101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoThe internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down114cross-posted to: technik@feddit.org
arrow-up1540arrow-down1external-linkThe internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?theconversation.com101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square159fedilinkcross-posted to: technik@feddit.org
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days ago You are conflating Consumers with Citizens I’m actually not, and my word choice was intentional. If you’re not consuming these goods then you hold no leverage, and probably don’t care.
minus-squareazertyfun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDo you not consume a single Google/Meta/Microsoft product or do you not care about their abhorrent business practices?
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYes and no. I don’t understand.
minus-squareazertyfun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThen you’re knowingly engaging in the consumption of abusive products? Do you not see how you have literally no leverage whatsoever as a consumer?
I’m actually not, and my word choice was intentional. If you’re not consuming these goods then you hold no leverage, and probably don’t care.
Do you not consume a single Google/Meta/Microsoft product or do you not care about their abhorrent business practices?
Yes and no.
I don’t understand.
Then you’re knowingly engaging in the consumption of abusive products? Do you not see how you have literally no leverage whatsoever as a consumer?