The alternative to Google, ads, monopolies and crony capitalism is not blindly supporting Firefox, Postgres etc. I think the HN crowd have to invest in learning

The alternative to Google, ads, monopolies and crony capitalism is not blindly supporting Firefox, Postgres etc. I think the HN crowd have to invest in learning macroeconomics, philosophy and politics. And a visit to small and medium enterprises in developing countries who rely on these ads for increasing their reach for the lack of better marketplace presence or bad governments. Travel a bit. Meet a few more people. Perhaps a few courses and then use that to lobby local politics and contribute to value driven education at the grassroots level. Support economic reforms. The problem is deeper. If you’re throwing frustration at Google by recommending people to use Firefox, you’re doing it wrong.