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My old mother uses Facebook because it's extremely easy for her to upload photos, find people, and comment on other people's feed. She's barely capable of mana
by miguelmota 8y ago
My old mother uses Facebook because it's extremely easy for her to upload photos, find people, and comment on other people's feed.
She's barely capable of managing logins. Granted there are millions of people just like her who don't really care about privacy (also due to ignorance) and will use a service simply because it's convenient and is good enough.
This is like saying people should do maintenance on their own cars because mechanics at the shop will be able to see your personal identifying information that you have in the car.
Posting content online and having sensitive private chats on a third party website is like leaving personal identifying information inside a locked car and expecting that it'll never get broken in to, either by hackers or by the manufacturer leaking the car keys.
Also many people with personal websites are starting to use Medium because it provides greater reach.
I'm all for decentralization and self-sovereignty and would love to see a world where everyone hosts their personal website but this idea is far-fetched because the masses are going to prefer free, fast, and convenient services that require little management and thinking.