I don't understand how society still accepts technofeudalism (e.g. having to use surveillance-based proprietary apps to communicate with your close friends and family members, or YouTube for tutorials and guides interrupted by minutes of multiple ads where every update tries to bypass adblockers while they also shove irrelevant clickbait recommendations on your screen) as if it's normal (justified with thought-terminating clichés, “that's just the way it's always been”). Making excuses such as “I hate Mark Zuckerberg but I still use Facebook Messenger”, “I hate Elon Musk but I still use Xwitter”, “I hate Microsoft but I still use Winblows for /v/idya gaming”, “I hate Google but I still use their services for e-mail and document editing”, “I hate Apple but I still buy their products”, etc. They're not the fucking be-all and end-all, you know? The only reason these corporate giants are able to thrive is because of our collective complacency, and simply for its convenience of use, remaining completely unaware of any FOSS alternatives, decentralized and community-driven services deemed as “too sketchy” for some reason. The idea of tech being free is in itself incompatible with the closed-source ecosystem. “It's free to use, as long as you're the product.” They've automated the ability to spy on millions of people, mass collection of sensitive information, censorship, media manipulation, IoT cameras in family households, where every AI glowie agent is watching over every human being, now completely possible… we're already livin' it®