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minus-square🌶️ - knighthawk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·14 days agoyeah, might seem good to have yet another choice, but it’s an illusion
minus-squaremke@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-214 days agoIf they’re user funded, their incentives are fundamentally different from Google’s. Even thinking as a business, it makes no sense to enshittify the way Google does. It’s a different choice, even if it’s not the choice you wanted.
minus-square🌶️ - knighthawk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 days agodifferent, yes. but by how much and will it be different in ways that truly matter
yeah, might seem good to have yet another choice, but it’s an illusion
If they’re user funded, their incentives are fundamentally different from Google’s. Even thinking as a business, it makes no sense to enshittify the way Google does. It’s a different choice, even if it’s not the choice you wanted.
different, yes. but by how much and will it be different in ways that truly matter