@dnkboston @macacator @benroyce @futurebird Before I shuffle off mastodon for this evening, I appreciate the discussion and those of you taking part.

Thinking is after all what brings about change. (In both directions, unfortunately.) Be as good as you can.

@benroyce "in this thread" right, fair enough.

@dnkboston @benroyce @macacator @futurebird

I don't judge the ordinary person who has their own struggle, but those who enable the shit going on right now who are in a position of power and allow said shit to continue, and this is happening in many countries, not just the #1 shithole one.

@benroyce @macacator @futurebird I may be misunderstanding, but it seems to me everyone who has posted so far is basically "we do what we can".

@futurebird By the way, I have never had any desire to posess Alexa or any similar product and when I bought a Firestick (which never actually got used) I opened it up and disconnected the microphone wire. I'm sorry you needed the dot but glad it helped you.

@futurebird With enough time...

@futurebird I did order one item from Amazon after an exhaustive search for it everywhere. But compared to the thousands spent over the years, including Prime Video (which we got for half off), I'm off AMZ.

@futurebird I agree on 100% of this. I am adamant about Meta being toxic. I never stop begging people to use Signal rather than WhatsFapp. I refuse to use it so we use email.

@futurebird It would already be good if anyone trying to reach an audience created a presence on the Fediverse AND of course, told people about it repeatedly, flaunting the advantages of independent distributed networks. I still have a Twitter account with my Mastodon address visible in my handle. I don't post there, though because it's trash as is Instagram.

@futurebird

Yes, it's happening, not just social but all media is being bought and run by people who want to be in charge. Their agenda is to transform society via their control and it's frightening AF.