• dezmd@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What a weird downslope of a take that will obviously result in authoritarian government power expansion and futher censorship.

    Just stop using it and support alternatives that dont do it. Have some self control.

    • Cyteseer@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Do you think regulations are just blanket authoritarian actions. Sometimes we need government intervention to ensure and protect people’s rights.

    • Cadenza@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Regulating capitalism = authoritarianism. What a weird take. Regulating capitalism =/= abolishing capitalism, this I can understand. But your take… wow.

    • sentientity@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      People always say shit like this as if people don’t have a multitude of different life circumstances that affect and coerce how they interact with technology. That’s just how capitalism works. It’s not a matter of willpower. Privacy Bootstraps Theory is unhelpful. Being able to completely opt out of entrenched tech monopolies is a privilege. It’s great that you can do that, not everybody can.

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      2 months ago

      Name a single viable alternative to YouTube at this point in time. Alternative frontends don’t count, since they still rely on YouTube to work. None of the creators I watch upload anywhere else.