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 The rise of Mastodon has made me so much more aware of government services requiring us to use private companies’ systems to communicate with them and access services. Sitting on a Dutch train just now I was shown on a screen “feeling unsafe in the train? Contact us via WhatsApp”. What if I don’t use WhatsApp? (I do, but I wish I didn’t have to) I’m forced to share my data with Meta to use it. Public systems should not require use of private services. Can somebody help me understand this please: why would we ever give out carbon credits for not chopping down a forest? “Here’s a forest we shouldn’t cut down anyway. Because we’re not cutting it down, now you can burn more fossil fuels!” @Brendanjones There is a classic often reposted letter to the editor where a farmer wanted to get into the business of not farming. I want to not cut down trees, and get paid for it. Can I get paid for not burning down houses too? How about not torching cars? @Brendanjones The "owner" of the forest would say,: Because it's my forest and I can get money for chopping it down and selling its bits. I'll stop if you pay me enough. I would say: Because that's a threat of extortion, yet somehow we don't have the courage to make it illegal to chop down forests that would be useful carbon sinks. |
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@Brendanjones i still love the confused look on people’s faces when i say “… but i’m not on Facebook…”
@Brendanjones agree but hardly unprecedented. Think telephones.
What is the alternative though? I mean for this specific "feeling unsafe in the train" case?
When you need to reach wide audience and especially people who might be contacting you one and only time you have to use something popular already.