bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@qoto.org

@djsumdog @strypey @Zergling_man >Do you really think any new federation signon system will catch on, outside of truly open source distributed projects? In the 90s they might have, but today, we have way too many commies who have personal missions to push Code-of-conducts and documentation changes in projects they've never written a single line of code for. The frothing morons on Hackernews will praise such people (the ones who don't are banned) and we watch everything turn to shit under a blanket of ideological luxury beliefs.

Here's an example: the problem with Big Tech single sign ons is very, very simple.

If you are banned from your Google account (like with the Jordan Peterson saga that pushed him into fame, along with many less relevant people online), you just lost access to every single website you used to sign in. You now have to contact each and every site to explain the situation and hoping they will transfer your e-mail over, because you're locked out of that single sign on feature and your gmail account (if you used that for Google and not a different one).

Now imagine something like J6 or Charlottesville happens again, or some election they don't like, and the activist employees who work in the dark are giddy at the idea of banning undesirables and making their lives hell.

They will want there to be a way to ban you. Nothing like that could happen again without this to stop "harassment" because some unfunny kids decided to keep making alts to post the same shit.

@theorytoe @maija @a1ba i'm also a tenant btw. I rent out one property and live in a nicer one. My relationships with both other parties here are impeccable.

The problem really is that regulations around housing create this perverse situation where the seller (landlords) can dictate prices and conditions, but also is the one bearing the most risk. Anti-eviction laws result in landlords being especially picky about whom they rent to (see Drew's rant in OP). Increased regulations around rent demand more and more legal paperwork, meaning that individual landlords often just can't rent properties on their own and require third-party agencies (again, see Drew's rant). And zoning laws with build permits means that the housing supply is constricted as hell, leading only to higher prices.

I mean, you can't just buy a piece of land and build your own house with your own hands for yourself and your family. You must gather a fuckload of legal paperwork, get approvals for your construction project, and in some countries God forbid you install your own gas equipment!

TL;DR the more regulation you get around something, the less of it your will end up with eventually for a much higher price.