• johncandy1812@lemmy.ca
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    I’m so tired of these companies using their market shares to sell their users out without the fear of boycott, reprisal or significant impact on their business.

    I’ve been really enjoying finding alternatives and the feeling of control over my own life I gain every time I switch to one. Then whenever these big guys betray their user base I just laugh.

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      Digg and MySpace shows what can happen when there is a mass exodus.

      Things like this happen slowly then suddenly all at once

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        There were popular alternatives to those at the time that ended up becoming even bigger than them. For some reason the popular ones these days aren’t getting swiftly adopted. I think a lot of people might be getting tired of switching platforms all the time.

        I think the fact all these companies were named at once is to overwhelm any effort to protest. People might be up for boycotting one company but probably not all of them listed so they end up boycotting none.