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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Remember when people were critical of Lemmy because an instance admin could shut down and you’d lose all your account history…

    • lunaticneko@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      There’s also a guy who says that Lemmy was created by a communist.

      Well, this time “at least it’s not spez” works even if it’s a fallacy.

    • xavier666@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Absolutely true even now. But Lemmy has good APIs which can be used to download all data. But the core idea is if you really want to have complete control over your data, just roll-out your own instance. Save the data for as long as you like.

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Sure, it could happen. But it’s not an argument in Reddit’s favor when they’re apparently just as willing to clear out your history too.