I need to understand why people still keep giving that man money. Willingly. It's mind boggling.

"Drug dealer criticizes drug user's plan to quit."

Fuck Google. Ruining the internet for profit.

"We can't succeed without breaking the law. We can't succeed without operating unethically."

I'm so sick of this bullshit. They pretend to love a free market until it's not in their favor and then they ask us to bend over backwards for them.

Too many people think they're superior. Which is ironic, because they're also the ones asking for handouts and rule bending. If you were superior, you wouldn't need all the unethical things that you're asking for.

Serious question: why does everyone in silicon valley have a god complex?

Sigh. I miss when Rage Against The Machine wasn't political.

What are you going to tell me next, that Tom Morello has a degree in political science? He should just stick to playing the guitar.

Reminder: this is the company that holds a monopoly on the internet and dictates web standards.

What's even scarier is that takeout is probably only the data they want you to see, or are legally obliged to share.

I would be willing to wager they have lots more on you that you're not even aware of.

I know this is a shitpost, but I need to say it anyways: The USA is not "America". America is everything west of Europe and east of Asia. All the Americas: north, central, and south.

Celebrity/billionaire worship. Just no. It means their values are wildly erratic.

This would only be meaningful if it wasn't collected in the first place.

Every day I learn that people are even dumber than I previously thought.

Sigh... I miss the days when Rage Against The Machine focused on music and wasn't political.

Wait, what? A shitty Google product? Plagued by ads and spyware? No way!

As others have pointed out here, use Aurora Store or F-Droid.

30 years later and more relevant than ever... That's not a good thing. Continue to rage.

I couldn't agree more. We shouldn't need to be somewhere else to receive announcements (especially such important ones).

Not to mention Discord's horrible record of privacy and security. I don't have an account and will never make one, and I'm sure many others in the fediverse will agree.

I actually just tested out the account making process, and I got asked for my phone number. No. Way.

We're here because we care about a decentralized, open network. Aside from its confusing and busy UX, it's not even indexable. Discord is literally a black hole for information and terrible for everyone except for Discord itself, who is doing who knows what with all of our data.

Discord is everything the fediverse stands against.

Whose fault is it though? I get that collective will is hard, but you as an individual have the power to move, organize, mobilize, whatever you want.

The company doesn't value you? Move. Why are you giving this company free labor?

For the "prestige" of being a ("anonymous") reddit mod? Give me a break. There's better things to do and be prouder of in life.

Stop giving this company time, money, and attention. And tell others to do the same. Otherwise, you're digging your own (and everyone else's) hole.

Yes, it's unfair, but it's an unfair system. So let's all do our part. And let's also organize and mobilize on that. Can't be done by continuing to feed it.

That's a glowing recommendation of Signal. And a good reminder to donate. I'm doing it right now.

Sigh. I miss when Rage Against The Machine wasn't political.

What does Tom Morello know about politics anyways? Does he have a degree in political science from Harvard or something?

Have you also tried using Signal instead of WhatsApp? Sorry, had to do it.