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  • The app’s privacy settings claim that users can disable this data collection by turning off “AppCloud” in the app list. But, according to SMEX, deletion requires the user to submit a form that does not exist, making it impossible to fully remove, at least without advanced technical expertise.

    Hm, I just uninstall AppCloud no problem in a non-rooted, stock android in and from the region.
    It also showed the URI or whatever of com.something.aura.

    However, can’t find any Aura app.

    Looks like Aura app gets installed by AppCloud. I’m a bit frustrated I can’t find a list of apps known to be installed by AppCloud, or that include this *.aura.* URI. I mean this should be relevant for a shit ton of people and could be easily crowdsourced.




  • Sorry, hard disagree.

    I also don’t want to argue. So feel free to say what you like about this, but I won’t respond. I’ll just drop some thoughts for consideration.

    1. Cults don’t have to be religious, and even then there’s a difference
    2. Harm doesn’t just come from being militant or political
    3. The mechanisms of disbanding suck as much as the criminal justice system and states in general do
    4. This isn’t just about the US

    Jehovas Witnesses, Moonies, Scientology and so many more are still ongoing. Cult mechanism are literally some of closest stuff to brainwashing there is. They are malign. The followers are victims, and collectively this absolutely should be addressed.

    Also, I am not offering any kind of solution here, I.e. to just go after the cults and disband them. As others have said it’s nuanced.











  • The dumbest game I’ve ever played. Escaped into it as a kid on release and got addicted. Sure the initial journey to 60 was pretty magical. It was my first mmo, and I had played WC3 a lot before.

    But my god, the dunning krueger effect, the toxicity, the community. Just terrible imo. And of course the utter unfulfilling time sink.
    I’ve also been quite a competitive gamer, having played a lot of cs, dota and wc3 ladder, some semi-professionally. And WoW is simply not it.

    I learned how evil Blizzard is, how addicted I can get to certain games, etc. yeah, the one word that comes to mind looking back at it is “stupid”.