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Ah! got that mixed up, thanks for the correction ^^
There’s Proton, an actively maintained desktop ui alternative for Lemmy.
ROCm is it’s own hell (unless they finally put some resources into it in the past couple years)
The community is rightfully distrustful and dismissive toward a technology that is mostly used for scams and grifting.
The Folding Ideas video on crypto has yet to be adequately refuted.
If someone was earnestly looking for a way to privately transact, the best option I’ve seen is GNU taler, which doesn’t require any crypto or blockchains to accomplish its goal extremely well, it just needs wider adoption.
LBRY also uses a crypto back end, and LBRY coin (their crypto) is what odysee used before being bought out by Arweave. I wouldn’t recommend either, personally.
Please be aware, Odysee was recently purchased by a Crypto company that also acquired an NFT company.
For more info, see my comment here: https://slrpnk.net/comment/9749921
I would not recommend investing any time or money into the platform, as it will inevitably crash and burn as the owners walk away flush with cash while everyone else is left holding the bag.
Peertube is not ideal, but it is currently the only alternative that isn’t tied to a shady crypto scheme.
For those interested in an alternative, and especially if you are a programmer, the Ladybird browser appears to be the most promising independent browser that could someday take Firefox’s crown.
Cheers for mentioning this, that shit is right up my alley! :D
He posted this update a few months ago, it seems to be progressing well!