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Made a thread about what other social media Lemmings use, and I was shocked by the amount of Meta platforms in the replies. (fedia.io)
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[–] H1jAcK@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Come up with a reasonable replacement product, and do it through an ethical company, and people might switch. But you're not gonna convince people to give up the convenience they've relied on for a decade without a really good reason, and "this company is evil" is way too esoteric for most people.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"this company is evil” is way too esoteric for most people.

Good point, and to push their argument further... what company isn't? If they used that rebuttal i would have nothing to say.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Companies have forced everyone else out of what was previously a functioning non-commercial space. We have more choices than "evil company" vs "nothing"

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

That's all well and good to say to me, cuz i agree with you, but that line is useless to someone who is on a social media platform because others are, and it is easy, and what they know.

These extra choices, the free ones... They gonna work as well as what they're using? No. We're not talking about netsavvy folks here. Can you rephrase your previous comment into one that is convincing for someone like that?

Hell, related topic: even Lemmy.world, the largest instance i know of is affiliated with Meta in some way. Do you block Lemmy world? I don't. I used to but was missing too much. So who would i be talking down to these folks?

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago

Oh come on, that's like "all politicians lie". There is "I record every millisecond of your private life to sell to anybody with a fat enough wallet" evil and there is "I am raising prices this year because I can" evil. The two are not the same.