I hope people use more independent web technology, such as Micro.blog, and it helps them change their thinking about the monopolies.

Makes me sad hearing people say “Google Search just has everything” and the like. Ignoring long-term damage doesn’t help to prevent it.

@simonwoods 🦆🦆🦢 why isn’t there a goose emoji?

@cn the emoji people are clearly in the pocket of google

@johnjohnston I have tried to replace it with non-eponymous alternatives but I'm lucky in that I don't have to currently talk to lots of people on most days, which makes the process much easier to resolve.

@simonwoods not talking to too many folk at the moment myself;-)