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Comment by Y_Y 14 hours ago

Because Android and iOS serve other masters.

Its's not just that this is morally unsound, it's fucking infuriating. Imagine JD Rockefeller had arranged it so that your pen and paper constantly nagged you and tried to trick you into buying things.

I'm calling it now, society is going to collapse and it's going to be because of software and hardware working together in tandem to make life miserable and expensive and only accessible through authorized devices and apps for the best possible experience.

(I do have a PinePhone Pro, and it has its own problems, but they're merely inconvenient rather than life-draining.)

hnpolicestate 14 hours ago

Digital fascism is the future. The majority don't care. A friend wanted to stream a clip from YouTube with me on discord and actually chose the completely DMR ridden YouTube Discord app instead of just streaming directly from YouTube.

Why would someone make that their first choice? I don't know but they do.

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mixmastamyk 9 hours ago

It's the present, for several years. And if you're connecting discord with youtube you've already lost. :-D

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verisimi 9 hours ago

Fascism is our actual governance system - if you define it as 'government and corporations working together', as Mussolini did. It is just that we are mostly under the illusion that we live in a democracy.

It is long in the planning that software and hardware work together - look into technocracy. Smart anything = spy. Smart meters are tools to monitor resource usage. Smart phones are spying/reporting on you. Ai will guide you.

You will be irritated and fined to death if you do not conform with the plan.

Global warming, terrorists and child porn are the various justifications given to justify whatever-new-loss-of-privacy/resource extraction is required.

Even so, individuals will be fine. You don't have to willingly give up your heart and soul to join the borg. That extra yatch/holiday/holiday home will not appease your true self. How many times do you need to come back?

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