Just waiting for the web to become unbearably enshittified so I can finally be free.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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I am kind of heartened when the mainstream people I know start complaining about how shitty their social medias have become. Now they just need to realise not only that they can leave, but they ought to leave.
Like it's pretty easy to make an ethical argument against contributing to mainstream corporate social media.
Yeah this is where I’m at. I’m educating myself and working on my self hosted offerings so once all the people around me start caring I’m here with all the knowledge and tech to make the switch really easy.
That's a great idea. I've experimented with a tiny lemmy instance, more for practice, just so if the demand suddenly arises, I could host an instance (ideally from a homelab).
youtube.com/watch?v=aULx-29nf-s
Doctorow makes such arguments well.
Careful what you wish for…
It is written with obvious "sci-fi" vibes, but the part "after the net broke it became fragmented walled gardens of corporations" is extremly real
almost there, give the final push
Does this mean I should be putting ad banners on all my bun posts?
Yes Its only ethical
Just gotta make some rogue AIs for that....
you do not want the loot the Internet drops
So be it. Execute ~~order 66~~ +++ATH0.
Subscribe to their rss feeds! That will destroy the internet by overloading their servers with requests for content!