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  • No! I apologize for not being clearer.

    The point isn’t that foss has to be cash grabbing

    It has to be likeable, lovable. Something that becomes familiar and comfortable as soon as a user starts using it, WITHOUT the nefarious monetization that the corps hang on it.

    Think of it as your favorite cookies a friend bakes and gives out for free. Everyone loves them, their I. Demand, and their free

    I hope I did a better job explaining my position. I’m not batting A thousand today in that arena lol


  • People use the web channels that convert to cash. That’s what it is. Meta and their ilk have spent billions in marketing and persona research. They know what color makes you press a button and how to stimulate your brain into releasing dopamine when a certain product is mentioned or used.

    Here’s some free advice to foss enthusiasts and developers.

    Products don’t get sold because they’re better, they get sold because someone wants it. Not needs, wants. A person will put aside need for want.

    Make people WANT your product and they’ll switch to it. And no, free isn’t a good enough tactic

    I’m not saying Foss needs to sell its soul, I’m saying that those creators need to find a way to compete in that area.



  • I’ve been using a combination of brave and ddg. Work with the filtering

    I was an SEO for 20+. Years. Google is dying as far as search relevancy. It’s trying to transition to a new paradigm that prioritizes payment surrounding data than ads. Much more money in the data angle, and ads as we know them will be dying soon, replaced with more insipid product placements.







  • Honestly, I am a peaceful guy. I will fight to protect my family, but otherwise, I trap and release bugs for Christ sakes.

    But every single person director level and above needs to be slapped in the face 4 times a day with fucking trout. To remind themselves that they are simply assholes who will crumble at the slightest real world issue. ALL c suite and most directors, are fucking overpaid, underworked and ass kissed by people better than them. Every fucking one

    Directors aren’t a monolith though. Many, are a merely titles given to what we used to call team leads. But if they have real power ? They didn’t earn it. None of them did not one.

    I have worked for some of the biggest digital companies on earth in my. 55++ years ,And I am not joking.

    Every single executive I met was an immoral liar.







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    23 days ago

    Youngster, your not an idiot.

    You just proved my point

    See you don’t agree with an article. You think it’s a. I generated. Fine

    Prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt. You can’t. …

    Your simply not looking at it from a vriepoirnt of having watched this outcome be developed intentionally by controlling men

    It is what it is. No amount of name calling, or wishful thinking on your part. Will change that.

    You are making statements that unfortunately have been proven incorrect in the real world.

    It’s faked all the time because THERES MONRY IN IT.

    If there’s money in it, it is happening. No amount of pretending that a quantum computer( Which isn’t available so is a non factor in reality, so I’ll ignore the irrelevant argument. ) is the only way to fake traffic.

    And on to your argument. You’ve proven nothing. Your comment has nothing of substance in it, and what is was Trumpian in focus and meaning.

    I truly wish you a good day. I’m too tired of overly confident tech bros to continue this.