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Why would you say that? Freenode users are just regular people, they just have freedom. How much freedom did Whatsapp users have to choose a different provider
by tremon 5y ago
Why would you say that? Freenode users are just regular people, they just have freedom. How much freedom did Whatsapp users have to choose a different provider after Facebook bought the company?
- gowld 5y agoFreenode users are far more technically savvy than than the vast majority of Slack/Discord/WhatsApp users.
- globular-toast 5y agoAnd more strongly principled and aware/care about issues like security as well.
- pferde 5y agoYes, (ex-)Freenode users are just regular people, but it is a self-selected group of people who value freedom, and are willing to put some extra effort in keeping it. That is, I think, what grandparent post meant by "Freenode users are not regular people, like Whatsapp users, who will just bend over and let stuff like this happen."
- djao 5y agoIf WhatsApp users want to switch en masse to a new platform, they have to manually reconstruct their chat groups and their contact lists, install an entire new app, learn how to use the new app, work around any features that WhatsApp had which are now missing on their new platform, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting. If IRC users want to switch to a new server, just use the /server command. Done. Maybe you have to re-register your nick or channel. But the client is the same, the interface is the same, everything stays the same.