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Sounds like a job for the Fediverse...
the fediverse is microscopic and the people you want to get involved politically probably stay away from it.
The reality is that apps like TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, etc.. have marketing teams and entire institutions practically advocating for their use across the planet. In some parts of Asia and South America, you literally cannot get by without WhatsApp in more urbanized areas, for example.
This is the result of US imperialism. They have just enough data centers and server capacity to run hundreds of Instagrams if they wanted to, unlike the Global South (excl. China).
when the workaround is changing a word vs signing up on and learning how to use a whole new website?
yes
No, it's changing the words for a bit, then getting IP banned, then never going back.
That one isn't a hypothetical, it's why I'm here :)
@yuri
Changing the word every other day in an endless game of whack-a-mole vs. signing up once on a new website?
All of us here know which is easier in the long run.
yeah, but folks who are already bought into traditional social media aren’t making that same assessment.
why would anyone pay for streaming when you can get it all for free? i certainly don’t get it, but streaming services are wildly successful nonetheless.
@yuri
Funny, that's the example I always use, too. I watch whatever I want, when I want, for absolutely free except the cost of a VPN and the one-time purchase of a home server, thanks to plex and bittorrent. I can't code, I don't know what a secure socket layer is, I can just follow directions.
And it's depressing that people pay for these things basically because they abhor the idea of learning anything that takes a little patience.
Yes! Loops exists, which is a federated tiktok app. Doesn't have the same content or algo, but it has the infrastructure we all want.