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Gemini: A virtual utopia 💝

When I first encountered Gemini, it felt like home in an instant due to following main reasons:

No noise, no advertisements, no unwanted video players that follow you as you scroll
User base that values writing and reading more than gaming and scrolling endlessly
Quality over quantity: remember when people used to discuss editorials they read in the newspaper during breakfast when they meet at the end of day for a drink or evening tea ?
No commercialization and decentralized: Do I need to mention the mess about X or Y ?
Easier on the bandwidth: Not all locations have a fiber optics cable, there are places in the world where still data speed is measured in Kbps.
Ease of use: Anyone can learn how to host a gemtext easily within an hour of following a tutorial. Older hardware handles it well and no need for a fancy graphics card just to get served with a javascript.
Secure: No one is going to serve you with a malware and viruses over Gemini.

I decided to make my own capsule, I will keep improving it. Take a look if you have a spare minute or two.

aptor-thehobbit.zapto.org/

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☕️ Aptor-theHobbit

Aug 29 · 3 days ago · 👍 skyjake, gritty, fab, Aelspire, eddos, klimperfix, coffeefueledgoat, Grubdog

2 Comments ↓

🚀 random2934 · Aug 30 at 12:09:

"Secure: No one is going to serve you with a malware and viruses over Gemini."

This is not true. binaries could be served using Gemini protocol. if you were talking about malicious Javascript then you are correct since there is not Javascript engine here in Gemini.

☕️ Aptor-theHobbit [OP] · Aug 30 at 15:29:

That's right binaries or shell scripts can be served on Gemini. I hope people don't run random scripts without reading them and don't execute binaries unless they know the source code. At that point if something bad happens to their system when they keep using stuff like that, it's kinda their fault too.