Kinda sad how many people really think they get control by choosing a Chinese social media rather than realizing they are just picking a different master to brainwash them.
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Exactly, they always have the excuse of 'doesn't everything track me and invade my privacy' so who cares they say. Ignorance of international politics. It is absolutely insane that social media companies track what they do, but to think that there isn't major problems with giving that kind of information to state sponsored companies outside the US is very problematic. I have been saying for years, what this may lead to.. a fracture of the internet as we know it, potentially even US ISP blocking/not routing with entire countries
Most people have learned helplessness about being tracked. It doesn't even occur to them to try to stop the tracking anymore.
It is crazy how much nicer #GrapheneOS is than stock android. Terrifying to realize all that extra speed and battery life was there all along and being wasted on spying on you.
I don't think people believe they get to have control by switching to another chinese social media.. they get to give a middle finger to the govt, which I think we can all get behind.
You have a multiple options when someone is abusive, switching to Chinese socials is running away with a different abuser who is worse but at least they are different and hurt the feelings of the first person.
Buying into Elons "freedom" xitter is the Stockholm Syndrome route.
Proper privacy and security would be spending some time alone outside of relationships to get yourself together and become the kind of person who stops picking abusers.
I'm not defending the act, I think they're all dumb platforms anyway. Just saying there's been a punk rock "fuck you" undercurrent to it, so I'm seeing it as a silver lining to the whole thing.