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helenslunch

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Yes that was my point, thank you

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Libertarian talking points again

My guy, do you know what a Libertarian is? If I were a Libertarian I would be celebrating the global recession as a victory of government apathy. I’m not saying they shouldn’t do that, I’m saying they’re not going to, and depending on that is naive and ignorant.

One could argue for an organized boycott, but that’s not what’s happening here

I do argue for that on a regular basis. I can’t control the government and I can’t control Meta. I can only control me, as you can control you. You can choose to participate in the enshittification of the world or you can abstain from it and resist it. It’s up to you.

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Ah, yes, that’s why we can trust the big banks not to tank the global economy, because the government regulates them and because they’ll punish anyone who tries. They certainly wouldn’t just fill their pockets and reward them instead while punishing absolutely no one responsible, right?

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I don’t aim to not use WhatsApp, I expect regulation to make it safe

That’s a naive and ignorant position. That’s never going to happen.

As long as you continue to not push against this sort of thing, it will continue to be pushed upon you.

There are federated, interoperable, and open-source alternatives. Make them use them.

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LOL you people are hilarious

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Who cares?

I have 128GB and fit hundreds of apps and thousands of photos and videos with tens of GB to spare. What is the problem?

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I “roleplay” it all the time with phone numbers, names, emails, etc.

Enter fake ones or just refuse and they say “okay”.

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We’ve seen how Google’s filters work. They’ll take a ton legitimate apps out with no recourse for the devs and leave tons of “scammy” ones.

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Over here my last Covid vaccine appointment was given over WhatsApp and the guys that came to install fiber in my apartment did the whole thing over WhatsApp as well

“I don’t have WhatsApp”

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Just…don’t use it?

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