Post #3404942
2026-06-17 00:09 UTC
@lydiaschoch@mastodon.social
Here in the Philippines Facebook IS the web. No small business here (and I mean absolutely none) can afford web hosting and design services, and Facebook made sure they gave people what they needed, for free (if you ignore all the surveillance of course). It's an appalling situation but until the Philippines drags its population out of poverty (and that will not happen any time soon), it will persist.
If you tell small businesses here to stop using corporate social media for their online presence, they'll (rightly) laugh in your face.
Replies (2)
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@lydiaschoch@mastodon.social 2026-06-17 00:16
@drewph@ieji.de I didn’t know that. Thank you for sharing.
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@dfx4509b@friendica.world 2026-06-17 00:17
@lydiaschoch@mastodon.social @drewph The Fediverse obviously isn't blocked where you're at, so surely businesses could set up a page on a Mastodon instance or something and not have to worry about hosting stuff themselves.