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That Tuesday morning, I snapped. Scrolling through another endless feed of sponsored posts disguised as content, my thumb hovered over an ad for weight loss tea – the algorithm's latest assumption about my life. My coffee turned cold as I stared at the screen, this digital cage where every click fed corporate surveillance machines. I felt like a lab rat in a maze designed by advertisers. The notification chimes sounded like jailers' keys rattling. Enough.

Rain lashed against my apartment window as I thumb-scrolled through another soul-crushing feed. Ads for weight loss teas sandwiched between political screaming matches, while some algorithm kept resurrecting my ex's vacation photos. My thumb hovered over the uninstall button when a notification blinked – a signal from the void. My tech-anarchist friend had messaged: "The rats are abandoning the ship. Try Jerboa." No link, no explanation. Just coordinates to a digital life raft.

Jerboa for LemmyJerboa is a app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever.Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums y