But big tech hasn't been a true monopoly in ages. There are plenty of alternative platforms now. And it's not like years ago when they had no users.
look at the financial backing, when you have access to the printing press it doesnt matter how profitable you are. then look at bitcoin vs fiat currency, bitcoin is complex fiat most people have used their entire lives. the amount of effort to understand cryptocurrency is way less then just doing what you used to do, doesnt matter if you lose 6% value per year even if you arent in debt.
when you have access to the printing press it doesnt matter how profitable you are
This would be true if I was talking about trying to make Twitter go out of business, but I'm not. We're not in the situation of just one printing press we have to defeat. There are actually many printing presses out there, some large, some small, and anyone can choose whichever one they like. The handful of really big printing presses are blatantly abusive, so why keep going to them and then complain about the abuse, instead of just going to the far less abusive competitors?
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