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The fact that it's happening globally tells me there's more behind this. As you said, only a few short years ago this would seem unthinkable, yet here we are...
I'm ok with that
Why's that?
It's too commercialized. It spreads misinformation, fear, and hate all to make some asshole richer. It keeps our attention at all hours. Our kids are glued to screens and more depressed and lonely than ever.
A smaller decentralized Internet would benefit people, however uncomfortable it might make them at first.
There won’t be a smaller decentralized internet. The internet isn’t the problem, it’s the services people choose to use and who owns them. There is just as much misinformation on Lemmy as any other network.
Yeah, and it's shitty here too. I'm bored at work.
Sadly, this legislation does exactly the opposite: it makes the barrier to entry higher. Restricted to larger groups that can bear the cost of compliance. Ending in a oligopoly, where individuals can't participate unless they use those platforms.