• owl_herdOP
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    3 days ago

    its a redirector (iirc) that redirects u to decentralized frontends for things like reddit, twitter, etc

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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        it tries to check which instances are offline, to only redirect you to working ones. reddit can be redirected to libreddit/redlib, which makes reddit unable to track you, and these frontends are also much lighter on resources (ram, cpu, network traffic, cognitive load)