How about just don't use their services and boycott their tech stacks at work? I know, it requires some brain use and more than just shouting at the cloud, but it's doable.
A few individuals doing that is meaningless. Individual action only matters if you can get a critical mass of people on board.
It also ignores the reality of the prisoners dilemma, in that a service can be bad for society over all but within that society it is better to use it than to not. Everyone driving around huge cars is a clear example of this. When a scenario like this is identified the correct thing to do is regulate it with law.
Why do you want to be not "meaningless"? If they don't like something that they don't have to use, they are free to do that. How is breaking up big tech going to solve anything.
Also big companies are easiest to regulate and all the countries regulate them all the time. If you have 100 different TikToks, they threaten democracy even more as the profit incentive push towards extremism in any case.
> A few individuals doing that is meaningless. Individual action only matters if you can get a critical mass of people on board.
The same should be true of democracy, but unfortunately, in representative democracy, you only need to convince a few representatives, which does not actually require a critical mass of people agreeing.
I have been using Linux both home and at work for the last couple of decades. I am thinking of degoogling my life, it is a bit harder, but I think I will get it done some day soon.
And meanwhile, at least one Danish ministry has decided to drop Microsoft Office, and more are likely to follow if that goes well.
So, there is some movement to the right direction, but big changes take a long time...
Turskarama|8 months ago
It also ignores the reality of the prisoners dilemma, in that a service can be bad for society over all but within that society it is better to use it than to not. Everyone driving around huge cars is a clear example of this. When a scenario like this is identified the correct thing to do is regulate it with law.
YetAnotherNick|8 months ago
Also big companies are easiest to regulate and all the countries regulate them all the time. If you have 100 different TikToks, they threaten democracy even more as the profit incentive push towards extremism in any case.
JoshTriplett|8 months ago
The same should be true of democracy, but unfortunately, in representative democracy, you only need to convince a few representatives, which does not actually require a critical mass of people agreeing.
jamesblonde|8 months ago
untitled2|8 months ago
Frankly, your call to 'critical mass' reminds me of sjw and leftist propaganda.
heikkilevanto|8 months ago
And meanwhile, at least one Danish ministry has decided to drop Microsoft Office, and more are likely to follow if that goes well.
So, there is some movement to the right direction, but big changes take a long time...
aklemm|8 months ago
bilbo0s|8 months ago
Boycotts are the one democratic practice that hits a company's bottom line. Just ask Target.