No Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Spotify, or apple?
I guess Facebook is bad for it’s… Well general shittiness… But they did invent react which a lot of the good parts of the internet use
And llama. They’re making it so that small companies can compete in the AI game
What did Spotify do to deserve a spot?
Oh boy, a whole lot. I was compiling a list, but it turns out that Spotifys shady business practices has a whole wikipedia page. Not sure if it’s included in there but Joe Rogan. Just everything about the Joe Rogan deal. As well as their ties to the military industrial complex. It’s less “what have they done?” and more “what haven’t they done?”
What music platforms would you suggest as an alternative? Apple Music can’t be that much better, can it?
Downloading mp3s and tagging them, the way grandpa intended
Tidal is pretty popular, they at least pay artists more. There’s a couple other recommendations I’ve seen floating around on lemmy but the names are escaping me atm. I don’t think there’s any services out there with clean hands tbh, but limiting the harm from your consumption is better than doing nothing about it
Spotify is a DRM-infested despicable hellhole
And one that platforms fash or fash-adjacent imbeciles
Destroying artist’s livelihoods, for one thing. Shady business practices, for the other.
Can’t say I understand the point you’re trying to make. Are you saying these things should not be hated?
Could all be summed up in the last one: capitalism
Well the camera one doesnt technically have to be capitalism.
None of them have to.
Unity does not qualify as “internet thing”
Also if they’re considered on the level as all these other companies there needs to be dozens more at that table before them.
Post in the comments additions to my list; I wanted to add more but I missed some.
- Windows: Bad. Linux: Good.
- Google Chrome: Bad. Firefox: Good.
- America: Bad… America: Bad.
So you’re just listing objective facts now?
Whenever something or someone appears on the internet they have a grace period where small mistakes are forgotten and bigger ones are forgiven, but eventually the time runs out and everybody will hate you.
Ah yes, the paypal mafia. Most of it explains that pic. Techno feudalists trying to take over capitalism with capitalism 2.0: even thinking a thought will be charged edition
All of “triple AAA” Gaming, i.e.: Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, Microsoft (classic), …
Got so many ad blockers about the only time I see ads is when I accidentally look at a billboard
The amount of times capitalism gets dragged into a thread that has nothing to do with economics or politics is, quite frankly, astounding.
edit: I get it, you are all replying the same thing. Point taken, capitalism has its hands in everything. My point: we don’t have to circlejerk about it every 3 seconds. I would rather not delete this comment, but why isn’t there a block notifications button on Lemmy?
It’s almost like the economic mode of production touches and influences everything in our lives
You tankies have thick skulls. No one here is saying capitalism is good. That’s beside the point
No one here is saying capitalism is good. That’s beside the point
What is your magnificent enlightened centrist point, besides STOP TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE PLANET WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH?
Which part of my comment implied you did? Seems like a poor choice to be calling other people thick skulled when you’ve just failed basic reading comprehension.
If you answer at least try to address the point
There is a point at which conversation breaks down and everything you say is basically ignored because people on the internet make snap judgments about what you’re saying and filter it into the category of “agree” or “disagree” and then up/down vote accordingly. I don’t have time to go back and forth with people on the–fuck, I just responded
people on the internet make snap judgments about what you’re saying
Crazy, you’re describing exactly what you did
There is a point at which conversation breaks down and everything you say is basically ignored
When you’re running interference for capitalism by concern trolling, everything you say makes you look like a fucking clown. 🤡
My sibling in Christ, you broke the conversation down,it didn’t magically happen. Someone responded in good faith and you were an asshole instead of continuing the conversation or offering literally anything of substance
Eh, maybe you’re right, but I was getting dogpiled and it gets old fast. Honestly, I think capitalism is a major problem and we can replace it with something better, but people on Lemmy are so fucking obnoxious about it that my patience wears thin. If you say anything remotely against that group think, you will get dogpiled. The other day, I had a post that said something about China/Tiananmen Square, and had so many comments complaining. I don’t think I even encountered this much toxicity on reddit, this is ridiculous. Hence the “you tankies” comment.
but I was getting dogpiled
If you act like a clown, people will come to see the circus. 🤡
Eh, maybe you’re right, but I was getting dogpiled
We don’t have downvotes on our instance. When we disagree or think a comment adds nothing, we tend to respond.
That’s why you got so many answers, which you describe as “dogpiling”. If you want to defend your position, responding to only one of those is perfectly fine.
Also for fuck’s sake:
I don’t think I even encountered this much toxicity on reddit, this is ridiculous
Nobody was toxic with you in this thread, nothing beyond being a bit harsh-toned. Reddit is far much worse. Again, probably you felt like that because of the sheer amount of answers you got.
The other day, I hate a post that said something about China/Tiananmen Square, and had so many comments complaining
Got a link ? because I suspect the comments in answer to you were not just “complaining” but were also argued and provided information.
I don’t think I even encountered this much toxicity on reddit
You responded to my completely anodyne comment with an insult and you’re still crying like you’re a victim
The number of people who still don’t understand that absolutely everything is politics and economics is, quite frankly, astounding.
They don’t feel the politics until they do, and that’s when it becomes politics.
We understand, we just don’t want to talk about it all the fuckin time
You may not care about class struggle, but class struggle has a keen interest in you.
Capitalism is a function of everything that happens in a capitalist society
Basically everything around you is not there by happenstance but because of hundreds of years a very specific economic arrangement of society. You would be hard pressed to find anything touched by humans in the last 200 years that doesn’t have capitalist contradictions embedded into it
we don’t have to circlejerk about it every 3 seconds
You don’t have to run interference for “not all capitalism” every 3 seconds, lib.
Eh, I agree with the general point and would like a better system but can we talk about other things ffs. The general atmosphere on here is so negative.
The general atmosphere on here is so negative.
If only we were more “nonpolitical” to fit your arbitrary and nebulous standards, we would seem more positive!
Did you like product? I liked product! Product was epic! Are you looking forward to next product?
Counterpoint: using the word “circlejerk” to disparage points we’d rather ignore is a really annoying thing to do.
The advertising-thing always baffles me. Are you willing to pay for each and every service you just use completely for free? If not, you shouldn’t see advertising as a “scourge”.
I don’t have much of an issue with advertising in itself
However
Online advertising nowadays is extremely obnoxious and annoying, and serves to track you, too. Add the fact that ads are free real estate for malicious actors to do whatever, and I think you can agree that they are a bigger problem than they should be.
I genuinely wouldn’t mind ads if they were unobtrusive and not tracking me, but that’s not the reality.
Don’t forget about malvertising, that’s probably a more imminent danger. If Google and other ad companies don’t give enough of a shit about user to actually filter out malware ads, why should I give enough of a shit about their revenue to not use uBO?
A better question is how you’re so comfortable with every place you look containing ads
I had been starting to develop a unity game just as a hobby. RIP.
Great time to pick up Godot, though
Unfortunately they’re not directly comparable though. Godot is missing a lot of tooling when it comes to 3D, especially compared with Unity.
Good reason for a dev to start contributing to godot. Be the change you want to see. In open source it is even actually possible.
I can’t argue with you there, but the engine code is also significantly more complex than the project code, and I’m not too familiar with how to create it. But, you raise a good point that it’s time to learn.
Thank you. I am only a hobby dev but I‘m also considering contributing to the projects I use for my home lab. It’s quite intimidating as I‘m not proficient in any language but I‘ll give it a go at some point.
