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At some point, someone literate enough to understand how bad Big Tech is but still promoting Big Tech should be face it.

It is like smoking. People say "I know that smoking kill, I don’t want to be reminded all the time".

Well, as long as you are polluting and killing innocents by smoking in their vicinity, you are the asshole. You don’t seem to understand so people keep telling you (and, guess what, in the case of Peertube, they even tell you in a friendly way with cute mascots.)



"I want to find something to do other than smoking. I find I smoke the most when I"m bored."

"Have you considered attending this lecture about the dangers of smoking?"


Comparing using Youtube to smoking is why I can never take these conversations seriously.


And yet the comparison is apt. Both provide ephemeral positive signals to the brain at a cost that is detrimental to individuals' or society's health (not even talking about environment, which is a part of society's health).




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