Some software developers prefer to host their own repos and have more control over the release process and/or don't want to fill all the criteria for being included on f-droid, so they create their own repos. Some of these apps can still be found on vanilla fdroid, but often aren't updated so frequently.

Izzyondroid, on the other hand, is a different project, aimed at hosting different apps that are usually from smaller devs and can't be included on fdroid yet, for different reasons.

The greatest thing about fdroid is that it allows anyone to create their own repos and you aren't forced to depend on anyone.

The weird thing for me is that by paying to use, you will need to be uniquely identified, and that opens doors for losing privacy in several ways. How is that addressed by kagi?

With all the respect, to deny the progress we had in the last decade seems a bit stubbornish and counterproductive.

In the 2000s, uo to early 2010s, not even a basic non techy user could properly use linux without assistance, and nowadays, they can use it normally. Most of them just need a working browser and a good UI.

I don't say that out of nowhere. I've been doing some work in initiatives for digital inclusion in my country, and we're having great results with linux nowadays, while it was impossible some years ago.

There's still a lot that needs improvement, but we're nowhere near the state we were just one decade ago.

Even more important is to see the windows downtrend. We need competition, keep it going!

I feel the same. I can't recommend it to anyone anymore.

Whoa, I didn't know tiktok was so popular. it's like 1/8 of the entire world population, and considering that only about 70% of the world has internet access, it's like 18% of all internet users.

Or are lots of these bot accounts, like other social media, and the real numbers are lower?

People also have that tendency to personify AIs. I don't really understand why.

Like already mentioned, they still do, in addition to other sources, but they're also developing their own index.

When it comes to search engines, I value not only privacy, but supporting independent indexes ans avoiding Google's monopoly.

Ddg is working in this aspect, so I consider them to be ok.

To be fair, I don't feel comfortable with that. I believe people are so excited about ditching reddit, that they're in denial about any possible flaw or inconvenience about lemmy.

I hope future updates bring more privacy to the users.

Do you think it's safe for the average joe to forward ports in the router to access things from the outside?

The posters/commenters/lurkers ratio of reddit is highly disbalanced. If enough posters (which are a tiny fraction of userbase) come to lemmy, the rest will follow.