Re:The benefits of staying off social media
by lotsofpulp on Monday November 08, 2021 @11:56AM
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>but the only thing stopping us from keeping them in check is our government.
Lots and lots and lots of people in the "us" group find using Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon convenient (and cheap). Otherwise, there is zero friction for people to type in a different address in the browser and use Libreoffice or Pinephone or Mastodon or whatever competing alternative with open standards there is.
Re:The benefits of staying off social media
by throwawaygh on Monday November 08, 2021 @12:58PM
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Everyone hates these companies but there's enormous disagreement about the "why".
Josh Hawley, Bernie Sanders, Mitt Romney, and Nancy Pelosi all hate big tech. Their reasons and suggested interventions are about as far apart as you can get.
There's also an enormous amount of cross-ideology jealousy about the amount of money FAANG nerds are making.
There's the crux of it all. We know firsthand that our addiction to companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon are unhealthy, but the only thing stopping us from keeping them in check is our government. I've been saying this for a while now, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the SEC cuts deals to FAANG companies in exchange for NIST compliance or unwarranted data requests.