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We are the ones that enable the tech oligarchy. We are, therefore, surrendering to them right now. My suggestion is to use our brains and not rely on the useles
by AndrewUnmuted 7y ago
We are the ones that enable the tech oligarchy. We are, therefore, surrendering to them right now. My suggestion is to use our brains and not rely on the useless and frivolous "services" these tech oligarchy participants provide. We give them their power.
- shadowgovt 7y agoIf one builds something better, people will use it. The challenge is that it's actually quite hard to build something better. Centralization has huge advantages of common-goal, ability to curtail and exclude antagonistic actors, and decreased barriers to flow of resources. I think the lack of alternatives to Facebook has a lot less to do with "evil" practices Facebook undertakes and a lot more to do with Facebook actually building a good tool that's easy to use for most people. Alternatives haven't hit that level of simplicity.
- JohnFen 7y ago> We are, therefore, surrendering to them right now. Who's "we"? I am not surrendering to them.
- na85 7y agoIsn't that the same "just don't get addicted to nicotine" argument, but updated to the modern era?