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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.”

  • watty@lemm.ee
    132·
    4 hours ago

    I used to think that the perceived complexity of the fediverse was creating a hurdle for more adoption.

    Now all these fucking people are learning Chinese to better use RedNote.

    Apparently convenience isn’t actually a barrier? I’m baffled why so many people are flocking to anything other than the fediverse.

      • the_weez@midwest.social
        8·
        3 hours ago

        I agree. You have to either be in the tech sphere or privacy sphere to know about fediverse apps. Outside of reddit refugees I don’t think anyone using the normal apps know about fediverse options or what that even means to be decentralized. I don’t think it’s really a functionality or convenience issue, we really need our own special interest groups or something to help with fedi app branding and PR. Not sure if that is even something that is crowd sourceble?