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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I disagree. Things seem to get worse when the herds move to them. It’s as if things are good precisely because they aren’t there.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

bro, open your mind for a minute. Privacy is for everyone. And we need masses wanting privacy otherwise nothing changes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I definitely agree with you, but I remember how Digg & then Reddit both went to shit once the masses started to use them. Same with Facebook.

I feel like if we all spread out between multiple platforms, none will become big enough for the enshitification to hit them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Aha, I understand what you mean. Maybe that's kind of why fediverse (federation) makes sense. At least with social networks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I think you're seeing the wrong causation when it comes to enshittification. FOSS licenses prevent that sort of thing from happening. Linux is already, by far and away, the most popular server OS so consumers moving to it isn't going to make it worse.

I dunno, maybe be less of a hipster bestie?