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The funny and ironic part is seeing people kind of contesting decision of a proprietary service, then flee to another proprietary service like discord. Like, w

The funny and ironic part is seeing people kind of contesting decision of a proprietary service, then flee to another proprietary service like discord. Like, will they ever learn?

deely3 3y ago
You are currently made a comment using a proprietary service. Your pc and phone also partly proprietary service. You make calls, send and receive money by using proprietary service.
- fsflover 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy Sent from my Librem 5, which runs an FSF-endorsed OS.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    I would indeed say that hoping for a perfect open source free (as in freedom) scalable web solution with a bustling community is an unrealistic, idealistic alternative. At least, as of now.
    - fsflover 3y ago
      I disagree: Mastodon works quite well and has an amazing community: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185731
- iLoveOncall 3y ago
  But he's not contesting the decision made by Reddit as far as I can tell?
  - prmoustache 3y ago
    Exactly. If I really feel I need a space following rules I control, I host it.
    - deely3 3y ago
      So, by your words, other people never learn because they contesting decisions of some proprietary org. And you learned to never contest any decision made by proprietary organization and this is good?
pachorizons 3y ago
Ok, what should they do?
asdff 3y ago
Its really sad more than anything. The modern march of technology has been to take what used to be open standard technologies used by the average computer user at the time, privatise them, wall up the gardens, and lock people in. Now you have people beholden to reddit and discord instead of irc and a self hosted web forum. It reminds me of those quick change oil places: an entire industry with serious real estate holdings exists solely because most people have no clue how to unscrew three things and pour in oil themselves. Its an example of yet another industry with a financial incentive towards widespread ignorance.

The funny and ironic part is seeing people kind of contesting decision of a proprietary service, then flee to another proprietary service like discord. Like, will they ever learn?

deely3 3y ago

You are currently made a comment using a proprietary service. Your pc and phone also partly proprietary service. You make calls, send and receive money by using proprietary service.

fsflover 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy Sent from my Librem 5, which runs an FSF-endorsed OS.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  I would indeed say that hoping for a perfect open source free (as in freedom) scalable web solution with a bustling community is an unrealistic, idealistic alternative. At least, as of now.
  - fsflover 3y ago
    I disagree: Mastodon works quite well and has an amazing community: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185731
iLoveOncall 3y ago
But he's not contesting the decision made by Reddit as far as I can tell?
- prmoustache 3y ago
  Exactly. If I really feel I need a space following rules I control, I host it.
  - deely3 3y ago
    So, by your words, other people never learn because they contesting decisions of some proprietary org. And you learned to never contest any decision made by proprietary organization and this is good?

pachorizons 3y ago

Ok, what should they do?

asdff 3y ago

Its really sad more than anything. The modern march of technology has been to take what used to be open standard technologies used by the average computer user at the time, privatise them, wall up the gardens, and lock people in. Now you have people beholden to reddit and discord instead of irc and a self hosted web forum. It reminds me of those quick change oil places: an entire industry with serious real estate holdings exists solely because most people have no clue how to unscrew three things and pour in oil themselves. Its an example of yet another industry with a financial incentive towards widespread ignorance.