincing fake site), but that’s much lower visibilty.

Eg, you can probably register nintendo@nintendoamerico.com or similar and get it by some folks just as easily as registering the Twitter handle. There’s a payment step to get the domain, but that’s about it.

The centralization problem you mention is a good point though. It was a fine system, if you felt like you could trust Twitter as a verifier. Today obviously, one could not. But Bsky seems to at least theoretically have a ‘choose your verification provider’ idea in mind, which would (again theoretically) resolve a lot of that issue.

I do not see anything to be angry or disappointed about?

Verification badge was good, the dumb thing Twitter did was throw it away by letting anyone pay for it.

But doctor…I am Pagliacci.

Another note: any time there’s a piece of software that you like, but don’t want to use it (because it’s proprietary, missing features, or whatever reason), alternativeto.net is an incredibly useful resource.

Here’s their list of apps with a wishlist feature: https://alternativeto.net/feature/wishlist/

Usually a great starting point.

I can’t offer much in the way of experience - but I have at least wanted to replace Amazon wishlist functionality. I’ve never gotten around to making the jump, so I can’t really say that I personally recommend any of these.

But when I was looking around, these are 3 options that seemed promising at surface level:

• https://giftwhale.com/
• https://wishy.gift/
• https://www.wishlistr.com/

I’d be curious to know how it goes, so I hope at some point you update the thread with what works for you.

Reminds me of this: https://butter.sonnet.io/

Which also doesn’t have a Firefox version, but I was always kinda curious about.

Actually, is that your project? Lol, you mentioned yellow blocks which made me think of butter.

Thanks for the list! I use a handful of these (in Firefox), but wasn’t aware of all of them. Youtube Redux especially seems cool.

Yes, seems like such an odd oversight from Google. They want you to subscribe to channels, but after even moderate use over a few years, you end up with a massive list of subscriptions. I guess it’s not actually an oversight, the bad UX (for finding specific content) is probably on purpose, they want to funnel you through their suggestions. But still, surprised they don’t include a way to organize it.

I use an extension called PocketTube to organize them – but it stores data locally and doesn’t sync very well, so it wouldn’t fit your use case.

Yes. But not (just) that they haven’t envisioned other monetization - even if other cash is flowing in, they’ll eventually put ads and data brokerage into their business model on top of that.

And why not? Consumers have repeatedly, time and time again, shown tolerance for it.

:(

My wife prints a lot (and needs color, cardstock support), and this is what we went with. Had it about a year now, and it’s been fairly reliable. A couple streaks and minor issues, but nothing major. Get a good amount of prints per ink refill.

If anyone else was confused by the typo, difficult > default.

I’m not sure what to think. On one hand, yes, Google is of course slimy. But if Mozilla loses it’s big source of funding (and crumbles as a result), that may put things in a worse place?

Then again, it’s a shame that the only major competing browser engine is funded by the dominant browser’s company. Maybe Mozilla can be fine without it?

The funny thing is, having full control of it doesn’t fully make it better. You’d think that’s objectively just an improvement, but there’s peculiar value in channels curating what’s shown and when.

Even moreso, it’s was wonderful to know that the TV didn’t keep a bookmark of what you’ve watched or how far you got, and if you miss something you miss it. You could just stop watching something, or miss several episodes and pick up on it, and that’s fine - liberating in retrospect!