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  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    Great article, but you could’ve gone deeper into the modern ramifications. I feel you cut that short, just after mentioning the Zuckerborg - there would have been so much more to get into.

    You should also have clarified that you’re talking about Linux as a consumer device OS; most of the internet and probably some social media giants run Linux or UNIX-like OSs, too.

    And that Linux is not equivalent to FOSS, nor is the EFF.

    And a link to that article you’re refering to.

  • non_burglar@lemmy.world
    1915·
    3 months ago

    Look, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you are treading into virtue signalling territory and your article has the superior tone of those who bought electric cars in the late 2010s to lord it over the rest of us.

    Using Linux is not going to stop your doom-scrolling, nor is using Linux by itself telling the big corpos anything at all. Stop conflating using Linux with “sticking it to Facebook”.

    Linux is a tool, and it is a tool that allows freedom of its use. That’s it.

      • non_burglar@lemmy.world
        87·
        3 months ago

        Except electric cars are hell expensive and linux is free.

        That was literally my point. Some people bought electric cars because the could, not because they wanted to effect any social change.

        But other FOSS software (like the ActivityPub protocol) can for sure make a very sizeable dent in the amount of doomscrolling in one’s life.

        Is activity pub only used on Linux desktop apps? Can’t a Mac or windows user participate in mastodon? Fediverse use and Linux are separate issues.

        This false equivalence between Linux itself and the path of our collective salvation from social media, corporate manipulation, etc, etc is a big problem for Linux, because Linux is just a tool.

        btrfs is widely praised… and also a product of Facebook. Google has poured Fons of money into FOSS development. Should we shun these tools?

        Especially now, with a sizable influx of users to Linux, articles like the one Op posted create a completely false us v them narrative that just isn’t there.

        You want to fight the evil social media? Drop them.

          • non_burglar@lemmy.world
            44·
            3 months ago

            it I didn’t make me feel compelled to go harm some Windows users or anything like that, but your mileage may vary

            I’m happy to let the conversation take its course, but I take exception to this. You damn well know that’s not what I meant.