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'Vote with your wallet' is like 'recycle if you want to save the planet'. It is a platitude. This is why we have regulations.
by Eisenstein 3y ago
'Vote with your wallet' is like 'recycle if you want to save the planet'. It is a platitude. This is why we have regulations.
- satvikpendem 3y agoYes, try regulating companies to not use Electron apps and see where that takes you. Regulation is generally reserved for egregious examples of corporate abuse, not using Electron or not. Now if there was a regulation for being able to choose client apps and have interoperability, like the EU is doing, then that's something I can get behind.
- Eisenstein 3y agoMy comment was not about electron, it was about your platitude.
- satvikpendem 3y agoYes, however in this case, my comment is about Electron, which is what we are discussing in this thread.
- Eisenstein 3y agoThen talk about electron and don't use thought-terminating cliches.
- satvikpendem 3y agoSorry, the thread itself is about a particular topic and it is reasonable to assume that we are talking about that topic when making broader statements. Writing a drive-by comment about how it's a "thought-terminating cliché," which might be true when talking about a universal phrase but not for a particular case, is not very useful.
- Eisenstein 3y agoI guess you don't understand: saying 'if you don't like it, don't buy it' is a thought-terminating cliche. Just because people use something doesn't mean it is good, and not using it as an individual will not cause any change.