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Both. The text data is in the database of all instances that are federated. Your account credentials are only stored on the instance you're registered to.

Because this is not censorship. You're free to browse any defederated community. You're not censored, they're not censored. All the content is perfectly viewable on the fediverse.

Go join another instance. You can't enter somebody else's house and complain about how they don't want to invite the neighbor over as well. That's not censorship. Go to the neighbors house if you want to hang out with them.

But you've been explained this multiple times, so I'll leave it at this. Ignorance is not bliss.

The word "censorship" has lost all meaning

If you're not carrying cooked spaghetti in your pocket I don't trust you.

The dev is not tracking anything. Google ads is.. and like the other comment said if you have Google Play on an android phone then you're being tracked.

I'd wager most people complaining about sync also have a Gmail account or shop on Amazon, or watch YouTube, or a million other equally or more invasive stuff.

The trackers are from the ads. They go hand in hand so I think people mean both when they say ads. Ads tracking you is kinda a given. And if you pay to remove the ads the trackers never load either.

There shouldn't be a loaded gun anywhere near a film set. That's the problem, not him practicing his scene between camera rolls

Just release them far away from any power lines

The modern world is the enemy of attention spans, that's all there is to it I think

The article touches briefly on it, essentially even though a minority wants these terrible policies, that minority are the GOP base and are generally single issue voters and religious. That minority has an outsized say due to gerrymandering. And there is also a feedback loop in this country where the GOP gerrymanders, they cut education and other social services, blame the "enemy" for the downturn in QOL for their constituents, and repeat. It solidifies the us vs them mentality that has these people voting against their own interests.

Obviously super simplified outlook on it since it is a very complex issue. Other people in the thread have explained better.