Kirk

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

As long as we agree that the term "enshittification" describes a failure of capitalism (and not it's "MO").

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I know Cory Doctorow (who coined the term) has said that he doesn't mind if people use the term "enshittification" to simply mean "product gets worse", but the definition he gave it specifically refers to anti-capitalistic practices (what he calls "technofeudalism").

"Enshittificiation" as described by Doctorow hurts businesses too. "Capitalism" definitionally implies the presence of a competitive market. "Enshittification" (like you said nothing new) describes what happens when a market is no longer competitive because it controlled by a single entity (monopoly). "Enshittification" happens when the government stops enforcing laws that protect free markets and allow capitalism to break down.

Sorry for being a pedant but I see those words gets thrown around a lot in ways that IMO can muddle the meaning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I don't think starfleet captains have the authority to command the hearts and minds of their officers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

True, I edited my comment. I personally recommend the USB method (or if you have easy access to the internals- just swapping out an SSD).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

It got cloudy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

It takes some doing, but you can live boot windows from a USB drive for those rare instances you need it. You can also just install it to a VM inside Linux (also not easy). But honestly these days the times where you'll NEED Windows are few and far between (and getting fewer and farther).

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 days ago

Not liking someone is not a good reason to root against decentralized platforms, IMO. The entire point of decentralization is that nobody gets to control the experience and who is/isn't allowed to participate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Unless he joins fedia.io you don't really get a say in what he does... kind of the entire point behind decentralization....

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

It's also an avenue for attacks.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 days ago

The growth of the network*

There are many platforms in the Fediverse. The fact that the network can survive the collapse of one platform is a strength of decentralization. The Lemmy/mbin/piefed universe can only ever be exactly as big as we, the users, want it to be.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

Ah yes, famous coward Harvey Milk /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Greetings fellow /u/kirk, nice bike!

 

Note that r/coolguides is a very "normie" subreddit and may require extra handholding. There are a lot of people who don't seem to understand what "open source" means. Some looking for "The Lemmy app" etc. Be patient and helpful!

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