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I understand your frustration entirely. And for the most part, I agree with it. But for music producers, especially if they're indie, they have no choice. Content creators trying to make a living off of their art rely on putting themselves out there on the biggest platforms to maximize the amount of exposure they're going to get. The importance of social media with millions upon millions of users for an indie artist cannot be understated. It is the difference between them paying rent, and getting evicted.
As for the average user, as others have stated, they have friends, family, and content creators that they like to follow. Digital privacy comes at a cost. We cannot afford to create the misconception that acts protecting our digital privacy are free actions. And the level of cost and willingness to pay it varies from person to person. I don't need Facebook to keep up with my parents. But many people do. For their parents and the rest of their family and loved ones. I was willing to make the switch to Linux, but it cost me some simplicity in my gaming; some titles aren't just plug n play. Even ones that were on Windows. Switching to Lemmy was nothing for me, but for some people, they're giving up subreddits they loved, or they have to keep using Reddit to access them. And there are some valuable resources there.
Privacy isn't free. It's invaluable and sometimes the price tag reflects that.
So, if I understand correctly, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but the simplified version of this is: data collection allows massive cooperations to target Communities of Interest (CoI) and manipulate them by collectively altering their digital perception via a barrage of targeted advertisements, promoted articles and suggested social media posts?
And all of this leads to an eventual shift in the opinions and desires of said CoIs, leading to what the company would deem desirable behavior, be it growing apathetic to digital privacy, buying their product or growing more engaged with their platform?
Then there's me, who groups then up and eats them in groups sorted by color.
Personally, I started with Mint Cinnamon. It's a really good branching point for people coming from Windows. It keeps things nice and simple.
If you have some more tech know-how, are good at figuring things out and like customization, Kubuntu is a nice pick, since the KDE Plasma desktop environment has a lot of options. But it rally doesn't hold your hand at all, so be ready to figure it out yourself.
Just remember though, at the end of the day, Linux isn't Windows, no matter how much your desktop environment might look like it. You will have to learn a whole new OS, and your Windows knowledge only transfers superficially.
Didn't know that my autism made me racist too. Damn.