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  • rickdg@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    Normification is a facet of our undemocratic capitalism. As you see yourself as a consumer of the internet and not a citizen, you mostly assume that a thing being

    1. popular
    2. monetizable
    3. and convenient

    is always preferable.

    So the internet continues to have a huge potential to host many cool places, but

    1. they can’t reach users that might be interested
    2. gaining support from small donations is difficult
    3. and they can’t integrate a complete set of features, accessibility, design and content moderation.

    If you ask an average internet user about these places, it’s a common response to say they’re weird as in not normal. If you dig a bit for what they mean, it’s usually the above. Nobody is there, it can’t make money and it doesn’t have all the things.







  • I’ve used linux on the side for years. In my experience, people talking about it usually forget to mention issues that might be fatal flaws for someone. Like audio sources not being saved between reboots or monitor resolution seeming a bit off. You have to go in expecting problems and being comfortable with that. If you’re the kind of person that’s going to blame linux when the first thing goes wrong, it will and you’ll want to go back to windows. And then windows will also have problems but more people will be able to help you.