Internet Explorer - Ch. 59 - Our World
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Unfortunately the Internet is less cooperatively than ever, and each parts are more isolated between each other. Even people on mmorpgs interact with each other a lot less with each passing year. We need a board wipe, Morris!
@eng1 tell that to the floppy disk readers on the computers all around the world which are daily being used. You will be surprised at how many there are used out there.
@eng1 tell that to the floppy disk readers on the computers all around the world which are daily being used. You will be surprised at how many there are used out there.
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On one hand... and then the other...
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
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@Njin and they force you? i rrly cant stand hearing this anymore 
its similiar with amazon... ofc the company is despicable and harms the economy extremly... yet ppl willingly throw their money at them like their life depents on it... but are you forced to do so? NO you do it out of convinience because for the end comsumer the service is good... its the same with other big companys... NOBODY forces ppl to use shitty facebook...nobody forces you to use google ! its always YOUR choice... and because you prefer them all the little other companys go broke and vanish...
its similiar with amazon... ofc the company is despicable and harms the economy extremly... yet ppl willingly throw their money at them like their life depents on it... but are you forced to do so? NO you do it out of convinience because for the end comsumer the service is good... its the same with other big companys... NOBODY forces ppl to use shitty facebook...nobody forces you to use google ! its always YOUR choice... and because you prefer them all the little other companys go broke and vanish...
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@Bluedudu not to be offensive but this viewpoint is a little narrow imho. Yes sure, I decide what I use and install an my machines but sometimes this choice would come with such a huge downside that only irrational people would accept that. I, for example, am actively looking out for open source alternatives. The reason why I wasn't able to fully switch to those is twofold. First reason being that family and friends don't want to switch from certain software/services or use two similar ones simultaneously. The second and even bigger reason is that I have to use certain stuff because the company I work for demands it. Zoom comes to mind.
Now if those companies would use open standards and protocols that already exist and not invent new proprietary ones, I could use a different client and maybe even a different server and would still be able to communicate/collaborate with them.
So yeah I also blame those companies for passively forcing me to use their stuff. Don't get me wrong, I do fully understand why they do this and would probably do the same if I had to run such a company, but this doesn't change the fact that those companies knowingly turn the Internet into small divided and isolated places where startups will have a hard time to compete with those quasi monopolies.
Now if those companies would use open standards and protocols that already exist and not invent new proprietary ones, I could use a different client and maybe even a different server and would still be able to communicate/collaborate with them.
So yeah I also blame those companies for passively forcing me to use their stuff. Don't get me wrong, I do fully understand why they do this and would probably do the same if I had to run such a company, but this doesn't change the fact that those companies knowingly turn the Internet into small divided and isolated places where startups will have a hard time to compete with those quasi monopolies.
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@ZnV0YQ while you have some points there that is also a bit narrow. While it is true that there is companies which do it on purpose (Microsoft and the .docx format comes to mind right now) It is not only the proprietary protocols, but the fact that making things less compatible is cheaper and most customer do not complain about that or even laught at it when someone does complain, even more nowadays as procedurability is the way to go in programming as the costs go up and up.
People not wanting to switch to other programs and platforms is for the same reason that you did not, because there is the BELIEF that everyone uses the same things, which can be seen that it is far away from the reality after a bit of investigation. And this happens all the time: the people who said that everyone used Windows Messenger 20 years ago were proven wrong later, same as those who said the same about Facebook 15 years ago, and the same will be proven with Whatssapp/Discord in another 5-10 years more.
We are just like wind vanes (or herd mentality if your prefer) most of the time, moving to the wind, not caring most of the time about the functionality or downsides of what we use but of what we see others use around or whats at hand. An example, while not electronics related, is the microwave: no one says more advantages about it than the next guy (which are mostly reasons which not happen in reality), but finding someone who even knows its negative points it is vey hard, but still many use it and find it even necessary.
People not wanting to switch to other programs and platforms is for the same reason that you did not, because there is the BELIEF that everyone uses the same things, which can be seen that it is far away from the reality after a bit of investigation. And this happens all the time: the people who said that everyone used Windows Messenger 20 years ago were proven wrong later, same as those who said the same about Facebook 15 years ago, and the same will be proven with Whatssapp/Discord in another 5-10 years more.
We are just like wind vanes (or herd mentality if your prefer) most of the time, moving to the wind, not caring most of the time about the functionality or downsides of what we use but of what we see others use around or whats at hand. An example, while not electronics related, is the microwave: no one says more advantages about it than the next guy (which are mostly reasons which not happen in reality), but finding someone who even knows its negative points it is vey hard, but still many use it and find it even necessary.
