> We don't all have to like the same things, we don't have to all use the same tools, we don't have to belong to the same communities.
This is one the main reasons I have a hobby computer just for playing around with openBSD. There's something really refreshing (and fun!) about a project that's just trying to do it's own thing without pleasing everyone and their mother.
Re:Gemini is a little gem
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:36PM
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"This is the biggest point, imo. We don't all have to like the same things, we don't have to all use the same tools, we don't have to belong to the same communities. There's room on the web for all of us."
Exactly right.
Tech companies that rely directly or indirectly on the survival and expansion of web advertising, i.e., most of them, prefer a world where web users do not think independently.
It is easier to advertise on (and manipulate) a web where every participant likes the same things, uses the same tools, and belongs to the same communities.
This is the biggest point, imo. We don't all have to like the same things, we don't have to all use the same tools, we don't have to belong to the same communities. There's room on the web for all of us.
Gemini appeals to me as someone who appreciates well designed constraints. The fact that HTTP+HTML can accomplish the same things is not only missing the point but is actively against the point.