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They don't care when it works. Then they get locked out of their google account and lose a lot of things at once and only have few alternatives to choose from a
by the8472 3y ago
They don't care when it works. Then they get locked out of their google account and lose a lot of things at once and only have few alternatives to choose from and may return google yet again due to lack of choice.
> You can maybe argue that everyone has their preferences wrong and they are hurting themselves in the long run, but good luck fighting that battle.
That battle has been won many times. We don't let people run blind into open knives in many contexts.
- danbruc 3y agoI mean there is of course a way to fight and win that battle and it is regulation, write things like interoperability and data portability into law and enforce it. I was more thinking of things that can be done without enforcement in the initial comment.
- idle_zealot 3y ago>write things like interoperability and data portability into law This would be nice for sure, but I think the solution could be even simpler than that. The only successful way these centalized service platforms have managed to monetize is by gross privacy violations in support of pervasive advertising. Strong privacy laws would essentially outlaw their business models and leave a hole that a network of decentralized hobbyist services would fill.