aliante

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   by aliante 6y ago

   > like the fediverse which has already proven sustainable enough it might even be better. Is that going to scale to more than a couple non-technical users? > if you tried to cut out google entirely from your life your quality of life
2. 32.▲
   by aliante 6y ago

   Or a YouTube style site just wouldn't exist...
3. 33.▲
   by aliante 6y ago

   >we would never chose to use g-suite over office365 Do these products meaningfully compete? G Suite seems to be the simple version and Office365 seems to be the complex behemoth. I see them as a shovel vs a backhoe.
4. 34.▲
   by aliante 6y ago

   Except, they don't. People aren't willing to pay much for non-physical goods anymore.
5. 35.▲
   by aliante 6y ago

   That doesn't demonstrate that it turned a profit though. Video streaming is costly and they pay over 50% of that to creators. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21121370/youtube-advertisi...
6. 36.▲
   by aliante 6y ago

   > the unelected Page and Brin having all that power with no recourse for the market The effective market when it comes to voting shares consists of hedge fund managers like Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman. Nobody else is organized enough to b
7. 37.▲
   by aliante 6y ago

   The solution is not the diversification of lynching.