It’s definitely higher than I was expecting, but nowhere near what Musk would want you to believe

That sounds expensive. They’d rather change the law. Again.

While this could be a good idea in theory, I guess in practice many people will be dishonest and just vote for whomever they wanted from the beginning

Of course there is! They could spend more money in PR campaigns and _bribes lobbying

I’m all in favour of prosecuting Google for it’s search monopoly, but Trump only cares about using the monopoly in his own favour

I’m sure they understand the problems, and they understand that solving them would eat into their profits

It isn’t just paying to not use them. It’s about paying for nobody else to use them. The issue people interviewed point out is FOMO.

It’s like solar energy. You either absorb it with a panel, or it goes to “waste”. You’re not really stealing it from someone else, as long as you’re not getting too much in the way

The nice thing about the fediverse is that you could start your own instance and not federate with them