TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there's no more opt-out option.

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[–] explodicle@local106.com 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IMHO it's cyclical.

Computers started out client server because of limited computing capacity
Then everybody got a PC and for a while, physical media were faster than downloads
Then we got oodles of bandwidth, so servers seemed practical again
Now servers are taking advantage of the trust we've placed in them
Next, we'll all enjoy a brief P2P revolution. Hooray!
After that, homomorphic encryption will make servers seem appealing again
Even farther into the future, the attacks against that encryption will no longer be tolerable

It will be decades more before humanity accepts the teachings of Richard Stallman.

[–] Misanthrope@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could you point me to some starting points or good reads by Richard Stallman? He got a solution to the cycle, then I'm down.

[–] Audacity9961@feddit.ch 13 points 9 months ago

Free software, Free society is his collection of essays.