It doesn’t, and you know it doesn’t, youre just being an ass.
It doesn’t, and you know it doesn’t, youre just being an ass.
Yeah I got that when I put “in the US” in the comment you replied to.
There’s plenty of room for creators who don’t want monetization or can monetize things themselves by utilizing product placements (if the platform were popular enough).
The biggest problem is federation (or lack thereof). I’ve looked at A LOT of instances, and most of them either don’t federate at all, or only federate with a handful of other instances, as opposed to Lemmy or Mastodon that federate with thousands of others…
This means it is deeply segregated and discoverability is virtually nada, not to mention the default algorithms are completely useless and uneditable.
Doctors that work in hospital bunkers? Do pagers not use cellular signals?
Mystery solved, I suppose!
FUCK
E: $6.6B, according to NYT
How does being in the US give you more control over manufacturing?
Tariffs are not new.
Useful ones?
Sure but there are other countries that also have cheaper manufacturing rates.
So…essentially just because they’re cheap?
I can see maybe businesses that don’t want/need to buy full-blown smartphones for their employees. These things probably cost $50? vs. $700 for a smartphone.
That’s great but, honest question: why?
E: LOL downvotes for asking a question. Never change Lemmy.
the government shouldn’t do anything?
I didn’t say anything that remotely resembles that. You need to read better.
This sounds a lot like Circles
I mean, it sounds cool if you don’t understand why servers exist…
Its not that simple. Its not a binary do you/don’t you question. Overwhelmingly I do not.
Pretty much the only thing I use is a Google account for work, which I have no choice over.
I use less than probably 99% of Americans.
Yes and no.
I don’t understand.
You are conflating Consumers with Citizens
I’m actually not, and my word choice was intentional. If you’re not consuming these goods then you hold no leverage, and probably don’t care.
Is it fair to ask literally everyone to die so that you can enjoy unnecessary luxuries?
Source?