eskimofry

I know i sound like a doomer but..

maybe the bubble is about to burst and this is just panic diversification of assets? it sure is funny to attribute it to that.

problem is, you need the underdog to actually fail at least once

I didn't get that vibe from the parent comment. the reaction was to the motivations of the rich fatcats who aren't happy with the obscene wealth they already have. Not American Exceptionalism.

Microsoft is no longer permitted on my PC

I am sure there is some overlap

Steam, Visa, Mastercard are not U.S companies?

Being forced to do these things seems childish

thats a dishonest argument. One has a money assembly line straight to a billionaire's house. The other's assembly line that has a possibility to be used for public good.

it may not seem like it but.. being offline is the best thing you can do to your mental health. No need to overwhelm your brain with stuff happening elsewhere when you already have to deal with stuff closer to home. Being aware is generally better than being ignorant but it shouldn't disable your daily life.

its a paid platform where engagement (i.e bickering in the comments section) is near absent. And the content is allowed to address themes that make main stream media blush.

taking a guess but I already saw some other comments on another thread mention this: The chart boys in any corps will see Engagement == Profit. Thus they will tune their recommendations solely for that. And if you aren't bothered about properly policing your video upload platform the end result is highly divisive content thats "not boring".

Divisive content makes people angry so they engage in comments.

i used to be on reddit. And I used to get into "debates" that devolved into a slap fight and make me angry about the people who intentionally or unintentionally riled me up with outrageous (real or my own perception) opinions.

While lemmy also has slap fights, I feel like the lack of an "algorithm" tuned for engagement prevents continuous fueling of the fire, metaphorically speaking.

Sure yeah I could be wrong. If America scares them more than China it's a major turning point because they are European.

What I initially got from their comment: They are more concerned about actually real threats in their life like Google, Meta, or Apple which are American and are probably what they are using at work and outside of work given they live in Europe. They are less concerned about china because they don't use chinese phones daily or hangout in weChat (I hope).

Where I can of course be wrong about this: They are actually using Tiktok and don't care about the possible spying. They could be using chinese tech and simply not know. main concern is if they are on some tech stack at work or their ISP has equipment from chinese companies known to phone home.