>When I see these complaints I see people talking about how they want other people to use the Internet and computers. That smells like authoritarianism.

>If you want to contribute to an open web then do it. It’s not your job to get our metaphorical racist uncles on mastodon or something. Why would you even want that?

Because you boycotting things won't change anything, only you plus a likeminded demographic.

If you want that demographic to work with you, you have to communicate - you have to evangelize.