As a workaround: I think GrapheneOS let’s you sandbox apps, including Google apps. You might install the standard Pixel camera in a sandbox and see how it performs.

Risk in this setup should be minimal due to the limited access the app would have.

Computer Science student here.

Forking Lemmy does fork its bad habits but doing so would at least give us the option of making direct improvements to the mod tools.

From what I’ve read, causing deleted content to get deleted quickly is a smaller change. Advertising that shortened deletion delay and giving the admins a “these keep our shit, yeet their federation privileges but check again every day and notify me when that changes” script wouldn’t be too hard to create.

We might even be better off ignoring the Lemmy codebase for mod tools altogether. If we outright ignore cross-platform compatibility, we can make a mod tools API independent of Lemmy-proper that does what’s needed and a JavaScript-controlled interface to sit on top or a separate toolset altogether.

I’m pretty busy right now but I rely on Beehaw for decent social media. I’d be willing to put a bit of time into it.

Consider the sheer cost of this. Shipping, especially overnight shipping, is incredibly expensive. Stores get stock on on or two regular days of the week and have a crew dedicated to just unloading that truck and getting everything on shelves, a process that takes days.

Stores could not profit enough to put items in your path in the hope that you might buy them in this way.

Most likely the change here is that you’re now noticing these items where you previously didn’t. This is a documented psychological effect.

People often look at a car they like and suddenly see that same model of car all over. People didn’t suddenly buy those cars to drive around for you, this isn’t the Truman Show. You’re just noticing them where before you didn’t even register them as anything other than a backdrop, a random blade of grass.

This is the most bougie hamster I’ve ever seen