> This is always the response Because it's the right one. > Some form of “tough break kid welcome to the real world” Yes. > There’s a pervasive “if you can’

> This is always the response Because it's the right one. > Some form of “tough break kid welcome to the real world” Yes. > There’s a pervasive “if you can’t beat them join them“ attitude about these antisocial financial and social structures. The argument would be sound, if and only if others weren't making a business off the free to one side of the equation. > We need more people to say “Here’s an alternative to that model” instead of just throwing their hands up. You have no alternative until you offer free compute, storage, hosting, for reddit, Twitter, Google, etc., as far as I can tell, you do none of these things, nor will you be able to fundamentally break physics to do so. > Stop excusing it. Start pushing for alternative ways to organize. Pay me.