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And all that only a tiny portion of the hate i feel for greedy billionaires who destroy the lives of millions because they want even more wealth and power

And keep them shut if fair elections are not allowed to be carried out by their reality tv star dictator.

It was nothing personal, more of an off-handed commentary on how things usually end up going after 20 years of seeing literally every site/service I've used and most of the companies I once considered "the good ones" eventually get shittier in some way when the business side puts on the squeeze.

The one exception I can think of is Wikipedia.

But I don't have any reason to think badly of these folks, their current owners seem to have their hearts in the right place and indeed have made decisions that avoid lockin and assure users, and I hope they are another Wikipedia that will endure the tides of enshittification.

But I will never again assume that such hopes will remain the reality, even in this case. This is a snapshot in time. Owners change, priorities change, pricing models change, file formats change, common sense statements of basic decency like "don't be evil" get rescinded, scrappy fun websites created by free-thinkers become tools of fascist oppression.

That doesn't mean they don't deserve your business and support currently. Just make sure your off-ramp options remain acceptable if things begin to change.

"...until we have a large enough userbase to start monetizing and enshittifying..."

Cold War? We're best buddies now.

He's being a Nazi

Dumbasses apparently are a much larger portion of the population than previously thought as well

Not a great look

It was literally a surprise invasion that half the EU didn't even believe was gonna happen and Russia denied was happening. How the fuck are you supposed to negotiate a peace to avoid a surprise invasion that Russia vehemently denied was gonna happen?

What the actual fuck is this bullshit?

Restarting suggests Russia ever had useful dialogue to begin with. Their demands have not changed at all and are just as absurd as they've always been.

How fucking stupid are you to think North Korean troops aren't there?

https://www.chosun.com/english/north-korea-en/2025/02/19/2TUJ44HQBVGJNJFEA6XD2A4IPU/

Because this isn't about fair elections, it's about getting a puppet government in charge who will just end the war freely by bending over for Russia. As if Putin and Trump actually care about fair elections... absolute clown show.