“We can’t succeed without breaking the law. We can’t succeed without operating unethically.”

I’m so sick of this bullshit. They pretend to love a free market until it’s not in their favor and then they ask us to bend over backwards for them.

Too many people think they’re superior. Which is ironic, because they’re also the ones asking for handouts and rule bending. If you were superior, you wouldn’t need all the unethical things that you’re asking for.

What can we do to keep it like this forever?

Good point. The other important difference is that on Lemmy you can jump to a different server. Once you get banned on Reddit, that’s it.

Who is downvoting this?!

So much talent locked up in big tech. I wish they would all unionize and also leave and launch open source startups.

This looks really interesting, but I have so many questions. A few important ones that come to mind immediately:

1. What is the user agent that’s reported? I’m guessing Firefox, but if there are any indicators that would give it away it’s not Vanilla Firefox or a popular fork, this could make you more unique.
2. Are the mods publicly identifiable? Another thing that might make you very unique and prone to fingerprinting.

A core part of being private online is blending in with traffic, so using a niche browser like Zen (depending on the configuration) would make you stand out.

The product looks good, and the privacy policy is pretty good too. Still, it’d be good to understand all the aspects of how Zen prevents you from standing out in the crowd.

I don’t know if you or someone else can speak to this. I would jump into their community, but it’s on Discord, so that’s absolutely not happening.

Fuck off, Fuckerberg.

I don’t see this going wrong in any way shape or form.

Don’t threaten us with a good time!

Right. This goes for every company, ever. No company is going to do what they should do if it’s not profitable or beneficial to them in some way. It makes sense if you think about it, but that’s also why regulation exists. So that they don’t become too unhinged.

So when the existential threat is made public, it’ll already be in the palm of his hand. Wonderful.

No Big Tech company has your best interests in mind. Ever.

Reminder: this is the company that holds a monopoly on the internet and dictates web standards.

I need to understand why people still keep giving that man money. Willingly. It’s mind boggling.

That network wasn’t built overnight either, though. The same way it was built little by little over time, it can also be dismantled.

I understand the chokehold of network effects. I really do. But what’s the alternative?

Whose fault is it though? I get that collective will is hard, but you as an individual have the power to move, organize, mobilize, whatever you want.

The company doesn’t value you? Move. Why are you giving this company free labor?

For the “prestige” of being a (“anonymous”) reddit mod? Give me a break. There’s better things to do and be prouder of in life.

Stop giving this company time, money, and attention. And tell others to do the same. Otherwise, you’re digging your own (and everyone else’s) hole.

Yes, it’s unfair, but it’s an unfair system. So let’s all do our part. And let’s also organize and mobilize on that. Can’t be done by continuing to feed it.

Serious question: why does everyone in silicon valley have a god complex?

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You are the people’s champ.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair