John QuigginMar 11, 2024

I hate being told to "shop around". What I want is for the default option to be a good one.

On this point, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic spells out why Google is so awful and why even DuckDuckGo isn't a real alternative.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/05/the-map-is-not-the-territory/

Pluralistic: You can’t shop your way out of a monopoly (05 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadTyler Smith

@johnquiggin @pluralistic

I wouldn't mind shopping around if there were any good options. That was the part of Cory's article that was most disheartening - we've dug ourselves into a hole where the only options available are abusive monopolists.

Mar 11, 2024 at 9:07pmWeb
Show threadAlanMar 11, 2024
@plantarum @johnquiggin @pluralistic I sometimes have daydreams of creating a directory of products from businesses which have positive qualities like pay living wages, are significantly sustainable, are worker cooperatives, are union represented