@Polychrome @Jezebelley@mstdn.games Okay, so you're just trying to sound clever, rather than actually trying to help people, then.

@joepie91 not sure what's the problem with pointing out the next solution doesn't have to be a centralized profit driven service, but take it as you will.

Also future replies will not include @Jezebelley because she doesn't need this stuff in her mentions.

@Polychrome The problem is that you're trying to make a wise-ass comment implying "oh, it's not that bad" when the practical reality is that a lot of people will suddenly be without their accessibility aids that they have come to depend on.

It *is* that bad. Most people do not have the time and/or ability to just casually develop an abuse-resistant decentralized system. *Especially* disabled folks who are relying on these sorts of aids to participate in society, and often already have less energy to spend.

You need to think about comments like these more carefully before making them, and ask yourself "will this comment actually help people"? And if you're suggesting that "oh, it's not that bad, because an alternative could theoretically exist but doesn't", then the answer to that is pretty clearly "no".

If you want to actually *work on* building that alternative, that's fine. Ask for people to join in the effort, that's fine.

But just throwing out a comment about a hypothetical that you're never planning to make happen isn't useful to anyone, and doesn't serve anyone except to reinforce your own sense of superiority for not needing to rely on these services. Which is, by the way, ableist.

@joepie91 you're reading way too much into this. I was an OpenSubtitles user too, for my own reasons that I'd rather not share on the internet. But I am not going to be the one who's going to solve this despite my (actual and genuine) belief that they can be easily replaced on a technical level.

Furthermore fedi is not an exclusive developer community and I am not going to limit my posts to technical solutions.

If you want to get mad at people voicing their opinion without working on code, take it to github.