This isn’t an echo chamber. You and I are on Lemmy, and we, lemmings, love free and open-source software. But I bet you that many people still use proprietary software as their daily drivers. Many of them still use Windows as their main OS, and many are still on iOS. However, that’s not the end of the story. They also use plenty of FOSS software, like Firefox, VLC (you can’t deny the love of people for VLC), OBS, and qBittorrent. And that’s a good thing! It’s not a binary choice that you have to either go this way or this way. That’s not healthy.

Even if this is an echo chamber, so what? I see it as an effort to set a norm for the community. ‘Hey, I love Linux, you should try it!’ ‘I have the same experience, you should give it a go.’ ‘I’ve used Linux for a long time and I love it, feel free to ask me any questions.’ When there are many people willing to help, others are less scared to try new things. And when we move together, we fear nothing!

Do you like hurting other people?

The answer for 1 from EFF: Is my phone listening to me?