Im not super tech saavy, especially compared to the lemmy userbase, but every complaint about software just reads to me like whining about something you chose to install on your computer. You can just not use someone else’s software, yes the mainstream software companies are fucking assholes and they will take all of your data and privacy in exchange for a subscription to their software. It’s on you if you accept that deal.
While technically correct, it’s a slightly shallow analysis. It’s like people complaining that companies put chemicals in the food, you could grow all of your your own food but it’s probably not feasible.
We’re both here on Lemmy so it’s safe to assume we’re both doing our best, but I’m willing to bet all my money that you are not sourcing all of your tech needs from ethical companies or the open source community. You probably use an Apple or Google made phone, your work might lock you into Microsoft operating systems, the list goes on. It’s not wrong for people to demand better solutions from companies that have managed to establish a monopoly and who use their vast resources to maintain that monopoly.
Idk what we mean by wrong but it’s just dumb and causes self inflicted stress. Yes i use microsoft at work because they tell me i have to, i dont complain about it on the internet because that would just be wasting my energy for naught. And no monopoly has ever self policed itself and never will. The problem is the laws passed so go complain to your local politicians instead. And if microsoft was the first company to ever self police itself out of a monopoly, google and apple would instantly suck up all that market share.
I’m confused (happens a lot). Is your comment responding to the meme or to some other comment? If the former, I am even more confused, since the meme isn’t complaining about anything at all. It’s poking fun some of the ways people view the web.
You can just not use someone else’s software
That is what I am doing when I deny a site to run scripts on my computer, yes. And I love that I have the ability to make that choice.
yes the mainstream software companies are fucking assholes and they will take all of your data and privacy in exchange for a subscription to their software
lol yes. That’s why I tend to avoid them and their products/services.
It’s on you if you accept that deal.
Well I do still find it fucked-up that they prey on unsuspecting people who are ignorant of what’s being done to them, including especially kids. It’s not on them. They don’t deserve the bad things done to them by the surveillance corporations. They can’t be expected to know and understand.
Im not super tech saavy, especially compared to the lemmy userbase, but every complaint about software just reads to me like whining about something you chose to install on your computer. You can just not use someone else’s software, yes the mainstream software companies are fucking assholes and they will take all of your data and privacy in exchange for a subscription to their software. It’s on you if you accept that deal.
While technically correct, it’s a slightly shallow analysis. It’s like people complaining that companies put chemicals in the food, you could grow all of your your own food but it’s probably not feasible.
And yet ultimately the answer is to refuse to buy from those companies.
We’re both here on Lemmy so it’s safe to assume we’re both doing our best, but I’m willing to bet all my money that you are not sourcing all of your tech needs from ethical companies or the open source community. You probably use an Apple or Google made phone, your work might lock you into Microsoft operating systems, the list goes on. It’s not wrong for people to demand better solutions from companies that have managed to establish a monopoly and who use their vast resources to maintain that monopoly.
Idk what we mean by wrong but it’s just dumb and causes self inflicted stress. Yes i use microsoft at work because they tell me i have to, i dont complain about it on the internet because that would just be wasting my energy for naught. And no monopoly has ever self policed itself and never will. The problem is the laws passed so go complain to your local politicians instead. And if microsoft was the first company to ever self police itself out of a monopoly, google and apple would instantly suck up all that market share.
I’m confused (happens a lot). Is your comment responding to the meme or to some other comment? If the former, I am even more confused, since the meme isn’t complaining about anything at all. It’s poking fun some of the ways people view the web.
That is what I am doing when I deny a site to run scripts on my computer, yes. And I love that I have the ability to make that choice.
lol yes. That’s why I tend to avoid them and their products/services.
Well I do still find it fucked-up that they prey on unsuspecting people who are ignorant of what’s being done to them, including especially kids. It’s not on them. They don’t deserve the bad things done to them by the surveillance corporations. They can’t be expected to know and understand.
I guess im identifying with the bottom right corner lol