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@sir @lotus42@mastodon.technology @ashfurrow@mastodon.technology Yeah my use of Ben's quote is purposely inflammatory. But I think its appropriate because online FOSS activists sometimes say the same argument as conservatives.
"Its a you problem" and "You can't fix the entire world but you can fix yourself" come to mind, quotes from Ben and Jordan Peterson respectively.
IMO Foss as a movement is leftist at best but reactionary at wrost.
@sir @lotus42@mastodon.technology @ashfurrow@mastodon.technology Yep, the makers of digital injustice are sure to blame for. I think the word "users" is partly to blame, it frames us consumers as using the product. But we're not users, we're the ones being used to inflate their shareholder's fantasies.
I think the makers are to blame for to the extent that they are not makers but digital slave owners. I genuinely think it's that bad.
@sir @lotus42@mastodon.technology @ashfurrow@mastodon.technology Don't use proprietary software, go work for a more ethical company and don't use plastic straws are no different to me.
As Ben Shapiro put it "That's a you problem". It's true, closed software sucks, but we ought not get angry at each other for not being the best consumers. We should instead be angry at producers for making this mess in the first place.
Yes, we can improve our circumstances, but only in unison.
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How to tell a true friend: they strip the tracking identifiers and amp junk from a url before sharing it with you.
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jay lenovo
@alexbuzzbee
Tech 👏 solutions 👏 never 👏 work
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“[T]he ‘natural evolution of technology’ was never a thing to begin with, and it’s time to question what ‘progress’ actually means.”
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Capitalism: Communism would mean the death of ownership! Say goodbye to having any personal goods of your very own.
Also Capitalism: Sure, you have a right to what you own, but we never actually *sold* you a product, we merely provided a service/product on loan for which your payment has currently run out. *said about literally everything*
@Gargron
I'm not fully on board with the message it's sending, yes facebook is terrible and you should quit it, but it only sucks because of its buisness model.
You shouldn't just #deletefacbook ,but delete corporate apps entirely. Facebook is just a symptom.
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In Iceland, you can hand-draw a map on mail, without an address, and it will still make it to its destination
@Gargron it's like the old Internet when finding a new site was exciting and not just another banner asking you to accept their cookie policy.
It's jus fun. Discovery kind of fun.
@Lofenyy@mastodon.technology
Browsaranous-rex
SURE
Tusky's interference is nice and smooth, but multi account actions and having tabs of ANY instance is an absolute godsend!
Man fedilab can be janky AF but its sooooo much useful than tusky
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chubacabra+slender man= giraffe. its called science
@codeHaiku
Also how do the cool kids find such niche mastodon instances?
@chaomodus
But like, automatically generated YouTube subtitles.
@lemoncarrots
FUCK I REMEMBERED MY SUPER MARIO BROS Z FAN GAME
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fun fact: there are infinite universes, and game maker isn't fully documented in any of them
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