Aral Balkan
So DuckDuckGo’s “news” items all look like they’re from different publications but go through MSN.
Because, of course, DuckDuckGo is just another venture capital funded Silicon Valley tech company.
The reason you can’t have nice things is capitalism.
Aral Balkan
@ErikJonker I’m against the only form of capitalism I’ve known in my lifetime: the one that’s destroying the planet to ensure the survival of roughly two thousand billionaires. The one that’s the socioeconomic version of cancer.
Erik Jonker
@aral capitalist will say exactly the opposite 😃 , are you against any form of capitalism?
Aral Balkan
@WH Aw, cute duckies :)
Wil Hoekstra 🍀
@aral
#duckduckjeep is much better! 😉
Aral Balkan
@david_guillot Oh, they’re not venture capital funded?
David Guillot
@aral I think you're jumping to conclusions on this one: the reason why DDG shows MSN links is that it's so difficult/expensive to build a web search index (because the web is so big), so they use Bing as a main source.
Aral Balkan
@david_guillot The way I see it, VC funding (and the eventual need for the exit) is what drives every decision a corporation makes.
David Guillot
@aral yes of course, and I'm not saying DDG should be trusted even if they had their own search index, because they are VC funded. What I'm saying is that being VC funded is not the cause of their "news" section showing MSN links.
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@ErikJonker @Outpatientzero @aral
"Wage labor and profit motives have always existed, therefore they are good and should continue to exist" is a horrible and lazy argument for wage labor and profit motives. Something could have always existed and can still end up being bad because existence isn't static. Things change. Wage labor and profit motives, particularly in their current iteration of capitalism, are a hindrance to the working class and all of humanity in general.
Erik Jonker
@Outpatientzero @aral wages for labour were paid thousands of years ago, profits were made in babylon. Or worse people were slaves.
Erik Jonker
@Outpatientzero @aral …if your target is the whole of capitalism without any specification what is OK and what’s not, every struggle against it will be futile. People want to earn money, entrepreneurs want to make profit, for a few thousand years already.
Outpatientzero 🍉 🇺🇦
@ErikJonker @aral capitalism has only existed for a few centuries.
Outpatientzero 🍉 🇺🇦
@aral @ErikJonker and it isn't just the only form capitalism does take, it's the only form that capitalism can take.
The Dialectical Communist 🇵🇸🇾🇪
@Radical_EgoCom @ErikJonker @Outpatientzero @aral
“Cancer and deseases have always existed; therefore, they are good” Yeah… I don’t think so.
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