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To me it's an issue of cost vs reward. While I would love to see greater privacy awareness and consideration from all entities I use, the fact is that there ar
by kromem 9y ago
To me it's an issue of cost vs reward.
While I would love to see greater privacy awareness and consideration from all entities I use, the fact is that there are certain web properties that I find indispensable and without a privacy considered alternative.
Facebook I can live without, likely even happier than with it. I also think that the social contract of "sell me as a product in exchange for enabling my social communication" is not the correct paradigm, and once there's a user friendly alternative similar to secure scuttlebutt (i.e. Mozilla level friendly), that best represents the proper social contract (I'll provide hardware resources to enable my social communication).
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- gt_ 9y agoThat sounds nice but it’s a pipe dream.
- FridgeSeal 9y agoNot with that attitude. Seriously, writing off any attempt at discussing or fixing the problem because "it's a pipe dream"/"network effect"/etc will ensure that you do end up going nowhere.
- lifthrasiir 9y agoA problem in this argument is that "enabling my social communication" is extremely vague and possibly negative reward compared to cost. In some sense people have been tricked into believing that "enabling my social communication" in the Facebook way is beneficial, while it might not be.