@thomholwerda Google is not only spying on the web. They just own the smartphone's place. You know - the 1st connected device people drag around not matter what.

@thomholwerda Google : Hey now I have an OS, and ppl can’t do anything without me ! And I’m even spying through the whole OS too !

@thomholwerda it’s almost like working on something for money does not lead to a better product. It seems that passion is a better indicator of quality.

@thomholwerda That's because they run Mastodon as a hobby in between running the entire Internet as a job =]

@thomholwerda lube & caffeine, don’t forget the lube & caffeine.

@thomholwerda I think it's a holdover view from the OStatus/Pump.io/GNUNet days.

@thomholwerda@social.tchncs.de looks at my timeline which is almost exclusively women interesting, techbros. you don't say.

@thomholwerda Honestly, I've been realising that mastodon just doesn't "click" for Americans. No idea why, but the moment a billionaire endorsed a new network, they flocked to it much more so than Europeans.

Disclaimer, not all Americans, not all Europeans, etc, etc.