this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Not quite. When you're given an ultimatum of "Stop using that good, fully functional app and use our one instead; it's not completely functional but it does give us money or fuck off", there isn't much of a choice there. Those who don't wish to knuckle under to scum (see: "tyrants") forge a new path, it's as simple as that.
I feel a bit silly in my reason for swapping when so many have such strong feelings. I’ve just hated spez for over a decade and the chance to jump ship to a foss social network populated with actual humans made me froth with excitement.
Nothing wrong with that. If you hate the face of a company for personal, political, philosophical, or whatever reasons, it's perfectly acceptable to not want to use that companies product(s).
Same. Would have switched many times over if there was a viable option (not Tildes lol) and was/am very happy to see the Lemmy network establish itself.