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Start working on your own alternative platform. You, as a hacker, have a responsibility to your community, family, friends, to build an alternative platform fo
by forgotmypw17 6y ago
Start working on your own alternative platform.
You, as a hacker, have a responsibility to your community, family, friends, to build an alternative platform for them.
If you refuse this responsibility, you are failing your own family and community, and leaving them to suffer all the consequences.
You can't realistically tell your family to quit Service X, no matter how fucking bad it is, unless you're willing to provide them with an alternative, hardware and all, including either a replicated experience or on-demand support.
If you can't build an alternative to Service X, you must start teaching yourself immediately until you are able to do it.
I'm just a messenger, don't blame me for the current reality.
- arrosenberg 6y ago> If you can't build an alternative to Service X, you must start teaching yourself immediately until you are able to do it. How are you going to teach yourself to acquire music licensing agreements that still allow you to run a profitable service at scale? Given the money at stake and the number of people who could technically build such a service, what makes you believe that the problem is a lack of willpower or know-how?
- forgotmypw17 6y agoscale is not needed, except wrt know.how of setup profit not needed, only sustainability, is cheap
- arrosenberg 6y agoI doubt you'll be able to afford the UMG catalog with a small, sustainable setup, unfortunately.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoso don,t. find an alternative. you,re a fucking hacker, it is your calling and duty.
- corbins 6y agoIt's reassuring to find someone who shares this sentiment. I hope people are starting to see the high cost that convenient services inevitably incur. Now we simply need the tools for individuals and small groups to cheaply create this alt-software.