My game plan here is that I’m moving everyone I can to Stoat. It’s not likely to go the corpo route any time soon. From there I plan on figuring out a matrix server and streamlining the process for my less dedicated friends the same way I did jellyfin.
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voracitude@lemmy.world 4 days agoJust move back to the flood plain every time your house gets swept away, rebuild on the side of the volcano every eruption, and keep moving to proprietary platforms every time one enshittifies. Right?
Wrong. You’re here on the fediverse because you know that’s wrong. We need an alternative, but right now they’re all pretty tough to set up by ourselves. For example, I’m once again working on getting revolt/stoat running, and it’s pain (probably mostly due to my environment, I might give up and put it on its own machine).
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
… Steam is basically a family owned business it’s literally the exact example of what a perfectly acceptable large business is.
And fuck I ain’t here cause I know something wrong. The fuck you get that idea from. I’m here because reddit doesn’t have a good app that’s literally it. I would happily go back to reddit if i could have my old app back.
voracitude@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I ain’t here cause I know something wrong
I’m here cause reddit doesn’t have a good app
And they used to, didn’t they? Can you remember what happened to those apps, and why? That’s right, they stopped working, because Reddit closed off their API, which can’t happen here.
So I guess you are here because you know that something is wrong with reddit, after all. You said so yourself.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 4 days ago
I don’t think that Valve has that game plan, as they have proven again and again for about 20 years now. Having no shareholders really keeps them grounded. But you’re right, a completely FOSS solution that is easy to use would be preferable - but in the short term Steam communities might get an upswing.
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I don’t disagree with your view of Valve, but their reputation isn’t the point.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 3 days ago
Yeah, i DO like valve, because they are as good as it can get for a company in the tech sector. But my comment was more from a “we need a replacement now"-perspective, where Steam is a top contender for sure (and the content there is actually discoverable which gives an out).
Hopefully the scare and the issue of getting out content of discord makes sure that there is a solution ready for the next time the shit hits the fan.