Hacker News Reader

Did you read the rest of the article? They are openly admitting that they won't be able to get off all US platform. For now at least.

And with the commitment to come back and tell us what they found as alternatives. JFC, TFA wasn't even all that long.

The author's online identify seems to revolve around being critical of tech and Silicon Valley. I guess employees of Silicon Valley companies should be relieved that not even life long critics of our companies seem to be able to escape providing revenue for our services.

Exactly. Their concession doesn't prove that they can meaningfully resist right-wing cronyism, it reinforces the victory it attained over honest competition. It's an own-goal, evidence that their money isn't where their mouth is.

This has the same energy as "You criticize social, but yet you live in a society. Curious."

People can criticize things they belong to or work within

Society can't be replaced in 24 hours. Laptops and a web CRM can. If the author cares enough to define the issue, then he has no excuse.

Forgive me for treating his criticism with the same apathy that he affords it.