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I am very tired of the dark patterns used by all these monopolies. Windows pushing Edge. Apple trying to make me use Siri or subscribe to their game service. Go
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I am very tired of the dark patterns used by all these monopolies. Windows pushing Edge. Apple trying to make me use Siri or subscribe to their game service. Google pushing Gemini. Enough is enough. We need new antitrust laws.
- onetokeoverthe 2y agoedge is really bad. well named though. laws? they only respect one thing.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> they only respect one thing Violence? Do you mean violence? You're implicitly complaining about creeping oligarchism, and your solution is to introduce violence? Because that will magically manifest against the oligarchs? Versus the way it's gone every time in history, for the most obvious of obvious reasons, from the top down?
- dbtc 2y agoMight be money, i.e. sales.
- onetokeoverthe 2y agovietnam won. not because of violence but because of unity. that's what totally broken...the lack of cohesion. divided and conquered. your confrontational approach being another microscopic essentially invisible example. as for apple. jobs died and apple died then too.
- walterbell 2y ago> divided and conquered Humans are slowly learning how to respond to manufactured dissent and contagious division.
- onetokeoverthe 2y agolife = hope
- hx8 2y agoUse their software less. The attention economy is important for tech companies. If their metrics decrease, they might respond to that signal. Additionally, if someone watches you use an alternative software then they might also be inspired to switch. Using bad software less sends a negative signal to the company and a positive signal for the alternatives that you support.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Use their software less Boycotts don't work if there isn't a substitute [1]. [1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/26841362 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26841362
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoEven with substitutes, I think there are barriers. Bundling and the way these companies do pricing means substitutes are ineffective. Switching costs of different kinds exist. Network effects prevent substitutes from being truly competitive. And so on.
- walterbell 2y agoAfter repeated security compromise of iOS devices, tested GrapheneOS on Pixels. Better security, but user experience painful to the point of unusable, i.e. tasks could not be completed. Conclusion: GrapheneOS on Pixel phone+tablet (for secure workflows) and iOS/iPadOS for everything else.
- cryptoegorophy 2y agoUse their software less is what I heard back in early 2000s from Linux users talk about Windows. It does not work.
- Underphil 2y agoIt has worked for many of us. Every use-case is different.
- briandear 2y agoAll these monopolies? Apple, Microsoft, and Google are competitors: ChromeOS, Windows, MacOS. Then you have the flavors of Linux.. I might be confused as to the new definition of monopoly.