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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Just waiting for the web to become unbearably enshittified so I can finally be free.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am kind of heartened when the mainstream people I know start complaining about how shitty their social medias have become. Now they just need to realise not only that they can leave, but they ought to leave.

Like it's pretty easy to make an ethical argument against contributing to mainstream corporate social media.

[–] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this is where I’m at. I’m educating myself and working on my self hosted offerings so once all the people around me start caring I’m here with all the knowledge and tech to make the switch really easy.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago

That's a great idea. I've experimented with a tiny lemmy instance, more for practice, just so if the demand suddenly arises, I could host an instance (ideally from a homelab).

[–] eecobb@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

youtube.com/watch?v=aULx-29nf-s

Doctorow makes such arguments well.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It is written with obvious "sci-fi" vibes, but the part "after the net broke it became fragmented walled gardens of corporations" is extremly real

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

almost there, give the final push

[–] pieguy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does this mean I should be putting ad banners on all my bun posts?

[–] Agosagror@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

Yes Its only ethical

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago

Just gotta make some rogue AIs for that....

[–] me@social.jlamothe.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

@Evkob You mean it isn't already?