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We're RIGHT HERE :(
(lemmy.world)
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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.
"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."
I used to think that the perceived complexity of the fediverse was creating a hurdle for more adoption.
Now all these fucking people are learning Chinese to better use RedNote.
Apparently convenience isn't actually a barrier? I'm baffled why so many people are flocking to anything other than the fediverse.
A big barrier is the UI, the default lemmy UI is terrible.
The apps aren't great either, I'm very techy and haven't found one feels as nice as reddit (and the reddit app has many issues)
Normies just aren't going to push past all those barriers
Lemmy website is decent for me on mobile and PC alike, what are your complaints?
What mobile app do you use?
I've tried a few, none of them are great for various reasons. My favourite is Sync The up-vote buttons are hidden on comments. Very annoying
The default website is terrible, it looks like the social media app I built in highschool for a project. You have to click into every post to see it properly.
I use photon.lemmy.world but non tech people will give up long before finding it.
And when I introduce people to Lemmy and send them that link, some literally think it's a virus link, it looks dodgy
id rather learn Mandarin than Linux
show me a federated system that has a bunch of cool tiktoky videos….
afaik, it’s mostly text and that much data would be a huge problem
Loops by Pixelfed
IMO it is DOA because the whole point of TikTok is the feed algorithm. You're not supposed to pick what to watch, the algorithm knows your interests. The idea of TikTok therefore is fundamentally unethical and any libre alternatives will be hindered by the fact that users want the unethical part which no developer should or wants to implement.