Re: Re: Is this the End of the Digital Mask?
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sorry, just saw this RE. also wasn't sure how many REs is too many REs, but I did want to bring up a few points. not trying to get the last word or anything
I just see it as a standstill. There will always be weirdos who choose not to use any major platforms, and who will use ethical alternative platforms or self hosted instances of whatever foss project. And there will be people who use locked down platforms that are asking for more and more info. I dabble in a little bit of both, personally. I don't see any of this changing, though. People will stay on major platforms. Some will go back to those platforms to hang with friends who are locked in.
The non-platform weirdo will just continue their life. They'll use a custom rom on their Pixel. They'll wait for newpipe to start working again every few months. They'll manually type their credit card in like some boomer every time they want to use it online (ok, that one is just me). You can't regulate that type of person. They're just gonna use computers and the internet how they want. Even if they wind up giving up their personal shit to a company that will leak it in a few months, that's a choice. It's like having healthier choices and less healthy ones. At the moment, I'm living a very unhealthy digital life. And that's cool. There's just no a way that things could potentially get worse. It's not really a cat and mouse game to me. They've got my digital finger print and ad ids tied to stuff because I've signed into their stuff on my devices, on my network. I firmly believe that if the govt required an id to make a facebook, no one would use that shit. And if a govt id was required to be online at all, that shit would be worked around too (not counting my isp knowing me). Sorry if this is a weird point to want to make. I just don't think there's a scenario where things could get much worse or much better.
digital purgatory isn't so bad imo
