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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

we need to prepare for the extinguish

And my entire point is you can't. The system is designed to allow anyone in, you can't decided to stop someone because they are a corporation. It's similar to people trying to stop the NSA from committing anything to the Linux kernel because you're afraid they're going to put in a backdoor. It can't be done by design.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My point is that you can, by raising awareness about what massive corporations ALWAYS attempt to do to public commons and by encouraging everyone to defederate with them.

Sure they can contribute to and use open source, doesn’t mean we have to treat them like they are actually well meaning members of the community?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Raising awareness about what massive corporations ALWAYS attempt to do

How many family members have you convinced to stay off Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok etc? How many are tired of you annoying them about it? Your statement isn't false, but it's also not new, and I'm arguing it's inevitable. You're not going to stop massive corporations by trying to group together a ton of individuals who all have to come to the same decisions. It's a Catch22 of sorts. You're only worried about it because people can't beat corporations. You can't overcome that because people can't beat corporations.

I don't like Meta either, and don't use any of their products. But you've invited them in already.