I have already replied a few times to posts of Ed Zitron's rant, pointing out that he left fedi in 2018 after posting only 3x @Zitron

Protesting the dangers and harm we are facing is good, but we're not going to get anywhere demanding the mega corps continue running their prisons like boutiques with the free hors d'oeuvres. What's worse than being an entitled consumer is being an entitled wannabe-consumer – while actually being the product – loudly demanding to "speak to the manager". Glossing over libre, open movements is a given with that mindset and its quite sad.

I agree with what @noracodes is saying here: https://tenforward.social/@noracodes/113680824026001100 but much of the annoyance arises because FOSS coders are primarily making commitments (standard interfaces) to each other, while not committing to things like UIs. Its why even power users (an under-appreciated demo in FOSS) find Linux et al too chaotic or limiting: GUI skills don't seem transferable between machines. The Android experience has provided a clue that this barrier can be overcome, but no one is taking note.

So here we are, a social network largely composed of Linux and BSD users, separated from most people by a chasm of attitudes.

@briankrebs The Social Darwinists against masking will have a field day with this.

@briankrebs And at the same time Musk (a bitcoin promoter) is calling to disband the US Consumer Protection Bureau.

@briankrebs This also seems to be a preferred way to jump start an infosec career. The orgs that have stuff to protect either want a PhD or someone like that who proved themselves "effective" in committing crimes. Someone like me who writes defensive utilities isn't even going to get responses for junior sysadmin posts.

@briankrebs My first encounter with Apple News links was clicking on them only to be told 'This story can only be viewed in the Apple News app'.

Seems they stopped doing that years ago, but it was a nice little lesson and I still avoid them.