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Yes it does. Literally doing anything other than blindly using their products and not giving a shit is standing up to them. It doesn't matter whether you're sma
by shawn 8y ago
Yes it does. Literally doing anything other than blindly using their products and not giving a shit is standing up to them. It doesn't matter whether you're smart or not – anyone can do this.
It doubly stands up to them if you make a blogpost or a tweet saying "I did this. Here are the steps I followed." And this is less likely to happen if you discourage people from doing it.
Honestly, it's a bit depressing how little people care. We're supposed to be the activists and the world-changers. But when it comes to merely doing anything at all, you're likely to get ass-blasted just for attempting the lowest common denominator form of protest.
EDIT: Replying to your reply to my reply to your reply: If you click on a comment's timestamp, you can reply directly to it, even if HN's benevolent software doesn't normally show you the reply link.
The reply link hides in order to discourage pointless flamewars. Like this one.
- linkmotif 8y agoAh thanks for that tip. Yes let’s not flame :)
- kibwen 8y agoRather one could attempt a protest of a higher denominator, for less effort, by using a non-Chrome-compatible browser, which also does more potential good in the long run by giving webmasters any reason to give a care for browsers that aren't unilaterally controlled by Google.
- shawn 8y agoSo for the past two weeks, there have been "hotel workers on strike!" protests in Chicago. They've been outside banging pots and pans, blowing whistles, and generally making a lot of noise to raise awareness for their cause. Are you sure that quietly switching to Firefox is more effective than saying "Fuck you Google, I took your product and made it my own. Here's how anyone else can do the same thing. Stop abusing your users' trust"?
- kibwen 8y agoStanding up to Google by using Chromium is akin to standing up to Ford by buying an F-150 and removing the blue Ford nameplate. Google's investment in Chrome exists to give them leverage over the web platform, which is opposed by the marketshare of all non-Chrome-compatible browsers, which is not increased by using Chromium. To reiterate, there are plenty of good reasons to use Chromium or forks thereof, but that only continues to further, not oppose, Google's stranglehold on the web.