I don’t think so, YouTube’s new method for blocking third party clients seems to be difficult to work around. I have the Linux version of the NewPipe app and that seems to be working but I don’t use VPNs, so I don’t know if that would work for you.

I don’t know if I’m about to say something that someone has already stated but there are a few reasons I’m aware of.

1. There is nothing preventing another platform from becoming another TikTok. All of the problematic users will just migrate to some other platform that probably has less moderation and continue doing everything they were doing before.

2. I’ve seen some concern about what it could do to the economy. A lot of content creators on TikTok were making money from it and some were successful enough to make a living. Some of these users have expressed that they were either unable to gain an audience on other major platforms or they were banned from them, making TikTok their only significant income source.

3. There are concerns about the hypocrisy of banning TikTok for spying on it’s users when other platforms and services, like Facebook and Windows, do pretty much the same thing.

I’m not very familiar with SCPs, are there any that are basically just tentacle hentai monsters?

It’s a good thing it is now. Back when I checked it, for some reason, most of the websites listed were nothing like Reddit/Lemmy.

I started using Lemmy because, after a previous Reddit blackout a few years, the CEO of Reddit (Steve Huffman, AKA Spez) released a statement that (while I’ve long sense forgotten exactly what he said) made it seem like he was disappointed in the Reddit community for not supporting pedophilia. I used alternativeto.net to find Reddit alternatives and, because Lemmy wasn’t at the top of the list at the time, I used a few other websites before using Lemmy. At first I used both simultaneously but I deleted my Reddit account after the API changes.

Ok, then either things have changed or I was lied to for the past several years because this is the first time anyone has told me that slow charging was fine.

No, I specifically remember both being told and researching it my self, every source stated that both slow and fast charging can damage batteries.

What I’m referring to is what my device states. Right now, my tablet states that it’s slow charging but my other android devices just say charging and my mom’s phone states that it’s fast charging when she uses the cable that came with her phone.

I’m ok with it taking longer to charge and not being able to use it while it’s charging, I have other device, including a computer, that I can use while it’s charging. I made this post because, from what I’ve read and was told over the years, is that slow charging (actual slow charging and not normal charging) can damage the battery. From what other users have told me, this seems to be a lie (or that it’s at least not as bad as fast charging).

Ok, I have no problem with slow charging, it’s just that I’ve heard that both slow and fast charging can damage the battery and I wanted to make sure it would be ok.

When you say “slow charging”, are you talking about actual slow charging or normal charging? As I stated in my other comment, I’ve only ever heard that about normal charging and never about slow charging.

Are you talking about slow charging or normal charging? I’m only asking because I heard that about normal charging but I’ve never heard that about slow charging.

I was able to find it’s apk but none of the apks I replaced it with worked. So either the apps I have don’t work in ATL or there is some issue specifically with NewPipe’s flatpak.

Ok, I have NewPipe installed and it’s working but I don’t where it’s apk is located or how to replace it.

No, not at all. I’m already the type of person who gets extreme anxiety whenever someone expects anything thing from me. Adding a time limit just makes things worse.

I usually screw in both bolts but I still have an old laptop that I use on very rare occasions that doesn’t have the screw holes for some reason.

Ok, I can try Solus. As long as the only meaningful difference is the package manager, I should be able to use it.

Also, I didn’t find the Manjaro spin but on Budgie’s official website, there is a list of distros that come with Budgie. So, I can try those if, for some reason, can’t use Solus.

I can try that, do you know of any distro that has it preinstalled? I don’t care too much about what it’s based on but I might prefer a distro that’s similar to Linux Mint.

I’m currently using Cinnamon because I thought it would be better than Xfce. While I do think that Cinnamon looks better, there were some minor things that I preferred with Xfce. I want to try Mate and maybe some of the other DEs if I can find a good distro that has them but I may go back to Xfce the next time I install Linux Mint.

So far just one and that user was banned so the block doesn’t really mean anything. I don’t really have a reason to block users, I just blocked that one user because they were spamming some images and videos that had “extreme” content.