Even if there is, though, that would only affect you and the messages you read. If you sent it to others, they could still do what they wanted with it.

There’s no way to prevent someone from retaining data once they have it. The clients would have to voluntarily cooperate.

Fair enough

I agree and don’t use it. But that’s not an ethics question.

I pick a different one every time. Keep em guessing

You could go to another instance and remain federated with both of those and ani.social. Whether they defederate with ani.social or not doesn’t stop you from engaging with them.

I’ve heard that from a couple of people but it’s been consistent for me. I’ll post a screenshot later. Dunno what it is but would be glad if it’s just a switch I have to flip or something.

Discord is the biggest one for me, pissed me off enough to keep me off it. If you try to do voice calls it tells you to download the app or install chrome

Ah yes, the birth of time itself

I used to live in a town with no less than three scuba shops.

It was not on the water.

Whatever is touted as the primary use doesn’t matter as much as what anti-user features it enables.

I have a fine arts degree and I’m a lead dev 🤷‍♂️