cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24394554
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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."
Maybe I'm just old but the concepts are no harder than irc or Usenet. It's been around forever.
I think my mom would find IRC and usenet very difficult to get into using, for example. Being old doesn't mean it's accessible or understandable to people. Even worse, the young people (like "Gen Z", as much as I hate to use generational thinking) seem to be less tech-literate than Gen Y, so lots of the relevant user base are not going to navigate these things even if they seem simple to a lot of us. Just the curse of expertise I guess (where you forget what it was like before you knew things, how intimidating it all was, etc.).