Very wise. I approve.
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jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Weird, I recently bought that same phone and did not have that problem. Why?
“Do you want to transfer your files from another device?”
No.
Just no. I don’t need your help, I can do this myself. Previous phone is backed up to my NAS, I can restore what I want from there.
I see a new phone as an opportunity to leave stuff behind. It’s on the NAS if I REALLY need it.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Broken@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
See…the “problem” with this is that it’s work.
Its not work to say no. Its work for all the stuff leading up to that. You had to think about how you want your files stored, organized, and backed up. You had to think about how you wanted to access it all and from where. Then you had to set all that stuff up to work.
The vast majority of people don’t do this. Partly for not knowing how to but mostly for not wanting to try to figure out a system that works for them.
They just want things to work when they need them and not think about it at any other time. Gee, I wonder what could ever go wrong with that mentality.
And I don’t want to blame the victim here, because the root of this particular story still doesn’t change.
But there is a little bit of self responsibility that needs to be had. If you give big tech all the controls, you are at their mercy to what they do. But to have any semblance of control yourself, you need to take it. Then you have the power to say no.