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The vast majority of people aren't even going to know or care. A lot of people will probably just continue on even when their adblocker becomes less effective. Of course the type of people who use adblockers are also more likely to wonder why their adblocker suddenly became less effective and then switch to a browser where it's more effective.

It takes a lot to change the inertia that already exists. People have been predicting the rise of the Linux desktop for at least a decade now and it still hasn't really caught on.

It's a shame because the thing that kills alternative platforms is getting flooded with racists to the point that they drive everyone else out.

A lot of "free speech" platforms box themselves into a corner by declaring themselves "free speech" platforms while intending that to mean they won't ban users for mild wrongthink, but then white supremacists show up, and if they get banned then they start causing a massive shitstorm over the fact that the platform isn't truly supporting free speech. Then they drive out all the normal people who don't want to be associated with them and the platform is forced to shutdown.

Then you have morons like Tim Pool who will endlessly attack "free speech" platforms if they ban white supremacists.

I have watched super progressive content on Youtube but also watched conservative content as well. It's possible there are a lot of progressives who also watch content from the other side so the algorithm pushes it.

Unfortunately that's one of the problems with a lot of alternative platforms.

I have Yunohost installed on my local network and they have DNS adblocking apps that you can install.

You can also very easily install apps like Owncloud to have your own version of Google Drive.

Imagine if Google's decision to do this to fight adblockers results in them losing the lead in the browser war because everyone switches to other browsers.

Almost all wikis aren't peer reviewed and they aren't designed for it. It would also be a hard thing to pull off unless you have a very specific topic where a group of users can manage a relatively small number of articles.

True but the more money that gets spent, the more people need to be taxed.

In certain situations it could be beneficial for some people but I don't think it should be applied to everyone. If you have an autistic person who went to college but is working low income jobs because they struggle with finding jobs and doing job interviews, then they could be good candidates for such a program. Of course I think it would be better to have a program that helps teach people in that position how to look for jobs and do job interviews.

I think it can be ok when you're doing something boring or don't have anything to do and can't do anything else, but I don't advise it at other times unless there's a goal, like if it's for introspective insight or you're brainstorming. Time is the only resource you can't get back.

This reminds me of "mirror people" in VR chat.

Tankies have historically opposed porn for being harmful to people and probably considered it a form of bourgeois hedonism or decadence.

That's pretty shitty but not surprising for tankies.