DingoBilly @ DingoBilly @lemmy.world

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I use Windows, and I honestly never see this stuff at all.

Haven't used Linux/MacOS in a long time now but from this specific perspective they all appear the same to me. Or at worst, it's easy to disable.

I get wanting a safe space from persecution.

But echo chambers are dangerous and can really distort your reality. I personally find going from a safe space/echo chamber to reality very jarring and much more conflicting than from a relatively safe space with some conflict to reality.

By shutting it all out I'd argue you are risking hurting yourself unless you can guarantee a safe space in every aspect of life which is very difficult.

We all want them absent. But then it sort of defeats the point of OPs post saying that BlueSky is filled with bigots when the reality is everywhere has them.

Just because you are not aware doesn't mean they don't exist.

Reading into blahaj.zoje more, plenty of queer folk are friendly and supportive, but plenty are also pieces of shit. Sometimes you may also not realize if you create an echo chamber what is acceptable and what bleeds into extremist rhetoric.

That's impossible though.

You have them everywhere including on Lemmy.

Ah, so it has nothing to do with NMS then, it's just you don't like the sandbox genre. That's fair.

The developer has pretty much delivered on what they promised at this stage.

You're basically saying you bought an RPG and you don't like that it has a levelling system. Bit different.

Sort of goes against the whole point!

Like if you'd read the news and updates about NMS you'd see they fixed most of the complaints and made a great game, and all for free.

Yes I also cling to the past and never update my views or thinking on things.

Your point is "Windows is the worst of the bunch".

It's pretty basic/has no value... Doesn't take a rocket scientist to disprove.

Depends on the person and their usage. For many Windows is the most appropriate.

Dont be a blind fanboy and just say that there is only solution for an OS and that's Linux. If there's one OS then it will inevitably get shit itself.

Yep. He was the Elon Musk of those years. Great at marketing but an asshole to work for and likely would have started spreading his insane crap at some point to the masses.

He was very much the Elon Musk of his times, and it's very possible he would have gone down the same route of extremist views and decisions that completely failed because of his egoism.

Yeah this seems like a complete non-issue... All software has its problems and annoyances. Whether it's Linux, MacOS or Windows they all have different levels of shit and annoying things you have to do.

Aladdin was pretty good though.

Haven't seen the rest.

Some interesting points, and some things I disagree with.

Firstly it's annoying he keeps calling it his idea and trying to enforce this concept that the current internet needs to align with his original goals. That's stupid and ignores that things will go where they go, he can't control them.

So his first point about centralisation being an issue isn't that big a grievance. But his second point rings true - the issues around our data and advertising have grown significantly and the Web is getting much worse as a result.

I actually think the solution is just government needs to step in and regulate it, along the lines of what the EU is doing. Realistically I think that's the only solution that'll help. Doing some grassroots movement and hoping it picks up steam is just unrealistic. Like looking at Lemmy and Mastadon - they're great but at this pace they'll never take over the other giants in the space. You need someone to step in and force the change.

People are missing the forest for the trees but you are right.

If Republicans force this through on every bill then at some point it would have to pass. You can't just shut down the US government indefinitely in the real world.

Alternative to reddit and to keep track of other technologies.

But yes, I get that the whole thing is free and donation driven. At the same time, if it's free then it's free. Why would you pay for something that's free, sort of defies the point. If it can't sustain itself being free then it can't be free.

Maybe it's an autistic thing but it's just logically irrational.

Yep it is. But it's reality. No point fighting for something that doesn't exist.

It's an ok experience. Realistically Reddit was much better before a bunch of changes and Lemmy hasn't filled that/not sure it will catch up.

I don't care if it succeeds or not. We'll all just move on to the next thing if it doesn't.

Yes of course it costs money - but it's not my business to run and it's the business's problem. I'm not a charity or an investor so I don't need to worry about whether the business succeeds or not.

So basically, no reason to donate.

Tell me you're an apple fanboy without telling me you're an apple fanboy.