• jmp242@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    It’s fascinating how normies will figure out a VPN to use shitty social media but not figure out more open systems or alternative sites.

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      6 months ago

      Right? They realized the power that be, corporations or governments, can take away any service at any time, & look for the loophole to access the service instead of the loophole to the entire centralized system …especially considering those powers can take down the VPNs too. Duct tape thinking.

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          6 months ago

          mostly text and sometimes short video (eg mastodon, lemmy, signal) does just as much for spreading information and its not nearly as bandwidth intensive. peer to peer alternatives exist too.

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      6 months ago

      What’s the open tiktok alternative? Many tiktok users would love an open platform as an alternative to tiktok.

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        6 months ago

        none just yet, but probably not. normies love to shit on twitter for being bad but refuse even considering mastodon because its apparently so fucking impossible to use.

        same with reddit.

        or whatsapp.

        normies figured out torrenting pretty quick when media wasnt readily available elsewhere.

        probably more stuff i might be forgetting.