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This kind of argument is like shaming people for not using solar panels or some other green tech because they are too 'lazy' to make the sacrifice. Or shaming
by mahyarm 10y ago
This kind of argument is like shaming people for not using solar panels or some other green tech because they are too 'lazy' to make the sacrifice. Or shaming people for not using linux as their desktop operating system. Or for using MP3s.
The reality is you need to make the economics and usage of it better than the current de facto reality. There are reasons why the current status quo is the status quo, and you have to be more compelling than the status quo to beat it.
It's why signal forces everyone to use phone numbers as identifiers & use google play services. It is why PGP has failed. It is why your next consumer privacy product will probably still use those cloud services, but client side encrypt.
Now that solar panels are meeting the price of gas, we will very soon see solar overtaking a lot power plant production in the world. Because it will be the cheapest.