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I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better (www.joanwestenberg.com)
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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It goes both ways: look at how much Lemmy usage has grown, and Lemmy's existence is due to technology. We can protest with our dollars and time by leaving such products behind. Greed is independent of tech itself.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh for sure…and I’m here after slashdot stopped listening to users, then digg, then Reddit …

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, so the buck stops here with FOSS, finally!

... 🤞

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That would be nice! I did get 16 years out of Reddit at least before giving up…