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Fair enough. You are absolutely right. People do not "want" Lemmy or Funkwhale. They want to communicate, get in touch with friends, listen to some music, find

Fair enough. You are absolutely right. People do not "want" Lemmy or Funkwhale. They want to communicate, get in touch with friends, listen to some music, find someone to hook up with, share pictures of their kids with their family... do you agree? But in light of all the things that you know about Facebook, Google, Reddit et al, do you think that it's enough to just tell people "If everyone just used an ad blocker, there would be no ad tech companies?"

leptons 2y ago
>They want to communicate, get in touch with friends, listen to some music, find someone to hook up with, share pictures of their kids with their family. People want to be on the popular platform(s). It's the same reason they like shitty fad music, and shitty fad food, and all kinds of ridiculous and harmful things - people are like sheep. Cheap, easy, and instant gratification. Good luck changing human nature. >But in light of all the things that you know about Facebook, Google, Reddit It doesn't matter what I know. Nobody is going to do anything just because I or you want them to. "You can lead a horse to water..." But if trying is what floats your boat, then more power to you. You do you. I'll enjoy cheap subsidized TVs without giving my data away.
- rglullis 2y ago
  Yeah, thanks for going all https://xkcd.com/610 https://xkcd.com/610 now. You want to think you are so much better than those poor village idiots, so all you can do is take advantage of them. Enjoy your TV.
  - leptons 2y ago
    >You want to think you are so much better than those poor village idiots, so all you can do is take advantage of them. I am not the one suggesting that others should spend their time to "take down" large corporations. You've been quite holier than though. It's quite funny that you can't even see that the cartoon you shared exactly describes your behavior here.

leptons 2y ago

>They want to communicate, get in touch with friends, listen to some music, find someone to hook up with, share pictures of their kids with their family. People want to be on the popular platform(s). It's the same reason they like shitty fad music, and shitty fad food, and all kinds of ridiculous and harmful things - people are like sheep. Cheap, easy, and instant gratification. Good luck changing human nature. >But in light of all the things that you know about Facebook, Google, Reddit It doesn't matter what I know. Nobody is going to do anything just because I or you want them to. "You can lead a horse to water..." But if trying is what floats your boat, then more power to you. You do you. I'll enjoy cheap subsidized TVs without giving my data away.

rglullis 2y ago
Yeah, thanks for going all https://xkcd.com/610 https://xkcd.com/610 now. You want to think you are so much better than those poor village idiots, so all you can do is take advantage of them. Enjoy your TV.
- leptons 2y ago
  >You want to think you are so much better than those poor village idiots, so all you can do is take advantage of them. I am not the one suggesting that others should spend their time to "take down" large corporations. You've been quite holier than though. It's quite funny that you can't even see that the cartoon you shared exactly describes your behavior here.