It's such an absolute joke how large companies have been able to block you from replying to their email addresses for decades now.
But email service providers like Google purposely make it so that billions of users have to get inundated with billions of rounds of malicious spam until you roll over and die.
Realize how absolutely absurd that is, and how these companies willingly choose NOT to give you the tools to protect yourself.
These corporations never gave a fuck about the end user, and it shows in just how little privacy and control they give you over your very own account.
It's a shame, while creation has been greatly democratized.
Discovery and distribution remains utterly abysmal.
Governments, monopolies and centralized platforms want to tell you what you can and can't put on your own device.
And social media platforms artificially limit your reach more and more with each passing year. In an attempt to force your dependence on the platform, and to coerce you into buying the reach that they artificially limited you from having in the first place.
How people blame "social media" for societies problems is like trying to blame the founding fathers of the United States of America for how awful the government currently remains.
They put the framework in place; it's not their fault that PEOPLE choose to mindlessly subjugate themselves to a corrupt governing body.
If you want to willingly give up your freedom and control in life, you can be damn sure there will always be hordes of people lining up waiting to take advantage of you.
Once you finally say the things that have been weighing on your mind, you break the damn that has been perpetually holding you back from making that meaningful change in your life.
The moment we get a decentralized video platform that actually puts creators first is the moment the planet really opens up to a world of novel ideas, new perspectives, and true creativity.
There needs to be a (decentralized) place where people can file their grievances towards a company so that everyone can see JUST how common it is for these big companies to mercilessly screw people over.
A Trust Pilot + Better Business Bureau type that actually hold some weight and where large corporations can't just create a bunch of fake accounts to prop up their reputation.
With categories detailing (and tallying) their worst offenses (staff abusing their power, shady business practices, wrongful bans, false advertising, privacy violations, etc.).
If people only knew AND actually held these companies accountable, they would receive drastically less business to begin with. And then the Doers of the world can seize on that opportunity in the market and fill the gap that these companies chose to create.
Highly trustworthy and ethical companies founded by honest individuals can then sprout up in their place and substantially benefit the communities they serve (all while making a comfortable living doing something they love).