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I thought this might not be for me.
Part of it was concern I was playing into evildoers turning Gemini into what The Web became.
But, then, I really need to stop worrying about others' online politics, e.g. whether Microsoft/Google/etc. are "evil" to be overtly - not to mention overly - avoided.
I can has capsules wherever I like!
What it comes down to is whether I can adjust to writing/editing posts in this somewhat clunky per-line fashion.
2023-06-16 · 5 weeks ago · 👍 jsreed5
One of the great things about Gemini to me is its focus on serving flat documents to clients. Of course gemtext is formatted by one's browser, but its source is fully downloaded to the client, as are all non-gemtext files. You can save it all and effortlessly mirror it somewhere else if you decide to switch from one hosting provider to another. No pesky DRM or streaming protocols to get in the way.
What it comes down to is whether I can adjust to writing/editing posts in this somewhat clunky per-line fashion.
Maybe get a better client? 😉😉 (namely one that supports multiple lines of text in input prompts, up to the Gemini maximum of 1024 bytes)
I dunno. I've become so used to Bombadillo/Amfora keybindings that I'm not sure I want to move on to another client. And then there's whether other clients would install cleanly on this lowly Chromebook that I use mostly via the "Terminal" app for a pseudo-ish Linux environment... I feel hours of trying this and that, then having to back this and/or that out... <begins panting>