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jarfil@beehaw.org â¨7⊠â¨months⊠agoNetwork effect. Users need the ability to connect to most other users, in order for them to start leaving the tech giant.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
They can leave meta and do that right now.
jarfil@beehaw.org â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
Are you sure? How does one connect to users on WhatsApp and Messenger from outside of Meta?
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
You mail them a fucking letter saying, "Leave meta."
You call them on the phone and say, "Leave meta."
You visit them in person and say, "Leave meta."
Hack into a defunct spy satellite and carve "LEAVE META" in the countryside using its lasers.
People exist outside of meta. They breath, they eat, they shit. Find that pile of meat that exists outside of zuck's servers and get a message to it.
Shit, how did people communicate before facebook?
jarfil@beehaw.org â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
Depending on how far we go, theyâd have a scribe write down what they wanted to say.
We donât live in those times anymore, and a good chunk of people would sooner not talk to you, rather than move a finger to change their ways.
Hence, the network effect.