Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)The problem with ditching services like Discord or Google Docs or Dropbox isn't me, I'm happy to do it. It's everyones I need to work with. They aren't going to join my self-hosted service just to exchange work files or chat, etc. I've tried.
JP@grumpygamer "network effects" are a killer! kinda means an alternative needs to be overwhelmingly better all at once to make a dent, which rarely happens.
Cake & Pudding 🌱@grumpygamer @jplebreton well the unsurmountable inevitability of network effects is the lie big social companies are telling you today.
In reality all that's keeping them from beeing disrupted is a big moat full of aggressive IP laws/lawyers around their business model (e.g. controlling access to "their" users)
Jean-SĂ©bastien Guay@jplebreton @grumpygamer Isn't this the same argument people use to stay on Twitter?
@grumpygamer @skylark13 we're having this conversation on mastodon so obviously we three see the importance of moving to alternatives. i'm just pointing out that getting the masses to switch with us is a challenging social problem.
@jplebreton @grumpygamer Well, yeah, that's what I was wondering about. It's a hard problem but it has to start somewhere, and I think you two (and others) can be drivers since people will want to work with you.
Let's keep it up!