Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better
ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI think the real problem is the drive to monetize so much of the technology. For instance, product owners continually to increase engagement in their stupid apps and continually move things around and add new widgets that people don’t want, or use, all while continuing to degrade the experience of the features that they did use.
Flagstaff@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
It goes both ways: look at how much Lemmy usage has grown, and Lemmy’s existence is due to technology. We can protest with our dollars and time by leaving such products behind. Greed is independent of tech itself.
ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh for sure…and I’m here after slashdot stopped listening to users, then digg, then Reddit …
Flagstaff@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Right, so the buck stops here with FOSS, finally!
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ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That would be nice! I did get 16 years out of Reddit at least before giving up…