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by cblconfederate 2095 days ago
go with apple, get App store serfdom. Go with google, you get smoother sailing until one day they cancel the sea. Moral of the story is dont build long term on these platforms. Use them as an onramp and get out. The web is still our most open precious platform. TBL never banned anyone
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There's a quote that describes this so well I keep reposting it on occasions like such, ever since Twitter pulled one of their platform betrayals back in 2012/13:

"Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays, our technology. By using it, your society develops along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it."

-- Sovereign, Mass Effect

"Rudimentary creatures of blood, and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding."

-- Mark Zuckerberg

That definitely sounds better than "They "trust me". Dumb fucks."