Car making without the tracking bullshit!

its* creator.

Oh, got it! Yup. In that context, that was quite the inaccurate sentence.

What do you mean by this? Genuinely curious…

Did you really have to use that stupid “fake news headline” phrase? Gross.

No, come to think of it, you’re right. I was thinking of communities that ban people in droves, but they still have a lot of members.

But the keyword in your comment is “enough.” So, yup, again in theory, if they ban 99% of the whole Fediverse, they won’t be the biggest community in it.

Thanks for the history lesson. I didn’t really know lemmy.ml was the first Lemmy instance.

Oh sure, sure. My point is that Google asked for the same thing as MS, and I mindlessly gave it to them.

I’ll look into degoogling at some point.

Wait… is lemmy.ml really the flagship instance? I thought that was lemmy.world.

Here’s how I see it: an instance becomes bullshit, all the rest of the instances defederate from them. It has happened in the past, it will keep happening in the future. Lemmy self-corrects.

And if it doesn’t, welp, it will go the way of Slashdot, Digg and Reddit. I’d be okay with that.

Why do you care what other co-workers see on your work laptop? It doesn’t belong to you.

…aaaand I will never switch to Windows 11.

But then, I’m a hypocrite, because I have to create an account to use Android.

And am I supposed to let other people be subject to that, too? Let people like that drag down Lemmy as a whole? Shouldn’t I have a nice and welcoming place on the internet for me and my friends?

It’s… Lemmy. One instance does not represent all of it. Move to a friendlier instance. That’s the beauty of the fediverse.

And in the end, lemmy.ml, like many other instances, are run by its owners, technically for the fun of it. They’re absorbing the cost. Not us. They can do whatever they want with their little toy server.

Look, I’m not defending them. They suck. I’m just saying that the internet is vast. Why focus of one small corner of it? Again, that’s like trying to change 4chan. Or moving to a tornado area and trying to get rid of the tornadoes.

For cash, you say?!

Silly. The internet is full of echo chambers. Just move on. If an instance is run by people you can’t reason with, why hang out there? Will you try and change 4chan too?

In theory, yes. In practice, not necessarily.

hehe well, you can always edit your comment!

Are you saying that all popular instances are run by “tankies”?

Which he did. His statement is the license.

Plus free software doesn’t strictly mean that the author doesn’t get paid for their work.

Nobody said you shouldn’t pay artists.

The parent poster was simply replying to the ridiculous car analogy. He even addressed part of your argument.