Not the Internet, that is neutral. It is only one large corp that is trying to control the Internet. If everyone boycotts them, then they will fail.
It’s weird. The internet really seems to be pushing me not to use it these days.
opt9@feddit.ch 11 months ago
gothicdecadence@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nah not just one company. Reddit, Twitter, basically every social media, streaming services, every site adding stupid ads and auto playing videos, etc. It all adds up
opt9@feddit.ch 11 months ago
Fully agree, I was just trying to keep it relevant to Google. All that shit needs to be dropped. As people realize that rather than free, all that shit is really expensive, maybe they’ll make a move.
kava@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The vast majority of internet traffic these days goes through a few different portals. Pretty much the few biggest sites. Google/YouTube, Facebook/Instagram/Whatsapp, Tiktok, Reddit, Twitter(“x”)
Most people connect through these through some type of application on a mobile device. Most of these users couldn’t tell you what DRM was or what web standards are. They don’t care, they just wanna look at funny videos and get updates through clickbait headlines.
These people aren’t going to boycott anything. The same thing that reddit is in the process of doing - killing off the old users and considering their power over the average apathetic user - Google is essentially going to try and do.
It’s a scary time. The internet we all grew up with it irreversibly changing.
opt9@feddit.ch 11 months ago
The asleep will continue to feed those big corps with their blood. The rest of us will move to other solutions. That is life.
over_clox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Where did you get this idea that the internet is neutral?
opt9@feddit.ch 11 months ago
Neutral like electricity. It is a force that can be used for good or bad. Google is trying to harness that energy for its own profit and control. I wasn’t referring to the structures created to administer it. That is another can of worms.
empireOfLove@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Welcome to late stage capitalism. The free Fed money train is over, time to squeeze the plebians to death.