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"We simply don't expect software to work anymore." - Jonathan Blow

I do[0], but I am probably the exception. I don't know many people who care as much as I do.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30097248

Because network effect. Because alternative services not only don't have the vast user bases to begin with, they also don't have the capital to spend on marketing. When they do, it's pretty obvious they aren't benevolent.

Punish how? The problem is that there are no alternatives to those services.

https://joinmastodon.org/

https://joinpeertube.org/

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

You can't vote twitter or youtube out of power.

You can't code their wealth away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU632_Em3g

Mastodon an alternative to the technology, but not to the content.

The power of those very large platforms are their content, not their tech.

By installing ad blockers and content filtering.

Sadly, it's not enough to make those websites switch from a bloated spa to server-side.

Not sufficient perhaps, but it’s a start.

I guess they are addicted in spite of the flaws.