• ImOnADiet🇵🇸 (He/Him)English
      34•2 years ago

      ? They’re just following the end game of capitalism, they’re trying to squeeze every last bit of profit out of the internet that they can, it has nothing to do with the internet “threatening” power, they already took care of that with all of the spying laws they passed when the internet started getting popular

      • @rodolfo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        I don’t think the “spying laws” are what makes the internet controlled. It’s the constant, huge waves of misinformation and weak thought, which are enabled by those “spying laws”, among others ways. Just my two cents, tho.

        • ImOnADiet🇵🇸 (He/Him)English
          12•2 years ago

          interest rate hikes, VCs are demanding their money back and companies are scrambling to become profitable/more profitable.

          Edit: forgot to address the other point, they don’t really care about us spreading ideas as long as we don’t actually threaten their power. There is absolutely 0 threat of a socialist revolution anywhere in the west right now

            • katieEnglish
              1•2 years ago

              Here the conversations and our attention are not directed by profit and power seeking interests.

              I agree Lemmy is better. But, can you really be sure that every post and comment on this platform is made by a real person with no hidden agenda?

        • @GraySteve@lemm.eeEnglish
          7•2 years ago

          Capitalism is on a regular decline. It’s typically good for development, then after the dust settles it declines.