maybe we could help handing them nails to their coffin. Lets start demanding they add even more obnoxious things. Like for reddit, make even more posts no visible to those who are not logged in, have premium members be even more exclusive and away from the view. That should be a decent blow to any new people considering to join there since why would they want to do it if they cant even see what is there. And lets say they do it anyway and maybe even pay something, they will just get shit that isnt worth their money or they are kind of people that make it even worse place.

it could be sold to the crazier users as a way for them to be oh so exclusive and vip users so they would join in too. The executives would likely be extatic to see people demand same kind of shit they would want to put in anyway.

I dont know enough about facebook or shitter to have any ideas how to make them even worse, but for sure there is room there too.

Worse commercial social media becomes the better since it will push people away and eventually make it crumble.

why would they? the telemetry, spying and bloatware is the whole idea for them. At least for regular users. We are the product and the data they harvest from us and ads they force on us is the point. And why would they care, majority of people just sticks with whatever was presented to them first. No matter how much bloat and spyware they add, majority will never care enough to do anything about it because it doenst directly affect them beyond slowing the computer down, which they think will be solved by buying a new one.

i never really even got in, now i dont even want to anymore

them having no control or forethought makes thing worse for all of us. In my opinion, its in essence same type of behavior as throwing trash on the street.

because what you buy is what you support. and a lot of people support this shit. Buying stuff from companies should be viewed as sign of endorsement of their actions.

the “i do what i want with my money” people are so annoying. i wish they would be on the suffering side for change, maybe it would teach a little solidarity for others.

yea, though those games are not worth playing anyway. who knows what they do in the background, with root access they can hide it too.

and with steam one can play even non-steam games that are “windows only” by adding non-steam game. Proton works for those too.

this kind of talk is indication the bubble is starting to burst

which is why any opensource project should have strict restrictions about how companies are allowed to use it.

Companies: Do use ai for everything always or you will be fired

Someone: makes job application using ai

company: not like that

this should be common knowledge

hyperrogue is quite interesting one

that would require us to be in control of our own lives, instead of rich owning us. thorough research costs a lot of money and resources. it would cut into profits and some rich guy might not be able to buy third yact.

things like that should give a pause for other corporations, when they consider where they buy their stuff from.

it would let the ones in power drop all pretense of caring since they could just print more people at will

that will fly over majoritys heads. having to suffer lack of clean water is something even dumbest will understand is bad thing for them

then hopefully the city will be made to honor it

if you just give it away, assume it will be used for the worst thing you can imagine. You give it away with strict agreement that it will be used only for things you have intended.

ffs, why must everything good turn out to be shit. well, gog hasnt been THAT good, but it has been nice extra thing. knowing companies cant do anything without having at least 6 meetings about it, there is no way this went unnoticed by people there, so i rule out rogue actor doing this.