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when the workaround is changing a word vs signing up on and learning how to use a whole new website?
yes
@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.