I short of have a theory with this. There’s this belief that “netflix killed piracy” because they provided an actual service with a fair price and the commodity that people wanted to watch shows. And that later on, it got enshittified. But I kinda think that, collaterally, a very important factor that explains people not even knowing how to download a torrent or having 0 critical mind when it comes to the other companies abusing their power has been the surge of smartphones
They were designed to have idiot-proof protection, but more and more they distanced newer generations from having a minimal technical background on how to use computers, which then leads to a more ignorant society incapable of saying no to such companies
I’m not saying this has been the main factor but I have my suspicions to believe it might be related
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 6 months ago
gestures to everything else I mean… we are fucking drowning in situations to care about.
JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
…fuckkkk. that’s fair.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 6 months ago
…and then your friend and family don’t care about those either 🙃
5too@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I do think some of this is just fatigue. The usual way to deal with this is to either pick one or a few things to try to actively address, or just buckle down and wait for things to improve. Both lead naturally to a situation where it’s hard to get a critical mass on any one subject.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But at a certain point, it’s still a cop out. And part of the trick. If you drown anyone in enough bullshit, you can’t expect it to all get called out – but that doesn’t mean it’s not all bullshit. It is divide and conquer in another form.
Carighan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How so? You can’t work on everything at the same time. And the more immediate and direct an issue is, the more it needs your direct focus.
Meaning that issues such as dark patterns in cookie signups are automatically lowest-tier-ever-for-once-I-got-fuck-all-left-to-worry-about.
Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There is no war other then class war. It all ties back into our way of life. People don’t like to think about it because it’s such a huge cultural and political shift, they can more easily imagine a post apocalyptic future then one where you aren’t exploited from cradle to grave.
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Covid has shown the world that we can drown the world in bullshit. Before that, people used to care more and companies had a name to lose, now there’s just apathy and greed left.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
And I’ve stopped caring about nearly all of them.
Not really much I can do about it, so why worry?