There are at least two generations of us who are disappointed at the contrast between tech’s possibilities as envisioned decades ago and the corporate surveillance crap we have to put up with today.
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zarathustra0@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t know about anyone else, but I got into computers at a young age because it gave me a sense of control over something. I didn’t understand everything, but I could do a lot of trial and error, read things and experiment, and shared a sense of community with some random internet strangers based on that knowledge.
In a world where we are so powerless in so many other ways, why did we insist on bringing that power dynamic into the new bright tech sphere? Why did we have to do that? (N.B. this is rhetorical questioning).
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
The thing that really gets to me is how we’ve gone from “Here, let us sell you a computer that you can push to its limits however you see fit” to “We will sell you a device and ensure you use that device within a given sphere of acceptability”.
I own this phone/computer/tablet/console/whatever, so why the fuck do I have to adhere to their rules? Rules they’ve changed since I bought the device, of course.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
We, as in the average every day people, didn’t do shit. The corporations that make the shit we use are the ones who got us here. The only thing the people using the devices and software are guilty of is not making a fuss about losing control over the stuff becsuse the average person does not care that deeply about the tools and likely doesn’t even know about a good 75% of what was lost.
axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Sadly the majority of normal people don’t want control. They just want it to do some trivial task without any fuss at any cost.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 days ago
[deleted]KneeTitts@lemmy.world 1 day ago
macs, easy to use
Ive worked on all computer platforms, I actually find Mac to the the one thats the most difficult to get it to do what I want.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
You’re supposed to stick to doing what Apple thinks you want to do, how Apple thinks you want to do it.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This isn’t a computer, its a phone.
pirat@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
This isn’t a comment, it’s negative feedback.
zarathustra0@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Thanks for your low quality input.
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 2 days ago
In the new Alien Earth TV show, 5 corporations basically run everything… unfortunately I suspect thats where we are headed as a species.
iLStrix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My university actually teaches about the “Meger Endgame theory” (yes, my professor had fun with that one), which states that industries will consolidate until 2-3 global market leaders dominate. So uhh, it’s not just you. Idk if that’s good or bad news for you haha