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Do we have a chance? (szmer.info)

submitted 5 days ago by cottonbk@szmer.info to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Negative thoughts flooded my mind. The EU is constantly trying to push Chat Control. They're blocking bootloaders on phones, introducing ID and face scanning everywhere, in the US they're trying to push system-level verification, corporations are spitting in our faces and don't even hide it. I know we have to fight. My personal rebellion was joining Fediverse and Lemmy and quitting Reddit. But seriously, boss—I'm tired. Are our attempts to preserve internet freedom futile? Can we win against corporations and politicians who we pay but don't listen to us?

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[–] despaircode@lemmy.ml 43 points 5 days ago (5 children)

All things that go up must come down. Icarus’ wings will melt from the sun’s heat. The web will crumble under the weight of llm bots. Markets will crash due to llm’s not living up to their hype. Big tech will be broken up. Billionaires and the trillionaire will be taxed to death. Regulators will lose interest. Let’s have hope.

[–] ItJustDonn@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

i think it will get better, but probably not before lobbyists make it worse first. i guess my question about it is: will i still be able to go to lemmy/mastodon/peertube along the way, and what would it take from the instance owner's part to keep governments from forcing users to relinquish IDs?

[–] kyTdKZx9PtDQ9e56u06@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 days ago

This made me so hot. Pure smut.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

all long after you die; i wish i could take pleasure from knowing that people that i have zero relation to will get to enjoy this reality.

[–] despaircode@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh ye of little faith

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

pretty much and it makes me wish that i had started with the whole pessimism-of-the-intellect-optimism-of-the-will perspective first.

[–] thanksforreading@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

It has been written! Now we wait

[–] mindwanderer@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

he is no longer a trillionair. Don't forget that.

[–] cottonbk@szmer.info 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Billionaire or trillionaire is irrelevant. He's still a dumbass