>>2It's actually the ``normal'' STEM shitheads who are the hedonistic fucks.
Translation: no u
They use google and facebook products and don't care about anyone harvesting their data.
Translation: I use shitty FOSS tools only. I'm a naive idealist who lives under a rock instead of being pragmatic and using things that are actually useful. I also don't see the value of data.
Buddy, people are aware that there are issues with Facebook, Google, et al. But they're still useful for getting in touch with people and doing lots of things. Stop pretending that everyone only uses email and IRC and freetard social media like Mastodon. In the real world, people use proprietary shit. But guess what? There are plenty of flawed-but-still-useful things in the world. You eat meat, right? Well sometimes animals aren't treated very well. You drive a car, right? Well pollution is bad. But the benefits outweigh the cons. So you use that shit anyway, despite knowing the problems.
Just because someone uses Facebook, especially for a social media presence for their company, doesn't mean they agree with every single thing Facebook does. The whole ``everyone is a sheep except me'' attitude is ridiculous. That's how you'll ensure that you stay a loner who no one ever associates with.
I used to be a freetard privacy nut. Then, once I got back into proprietary stuff that people actually us, I realized what I was missing out on. Despite the privacy concerns, there is so much really useful and convenient software out there. I have met so many people that I never would have known if I decided to be a tinfoil hat freetard who only uses 100% FOSS garbage. FOSS sounds nice in theory, but man, the quality of FOSS programs is shit. The ONLY thing FOSS has going for it is the licensing. That's literally it.
They never donate money to any admirable cause
Translation: I donated $5 to The Wikimedia Foundation once
and spend their days trying to keep up with the Joneses.
Translation: I am a non-competitive soyboy who has given up on trying to be at the same level as the people around me