> And why does everybody need your email? Because your inbox is one of the few places that advertisers haven’t found a consistent way to penetrate.
Fortunately there's still the ol' good email!
I recall Robin from Teen Titans Go! at one episode saying something on the lines of "there's only one way to fight people with money: with more money!" - and it seems we haven't been able to find another way indeed.
The protests and boycott on Reddit at the end did absolutely nothing to improve it or turn people to its alter atives (at most some power hungry mods were sacked, like that one from r/art who banned someone because they said their art was done by ai). The "mass" migration of people to Bluesky seem to lose its momentum already. The Cambridge Analytica scandal did nothing to make Facebook less miserable.
It seems we are stuck in this worst version possible of internet and all things around it as long as there is absurd amounts of money governing it.
There is one thing that came from it: since /r/piracy shut down and spez personally ensured it was reopened, he might now be personally liable for contributory copyright infringement.
Fortunately there's still the ol' good email!
I recall Robin from Teen Titans Go! at one episode saying something on the lines of "there's only one way to fight people with money: with more money!" - and it seems we haven't been able to find another way indeed.
The protests and boycott on Reddit at the end did absolutely nothing to improve it or turn people to its alter atives (at most some power hungry mods were sacked, like that one from r/art who banned someone because they said their art was done by ai). The "mass" migration of people to Bluesky seem to lose its momentum already. The Cambridge Analytica scandal did nothing to make Facebook less miserable.
It seems we are stuck in this worst version possible of internet and all things around it as long as there is absurd amounts of money governing it.