Comment on Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms

• Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It is totally avoidable, you will find new ways to handle your business. You have to stop using their service, they are a cancer on our society and they are actively engaging in propaganda for genocide amongst many other shitty things.

  The sooner you pull the trigger the better off you will be. It is past time to move on.

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not really. I engage in my business to make money, not to fly the privacy & freedom flag.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That is work devices though rather than personal ones

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      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Not really. I use my tech for both.

        How does that matter?

        Logging in to fb marketplace in a containered tab isn’t a big deal.

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• Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Then you dont ever get to complain. You have other options, but its too hard for you, so youd rather just contribute to pissing away freedoms and privacy. Its because of people like you, who wont put up with even a little discomfort, that we are where we are. They keep pushing, and people like just keep on saying “OK”.

  If we are ever to stop this increasingly vile push to have us be endlessly profiled, its unfortunately going to have to be people like you that finally grow a fucking back bone. So yeah, we’re fucked…

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh my sweet summer child. One day the light of idealism will fade from your eyes just as it does for everyone who is not 15.

    I’m not contributing to pissing away freedoms and privacy, but I’m not going to inconvenience myself on ideological grounds.

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    • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This isnt about ideology. This is about survival.

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      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Very dramatic.

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    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Its got nothing to do with some frivolous ideology, and everything to do with not letting someone else manipulate me through convenience. People like you always have excuses, but the reality is that youre just lazy. You want your hand held by some tech daddy, you need your hand held by some tech daddy. Because other wise you might have to think for yourself. And that, well, thats just too much effort. No, better to bend over, spread cheeks, and present your arse to the gods of convenience. Well, that and all your data…

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      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        LOL. Settle down mate.

        You can call me names if it makes you feel better.

        I couldn’t care less if fb knows I’m selling toddler clothes.

        I, and everyone else who is not 15, will continue selling my junk on facebook.

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  • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes, instead of buying secondhand, he should buy new items at Walmart, Target, and Amazon. 🙄

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    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes, facebook marketplace is the only way to buy things second hand… Could you be more perpetually online???

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      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We do have “op shops” which are like a charity that sells clothes and toys that have been donated to them.

        We do buy a lot of stuff from these places, and visit almost every week. The thing is, the range of stuff is very limited. For example, they might have a dozen shirts for toddlers, all in different sizes, so at best you get one shirt.

        We dont really have “car boot” markets or flea markets here. We have farmers markets for fresh produce but not second hand items.

        We have a toy library where I volunteer once a month. This is an amazing resource and our kids always have different toys that are really well used by loads of kids. It really is great.

        The thing is, Toddlers grow quick, and they’re pretty gross, so you have to change shirts several times a day. Realistically you need 12 shirts, which they will ruin or outgrown in a few months.

        On fb marketplace, any day of the week, there’s people selling boxes of kids clothes for a few dollars, all the same size. Every few months you box up everything thats too small and pass it on to the next person. From a shop, the only other option, a box of 12 toddlers shirts would be maybe $60. Of course you get pants and undershirts and jackets and whatever. So youre saving several hundred dollars each time.

        If it were just a matter of going to some other place or using some other app then ofc I would do that, but fb market is the place parents sell their toddler clothes in my area.

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      • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So you insult this dude and tell him “you have other options”, but refuse to elaborate on those other options. Got it.

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• jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is just an excuse, not a justification. There’s always garage sales and such. Also, Facebook Marketplace is not the only game in town.

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• Networkcathode@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s completely avoidable

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, it’s not.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Welp see that’s the thing… it is

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      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Well, sure ok it’s “avoidable” in the sense that I’m not forced to engage with facebook or any other company or platform.

        However, the imposition on my daily functioning and ability to interact with my peers would be severely disaffected.

        If there’s a group of a dozen people that I know in person who are interacting on whats app, then if I want to interact with them I need to use whats app.

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• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  your issues related to facebook marketplace are not unique.

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s not really true.

    I live in a fairly small city. There might be other platforms but they’re not in common use.

    I can list a box of toddler clothes and they’ll sell in a week, while other platforms perhaps they won’t sell at all.

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  • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Plenty of people have second-hand items to sell without using fb marketplace.

    Where? Craigslist has become a pit. eBay is not cost effective for large items that are expensive to ship.

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    • Grabthar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t know where you are, but Kijiji is absolutely thriving in Ontario. My old man has about 40-50 items up at any given time, and has no problems finding buyers to rotate through his stock, and he is nowhere near a major population centre. I just looked at ads for a city centre and there is a lot available. It is definitely possible to work outside of facebook.

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      • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Never heard of Kijiji. Looks to be Canada-only?

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• BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m in this weird middle ground where I hate FB with a passion and it depresses me every time I log in, but I need to create a personal brand for my business (and to get laid, who am I kidding) and honestly I’m thinking about getting one of my friends to run it for me, which seems weird but

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think everyone feels that way. All you can do is just try to stick to the bits you really need.

    I would def think about paying someone to manage your business page.

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