AkashicOwl

It always was. The "problem" is that there's not 10% of what you can find on Bluesky (well, at least for my interests), sadly. It's less worse than say, Peertube vs YouTube but still, last time I tried to dig I didn't find much. i still use it tho, but I'm following like 3 accounts is a hundred on BS. I'll try and dig a bit more again today.

Yeesh. A paid service and they don't even have a comment section (plus there doesn't seem to be a lot of videos on a few subjects I like)? Don't wanna be a crybaby but they're really making things harder.

It's harder than that IMO. There are plenty alternatives to many bad things but people just don't care. Just like Linux, for the average person that's got enough shit to deal with, they don't wanna add what they perceive like a difficulty and remove comfort by having to start from scratch with less options. Also, being cut from the mainstream trends, and the general social thing.

Not speaking for me as I've been mostly degoogling and demicrosofting, even tho I still partly feeling like that for YouTube that's been a very valuable part of my life (yes. I do read and go outside. But please stop suggesting that to people in such threads, that's missing the point), and that I couldn't let go off yet. Alternatives rn are either totally devoid of content (at least, the one I like), or paid (didn't gave a shot to Nebula, I'll browse it and see, but it might be hard to beat both my favorite creators I spent years curating, and the fact that you can find anything on any obscure thing)

I've tought about TTS options. I could probably make some kind of more private workaround with it, by using DDG chat AI, or whatever else that's not the official ChatGPT app

What are you even using GPT for? Asking information, offering options, comparisons

You say it dictates what you think, do you have difficulty parsing your own thoughts?

Kind of Supposedly ADHD, anxiety, and other things Dictate via microphone helps in many ways for me

I don’t think it’s a good tool for introspection

I don't really use it for introspection, always for information

Good thinking, thanks, I do still read tho, no worries (might not seem like it in my writing, english is not my first language). I've never been a writer, I'm usually into forms of expression that are more direct to me, like drawing and music

If you say it like that...I should certainly try and remember the priorities in some situations

Thanks In a way I did still change a lot of habits. This on the other does feel like giving up a huge fight and making my brain think that I actually don't care about privacy/Foss at all, I'm usually not a "all or nothing" type of person, but it's a bit hard to wrap my head around this time

Duckduckgo has a way of using AI privately, supposedly. But I'm not sure how much can trust them. Thanks for the suggestion I'll look into it

It was not for therapy, be reassured. See my post answer to Telorand @reddthat.com

Not saying it's the only option. But it certainly is one, and well, technology evolve, and lures us in seductive ways into giving up on efforts and all...that's the problem I'm fighting against

Sorry, lots of posts to answer to, but I've basically answered yours in another post I suppose (Telorand @reddthat.com's post)

Those seem like good advice, but when I was saying dictate, I was just talking about sending my requests to the chatbot app via microphone, not writing. I tend to be super adhd-y, forget things, be overwhelmed, get into sideway things, and having a quick way to ask this or that, while thinking out loud, is kinda what helps me. But yes, in a way, some sort of journaling, trying to focus and slowing down would help me.