Oddly tempted to try to switch to #Vim (realistically @neovim ) again for code editing. And switching on vim mode in @silverbulletmd
Trigger: the realization that anything not purely open source (like VS Code) eventually #enshittifies
@machinesbleedtoo yikes!
I think it's bad that #Google really #enshittifies #Android for no valid reason...
Oddly tempted to try to switch to #Vim (realistically @neovim ) again for code editing. And switching on vim mode in @silverbulletmd
Trigger: the realization that anything not purely open source (like VS Code) eventually #enshittifies
#Privatization #enshittifies everything it touches
Hi!
Are you viewing this account through #Bluesky?
If so, you need to know that this account does NOT consent to being brought inside Jack’s new walled garden.
You know, the one that’s been paid for by some jerk who bought Jack’s old walled garden and turned the dying Spaces into toxic waste?
VC is the engine that #enshittifies the Internet. His BS site will follow that path soon.
Noninteroperabilty is tar that traps users. If BS wants to access #Fedi, it should be on #ActivityPub.
Commentators called this a mark against federation: "You can't rely on random, thin-skinned volunteer sysops for your online social life!"
https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265
But the mastodon.lol saga demonstrates the *strength* of federated social media, not its weakness. After all, 450 million Twitter users are also at the mercy of a thin-skinned sysop - but when he #enshittifies his platform, they can't just export their data and re-establish their social lives elsewhere in two clicks:
9/
Mastodon.lol will shut down on May 9, 2023, 3 months from today. Information on how to migrate to a different server: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/ I'm not doing this anymore. It's not worth it. Personal attacks calling me of all people a Nazi, a TERF, an antisemite... Congrats on destroying something I cared so deeply about. I hope you're happy. One last message before anyone tries to further assassinate my character: Fuck Nazis. Fuck TERFs. J.K. Rowling can die in a fire for all I care.