Yeah I guess Obscura does obfuscation between the client and entry node, which is where it matters

This is way too overkill for what we need. I'm sorry, I've been intentionally vague about the context for this but I guess it's too unclear. We're an activist group planning a protest. We might have to get this set up literally tomorrow and every penny comes out of (mostly my) pocket. We're also all paranoid about opsec and anonymity, which is why the requirement about avoiding corporate services is there. Perhaps I should have posted this in a privacy focused comm instead, I apologize.

This is such an amazing article, The Verge's staff is still capable of some excellent journalism.

I don't think Lemmy does either...? It pushes updates to subs that at least someone on the receiving instance subscribes to (at least that's how it worked last time I checked). That's why there are scripts going around for new instances to automatically follow a bunch of popular subs to populate the All feed.

I think Mastodon works in the same way with users, where it sends updates for accounts that someone on the receiving end follows. So if nobody follows you from Threads it wouldn't send any of your posts there.

I wish they were all on the same day of the month...

Dates aren't a big concern though. What I was hoping for is something that would update automatically to some extent if (say) some amounts change, or a payment is missed. But I guess indeed that's basically impossible without access to my payment data.

Given that I have to update it manually though, I would at least like it to be synced remotely. So that I can, say, check it from my laptop on a webpage or desktop app without redoing all the manual data input.

I thought I heard they were rolling out some material you theming in beta a while ago. Did they revert it?

Me when I start seeing sickoposting in my default Lemmy comms

Interesting demo! Does this use the user agent string for identifying clients?

You're right, I guess, but if we only recommend paid ones people will just google for free ones and use whichever shady provider is at the top of the google results. People are really averse to subscriptions.

I've added a warning about free VPNs and switched to recommending Windscribe, which still has a decent reputation.

Yeah I've updated the post to have Windscribe as the recommended free one, with a warning about free VPNs

No worries, integration between Mastodon and Lemmy is still confusing at this stage :)

I mean you're right, but it's already probably too technical for the kind of target I'm aiming at with this post. I wrote this for a friend who didn't know what a torrent is but wanted to get cracked FL Studio. I cannot expect them to dive into firewall rules.