I just want a text only app for Lemmy/kbin. No thumbnails, profile pictures, in app preview of posts, or inline comment images.

I just want post titles, self posts text, and comments.

People think "oh it’s like email, well I know Gmail is pretty good so I’ll make an account there. Whatever decisions Google makes is by extension my decision

This is why I think email analogy is very useful to get the basics of how Lemmy/kbin work on a technical level but falls flat on a practical and social level

You have what I would call federation idealists that feel that is should be just like email you should be able to contact anyone. This ignores the fact that email is private communication tool vs a public facing forum.

The argument that instances should be utilities with no “politics” or “culture” just ignores the reality.

Might not be the most popular answer on this platform but it is the most seamless and easy for me. The integration between chrome and android is really nice.

Not that other options are difficult but the only reason I can see to migrate is ideological which is completely fair. I would probably do it if I was younger and had more time and effort to deal with it.

Intel marketing seems to be going all in on using generic names to trick people into buying lower end parts. They changed the marketing of Celeron/Pentium to the most generic “Intel processor” line up. Now when you specify to make sure you buy an “ultra” chip it’s easy for the layman to buy the lowest end chip out of ignorance.