Dogshit take tbh

I’m not convinced the alcohol is the determining factor in shitheads being shitheads. Domestic abusers wouldn’t disappear if alcohol did. Drunk driving, maybe, but it would be replaced with other substances or forms of negligence.

Drinking responsibly does have short term social and mental benefits when used responsibly, and less severe long-term health issues.

I’m not advocating for alcohol consumption by any means, but it seems obvious to me why it’s viewed more positively than smoking. It helps people enjoy life. Smoking doesn’t, really.

Network effect might as well be a monopoly until the network kills itself.

I take issue with the concept of one company owning an entire communications network in the first place. Federation is a step in the right direction but it’s not enough yet.

It’s an issue of userbase.

WhatsApp can and will get away with a lot before it drives users to a mass exodus, when messaging should have just been an open protocol from the start.

There are plenty of free and open source messaging alternatives, they just don’t have the branding money to make sure a user base appears. To some degree the people using the apps are choosing the proprietary option.

We collectively need to be doing more to support and promote free open source software to avoid this issue. Secure peer to peer communication protocols should be more more ubiquitous than even http.

I’ll be dead before then and if I don’t make offspring then so will anyone I care about. Y’all have fun destroying the planet lol